MarketsFarm — High demand and an accompanying increase in overseas exports have resulted in reduced domestic supply for Canadian flaxseed, helping drive prices for the crop to highs unseen in […] Read more
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Canadian flax prices, exports going up
Feds predict three per cent increase in canola acres
Stocks nevertheless expected to tighten
MarketsFarm — Canadian farmers will seed more canola in the upcoming 2021-22 crop year, but solid demand will still cause ending stocks to tighten, according to the first new-crop supply/demand […] Read more
Alberta’s Lakeland to offer ag tech degree
College to launch first-in-Canada program in September
East-central Alberta’s Lakeland College is set to offer what’s billed as Canada’s first degree program in agriculture technology, as a two-year post-credential program, starting in September. The program, announced Wednesday, […] Read more
Tighter global stocks should increase Canadian soy exports
A larger Ontario corn crop is making prices competitive
At the time of writing, Ontario farmers had mostly wrapped up the corn and soybean harvests. Final yield reports confirm earlier production estimates. There were no major quality or disease […] Read more
CBOT weekly outlook: Bullish USDA report sends soy, corn up sharply
MarketsFarm — Soybean and corn yields in the United States ended up much smaller than early expectations, according to updated supply and demand estimates released Tuesday by the U.S. Department […] Read more
IGC cuts record-large world grain production outlook slightly
MarketsFarm — World grain production for 2020-21 was revised slightly lower by the International Grains Council in its latest report Thursday, but the group is still anticipating record large supplies […] Read more
USDA’s WASDE bullish for soy, corn, wheat
MarketsFarm — The October world agricultural supply and demand estimates (WASDE) from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) shows lower U.S. ending stocks for soybeans, corn and wheat. Projected U.S. […] Read more
USDA data show tighter U.S. grain, oilseed stocks
MarketsFarm — Quarterly stocks data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture showed tighter-than-expected supplies of soybeans, corn, and wheat in the country. Soybean stocks, as of Sept. 1, 2020, were […] Read more
Pulse weekly outlook: Chickpea production expected up in 2021
MarketsFarm — Following an expected 11.4 per cent drop in Saskatchewan’s chickpea harvest this year, provincial pulse specialist Dale Risula is expecting an increase in 2021. In Statistics Canada’s most […] Read more
Saskatchewan lentil crop projections raise skepticism
MarketsFarm — There’s a little skepticism towards Statistics Canada’s projections for this fall’s lentil crop in Saskatchewan. The federal agency on Monday pegged the province’s 2020 lentil crop to come […] Read more
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