CNS Canada — At more than $7 per bushel for rye in Western Canada, Cal Vandaele believes the price has topped off. “There’s been bids touching $8,” said Vandaele, of Vandaele Seed at Medora, Man., about 120 km southwest of Brandon, adding the price will decline over the winter. “When they start getting into these […] Read more
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Rye prices as good as they’re going to get
Rye production could fall 25 per cent, analyst says
CNS Canada — This year’s Canadian rye harvest appears positioned to carry on the crop’s recent trend with another production decline. Dry conditions in many regions of the Prairies and ergot in Manitoba are expected to drive down yields. Jonathan Hull of The Scoular Co. said he has been hearing from farmers that yields could […] Read more
Agriculture and AgriFood Canada raises 2016-17 grain and oilseed ending stock projections
Winnipeg/CNS Canada – Ending stocks of Canada’s major grains and oilseeds are forecast to be slightly higher than earlier estimates, according to the latest supply and demand projections from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s market analysis division, released December 21. Total ending stocks for the major grains and oilseeds are expected to total 13.500 million tonnes by […] Read more
North American farmers top up rye plantings as whiskey sales soar
Winnipeg / Reuters – North American farmers are turning back to a neglected crop, sowing fields with the largest rye crop in years partly as consumers satisfy a growing thirst for whiskey. Rye, planted in autumn and harvested in mid-summer, fell out of favour during the past decade as other crops produced bigger profits. But whiskey […] Read more
Rye prices seen high, but stable
CNS Canada –– Rye crops have been reacting to Saskatchewan’s heat and dryness by developing faster than they would normally be — but healthy crops elsewhere appear to be helping to keep global prices stable, at least for the time being. U.S. crops may stop rye prices from moving too turbulently, at least until Canada’s […] Read more
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