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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Saskatchewan lentil crop projections raise skepticism
StatsCan adjusts expected corn, soy harvests upward
Satellite models predict higher yields on fewer acres
Statistics Canada’s latest batch of satellite-modelled crop data includes slightly raised expectations for Canadian corn and soybean harvests this fall. StatsCan on Monday released model-based principal field crop estimates for […] Read more
Statistics Canada trims wheat production estimate
Lentil crop estimate up from August
MarketsFarm — Canadian farmers grew less wheat in 2020-21 than earlier thought, according to updated production estimates Statistics Canada released Monday. However, the country’s wheat crop would still be the […] Read more
StatsCan stocks report shows lower lentils, durum, canola
Lentil supply picture 'extremely tight'
MarketsFarm — Statistics Canada’s stocks of principal field crops report detailed tight ending stocks for lentils durum and canola. As of July 31, lentil stocks totalled just 61,000 tonnes, down […] Read more
ICE weekly outlook: Rising canola market watches harvest
MarketsFarm — ICE Futures canola contracts remained pointed higher during the week ended Wednesday, hitting some of their best levels in two years. However, its upside may be limited as […] Read more
Pulse weekly outlook: Large Canadian crops expected
MarketsFarm — Canada will have grown a record-large pea crop in 2020 and possibly the second-largest lentil crop ever, according to preliminary estimates from Statistics Canada, released Monday. Using satellite […] Read more
StatsCan predicts more corn, less soy in 2020 harvest
Fewer acres but higher yields predicted
Statistics Canada’s latest round of expectations for the 2020 harvest calls for more corn and less soy than in 2019, with higher yields offsetting lower planted acres for both crops. […] Read more
Wheat crop to be second-largest on record, StatsCan predicts
Canola estimate at lower end of trade predictions
MarketsFarm — Canada’s farmers will have grown their second-largest wheat crop on record in 2020, according to the first production estimates of the year from Statistics Canada, as released Monday. […] Read more
Canola crush down, soy crush up, StatsCan reports
MarketsFarm — The amount of canola crushed in July was down compared to June’s crush, while there was an increase in the amount of soybeans crushed, according to Statistics Canada. […] Read more
July supply/demand report shows just minor revisions
Canola, wheat ending stocks down
MarketsFarm — Updated supply/demand estimates released Friday by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada include only minor revisions from the previous report, taking into account revised acreage estimates Statistics Canada released at […] Read more
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