It will be the second survey-based acreage report for 2024-25 from StatCan after the first was released in March. Since then, much of the Prairies received normal to above-normal amounts of precipitation while cooler temperatures have delayed development in most crops.
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Few changes expected ahead of StatCan report

ICE weekly outlook: Canola market rising into summer
New StatCan acreage estimates out next week
MarketsFarm — ICE Futures canola contracts have climbed steadily higher since their late-May lows, nearing chart resistance to the upside on the first day of summer. Updated renewable fuel targets […] Read more

StatCan expects more wheat, canola acres in 2023
Corn, soy, barley acres also expected up
MarketsFarm — Canadian farmers intend to plant more wheat and canola in 2023, with soybeans, corn and barley area also forecast to expand, according to Statistics Canada’s projections for field […] Read more

Pulse weekly outlook: Acre intentions down for most pulses
MarketsFarm — Statistics Canada’s principal field crop areas report, released Tuesday, shows declines in most pulse crops compared to last year. Only lentils saw an increase, rising slightly by 0.4 […] Read more

ICE weekly outlook: Weather, politics in focus for canola trade
MarketsFarm — ICE Futures canola contracts fell to their lowest levels in a month during the week ended Wednesday as much-needed moisture also fell across much of Western Canada. While […] Read more

StatsCan: Less canola and durum, more barley and oats
MarketsFarm — Canadian farmers seeded fewer canola and durum acres than they originally intended, but more barley and oats, according to updated acreage estimates from Statistics Canada that largely came […] Read more

Trade sees record Canadian canola acres as possibility
CNS Canada — Canadian farmers could be set to seed record-large canola acres in 2017, while wheat area is generally expected to be down on the year when Statistics Canada […] Read more

CBOT weekly outlook: Bull still needs to be fed for corn, soy
CNS Canada — Fund money pulled soybean and corn futures at the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) to their highest levels of the past year in recent weeks, but profit-taking […] Read more

Canada’s pulse acres set to rise, wheat likely lower
CNS Canada –– Early seeding operations are already underway in parts of Western Canada, and the general sentiment is that farmers are planting more peas and lentils at the expense […] Read more

Questions abound ahead of StatsCan acreage report
CNS Canada — Statistics Canada will release its updated acreage estimates for the year on Tuesday, but the timing of the survey could lead to more questions and second-guessing than […] Read more