MarketsFarm — Cereal and oilseed exports out of Canada nosedived in August just as the 2021-22 marketing began, according to the monthly export report from the Canadian Grain Commission (CGC). […] Read more
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Exports tumble as supplies simply not there
'There's very little to sell'
Canola exports down 72 per cent through eight weeks
MarketsFarm — Canadian canola and wheat exports continue to run well behind the year-ago pace, with movement of all crops down 34 per cent through the first eight weeks of […] Read more
AAFC lowers ending stocks estimates on crops
MarketsFarm — Canadian producers will see much tighter grain and oilseed stocks at the end of the current 2021-22 marketing year than what was expected last month, while those for […] Read more
Grains council tweaks numbers in latest supply and demand data
MarketsFarm — The International Grains Council (IGC) released its monthly supply and demand report Thursday, projecting a six million-tonne increase in total global grain production at 2.289 billion tonnes in […] Read more
Interview: Counting crops in advance
Reviewing the latest from StatsCan and USDA
Statistics Canada on Tuesday released new model-based estimates for the country’s principal field crops, projecting “substantial” yield declines for most of the major crops grown in Canada, due mainly to […] Read more
Smaller crops anticipated in looming StatsCan report
Survey-based data due out Monday
MarketsFarm — Heat and drought across Western Canada during the summer of 2021 seriously cut into the country’s crop production, raising traders’ expectations for reduced yields across the board when […] Read more
U.S. livestock: Lean hogs retreat from one-week high
CME August live cattle up, feeders lower
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures ended lower on Wednesday in a retreat from early gains in which the most-active contract topped a one-week high. Traders […] Read more
JBS able to pass on higher grain costs in North America
Sao Paulo | Reuters — JBS SA, the world’s largest meatpacker, has been able to pass higher grain costs on to consumer prices because food demand is strong in markets […] Read more
U.S. grains: Soy futures top $16 for first time since 2012
Chicago corn, wheat also end higher
Chicago | Reuters — Benchmark U.S. soybean futures jumped above US$16 a bushel on Tuesday for the first time since 2012 as traders focused on tightening feed grain supplies and […] Read more
Grain, oilseed exports at strong pace
MarketsFarm — Canadian grain and oilseed exports continue at a strong pace, with movement of canola, wheat and barley all running well ahead of the year-ago pace. Crop-year-to-date exports of […] Read more
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