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Anderson Soletti shows soybeans at his drought-parched plantation at Espumoso in Brazil’s Rio Grande do Sul state on Jan. 10, 2022. (Photo: Reuters/Diego Vara)
Crops, Markets

South American soy, corn crops face major disaster

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MarketsFarm — With intense heat and very little rain, soybean and corn crops have been having a very tough time in South America, according Dr. Michael Cordonnier of Soybean and Corn Advisor at Hinsdale, Ill. Be they from private consultancies or government bodies such as the U.S. Department of Agriculture or its Brazilian equivalent CONAB, […] Read more
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Crops, Markets

Canola declines, durum drops in new StatsCan estimates

Soybean, oats estimates raised

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MarketsFarm — There were very few surprises in Statistics Canada’s latest principal field crop production estimates released Friday — the first in 2021-22 to use a survey of producers. Nevertheless, they quantified just how severe last summer’s drought was in Western Canada. Canola production for the 2021-22 marketing year was estimated to be 12.595 million […] Read more
File photo of a canola crop south of Ethelton, Sask. in 2019. (Dave Bedard photo)
Crops, Markets

Canada’s drought forces canola importers to turn elsewhere

'Importers...are going to be left out in the cold'

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Winnipeg | Reuters — Canada’s smallest canola harvest in 13 years, resulting from severe drought, is forcing importers like Japan and Mexico to pay more or scour other countries for the yellow-flowering oilseed. With the scant available Canadian canola fetching high prices, customers of the world’s biggest canola exporter are leaning more heavily on smaller-producing […] Read more
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Crops, Markets

U.S. spring wheat crop down sharply in 2021

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MarketsFarm — Spring wheat production in the United States was down sharply in 2021, according to the latest annual small grains report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Total spring wheat production was pegged at 9.01 million tonnes by the government agency, down 44 per cent from the 15.99 million tonnes grown the previous year. […] Read more
A freighter is loaded with grain from a terminal at Vancouver’s Burrard Inlet. (Maxvis/iStock/Getty Images)
Crops, Markets

Grain exports running well behind year-ago pace

Prices, low stocks keep lid on demand

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MarketsFarm — Canadian grain exports are running well behind the year-ago pace through the first few weeks of the 2021-22 marketing year, as smaller supplies and high prices limit offshore demand. Total exports of all of the major grains, oilseeds and pulses as of Sept. 12 of 3.162 million tonnes are down by about 2.1 […] Read more
(Photo courtesy Canola Council of Canada)
Crops, Markets

Canada’s canola production likely to be cut further

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MarketsFarm — Barely two weeks after Statistics Canada projected 2021-22 canola production to come in around 14.7 million tonnes, the U.S. Department of Agriculture forecast the Canadian oilseed crop to be about 14 million tonnes. Now, a few days after USDA’s supply and demand estimates, Statistics Canada is already set to update its Aug. 30 […] Read more
ICE November 2021 canola (candlesticks) with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages (yellow, green and black lines). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Canola remains expensive

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MarketsFarm — Concerns over the likelihood of a much smaller canola crop than previously anticipated, coupled with a very tight supply situation, continued to underpin values this week. That price rationing in turn has kept canola more expensive than other edible oils, according to trader Keith Ferley of RBC Dominion Securities in Winnipeg. “The market […] Read more
A view of BHP’s potash mine project north of Jansen, Sask. (BHP.com)
Crops, Markets

BHP delaying decision on Saskatchewan potash project

Jansen mine decision to be delayed by a few months

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Melbourne | Reuters — BHP Group expects to present its board with a decision on whether to proceed with its Jansen potash project in Saskatchewan in a few months’ time — rather than mid-year — after choosing between two port options, an executive said on Thursday. The world’s biggest miner has estimated the project at […] Read more
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Crops, Markets

Dry weather may cut into Canadian crop prospects, AAFC says

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MarketsFarm — Dry weather conditions across Western Canada could cut into production prospects in the region, according to updated supply/demand tables released Thursday by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. “Extremely dry conditions prevail in large parts of Western Canada, allowing for rapid seeding progress which is trending ahead of normal; however, timely precipitation this spring and […] Read more
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Crops, Markets

CBOT weekly outlook: Markets react to WASDE

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MarketsFarm — Trading at the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) was mostly affected by the release of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s supply and demand estimates (WASDE) released earlier today. Corn, wheat and soybeans were all projected for greater worldwide production in the 2021-22 crop year compared to the previous year. Worldwide corn production is […] Read more

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