MarketsFarm — The most recent principal field crop acreage report from Statistics Canada predicts mustard seed area will drop from approximately 500,000 acres to 400,000 in 2019, concentrated mainly in […] Read more
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Mustard acres to decrease, but yield outlook strong

Mustard area remains a question mark for 2019
MarketsFarm –– As the world’s largest producer of mustard seed, Canada exported 112,000 tonnes in 2017-18 — and the jury is out on whether mustard acreage will rise, fall or […] Read more

Little excitement seen in mustard market
The bounce-back in Canadian mustard production in 2018 is unlikely to see any follow-through in 2019 as spot prices aren’t generating much excitement for producers despite tightening supplies. Yellow mustard […] Read more

Mustard prices weather the weather, remain flat
CNS Canada — Although mustard prices are flat, the ill-tempered weather experienced on the Prairies this fall had little effect on the crop’s quality. Jamie Stelmachowich of Besco Grain Ltd. […] Read more

Mustard crops middling, should fare better than 2017’s
CNS Canada — Kevin Hursh expects he’ll soon hear some good news on his brown mustard crop. “It was probably my only crop that is going to make me a […] Read more

Mustard looking to rebound, if weather co-operates
CNS Canada — Canadian mustard acres may be up on the year, but key growing regions missed out on recent rain and will need more moisture as the season progresses, […] Read more

Prairie mustard acreage depends on spring moisture
CNS Canada — The 2018 mustard crop in Western Canada could hit half a million acres according to an industry expert, but he cautions that number could be much lower […] Read more

Reckitt cuts the (French’s) mustard with food business sale
London | Reuters — U.S. spices maker McCormick and Co. Inc. has won the battle to buy Reckitt Benckiser Group’s North American food business, paying a higher than expected US$4.2 […] Read more

French’s owner kicks off food business sale process
London | Reuters — The sale of Reckitt Benckiser Group’s North American food business, which could fetch more than US$3 billion, has kicked off with information packages going out to […] Read more

Mustard acres feeling squeeze from canola
CNS Canada –– Following the largest mustard crop in more than a decade in 2016, supply/demand fundamentals are expected to spur a reduction in Canadian mustard seedings in 2017. However, […] Read more