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Durum wheat. (Gipsa.usda.gov)
Crops, Markets

Durum at a standstill despite fresh numbers from StatsCan

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CNS Canada — Even fresh domestic production numbers aren’t able to move Canada’s durum prices, one analyst says, as the market stays stagnant on lacklustre processing demand from North Africa and Europe. “I think the trade was anticipating this number for a long time,” said Jerry Klassen, manager of the Canadian office for Swiss-based GAP […] Read more
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Crops, Markets

Huge Canadian canola crop beats expectations

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CNS Canada — An upward revision to Canada’s 2015-16 canola crop was widely anticipated in the industry, but Statistics Canada’s latest survey results have surpassed even the most optimistic forecasts — and will lead to major adjustments in the country’s supply/demand balance sheet. StatsCan on Friday pegged the year’s canola production at 17.2 million tonnes, […] Read more
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Crops, Markets

Bigger crops anticipated ahead of StatsCan report

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CNS Canada –– Canada’s harvest ended up better than expected in 2015-16, with upward revisions expected for the country’s wheat and canola production when Statistics Canada releases its latest survey data Friday. “It turns out that the crop didn’t suffer as much in Alberta and Saskatchewan,” said Jerry Klassen, manager of the Canadian office for […] Read more
Concrete is poured in May for a grain terminal now owned by G3 Grain. Farmer deliveries in September reached their highest level in records since 2001. (CWB.ca)
Crops, Markets

Grain deliveries hit record high in September

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CNS Canada — September was a very busy month for grain handlers in Western Canada, as farmer deliveries into the commercial pipeline hit their highest levels ever. Producers made deliveries of 5.879 million tonnes of the major grains and oilseeds during the month, topping the previous monthly record of 5.819 million tonnes set two years […] Read more
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Crops, Markets

StatsCan comes in at low end of expectations for canola

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CNS Canada — Despite an upward revision of nearly a million tonnes in Statistics Canada’s latest report, most analysts expect canola production will keep climbing further. StatsCan on Friday morning released its updated grain/oilseed production estimates, with data collected through surveys taken between Sept. 3 and 13. Canola production numbers came in at 14.3 million […] Read more
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Crops, Markets

Next StatsCan survey expected to show larger canola, wheat crops

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CNS Canada — Yields are generally beating earlier expectations as the harvest progresses across Western Canada, which should lead to upward revisions to canola and wheat when Statistics Canada releases its latest production survey results Friday. However, those numbers still may be underreported, and further revisions are expected in subsequent reports. “As the harvest is […] Read more
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Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Canola looking overpriced

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CNS Canada –– ICE Futures Canada canola contracts moved lower in sympathy with CBOT soybeans during the week ended Wednesday, and could have more room to the downside as the Canadian oilseed remains overpriced compared to its U.S. counterpart. The canola premium compared to soybeans is the same now as earlier in the summer, when […] Read more
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Crops, Markets

StatsCan raises wheat, canola estimates with new model

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CNS Canada — Wheat and canola production are expected to be higher than in previous estimates, but still lower than in 2014, according to a new Statistics Canada model for field crop production estimates. The model-based report, released Thursday, pegs this year’s spring wheat production at 18.4 million tonnes, higher than previously forecast in the […] Read more
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Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Canola weak, but finding support

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CNS Canada — ICE Futures Canada canola contracts posted losses in most months during the week ended Wednesday, though the market uncovered some support to the downside and finds itself well off its nearby lows. The larger-than-expected old-crop stocks uncovered by Statistics Canada in its September 3 report remain a bearish influence overhanging the market. […] Read more

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