Winnipeg | Reuters — Heavy rain forecast for the soggiest parts of the Prairies this week is likely to further delay seeding in the world’s biggest canola-exporting country, meteorologists say. The rain, forecast to hit Alberta and Saskatchewan on Wednesday and Thursday respectively, would be the latest blow to farmers who could not harvest all […] Read more
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Soggy forecast worries Prairie farmers in race to seed crops
Production outlook keeps canary seed under pressure
CNS Canada — Excess soil moisture is holding up planting of canary seed in Saskatchewan, though according to one market watcher, the overall production outlook for 2017 is good, leaving prices struggling to rise. “Prices are soft,” said Kevin Hursh, executive director of the Canaryseed Development Commission of Saskatchewan. Prices remain locked in the 19- […] Read more
U.S. grains: Soy, corn sag on technical selling
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures hit a 1-1/2-week low on Thursday, pressured by follow-through weakness after Wednesday’s poor technical close and some farmer selling, analysts said. Corn futures sagged as forecasts called for improving weather in the U.S. Midwest, where wet conditions have stalled planting in some areas. Wheat futures were modestly higher. […] Read more
Sunflowers down, but not out in Western Canada
CNS Canada — Canadian sunflower plantings will be down in 2017, but perhaps not by as much as the official government estimate. Statistics Canada forecast the country’s sunflower area at only 50,000 acres in its planting intentions report. That would be down from 70,000 the previous year and the second-lowest acreage base of the past […] Read more
Prairie seeding off to ‘shaky start’
CNS Canada — Western Canada will likely see some favourable seeding conditions in the short term, one meteorologist says, though wet pockets in some areas need longer to dry out. “We are getting off to a little bit of a shaky start in some spots, but it looks like the weather pattern is going to […] Read more
CBOT weekly outlook: U.S. weather supports corn, weighs on soy
CNS Canada –– Soybean and corn futures at the Chicago Board of Trade came under pressure over the past week, but are expected to see divergent moves in the near future as poor planting weather in the U.S. Midwest may see acreage shift out of corn and into soybeans. News that U.S. President Donald Trump […] Read more
U.S. grains: Corn firms on short-covering
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures climbed about two per cent on Monday on short-covering ahead of the Midwest planting season and chart-based buying, analysts said. Wheat futures were also higher on short-covering while soybeans closed almost flat, retreating from early advances. Chicago Board of Trade May corn settled up 7-1/2 cents at $3.67 […] Read more
Farmers big on pulses, but canola down on the year
CNS Canada — Canadian farmers will be seeding record acres of peas and lentils this spring, as expected, but the increases to pulse crops are coming at the expense of canola — which saw acres come in below expectations in a report out from Statistics Canada. In its first acreage survey of the year, released […] Read more
Some farmers already seeding in southern Alberta
CNS Canada — Some farmers in southern Alberta are seeding earlier than normal this spring, thanks to some recent warmer weather. “Some guys are just starting to turn a wheel in southern Alberta,” Harry Brook, crop specialist with Alberta’s provincial Ag-Info Centre in Stettler, said Thursday. Soil temperatures are still not very warm, so more […] Read more
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