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Pulse Weekly: Lentils starting to feel harvest pressure

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm August 13, 2024

Lentil combining in southeast and southwest Saskatchewan were 10 per cent complete as of Aug. 5, according to that province’s crop report. Harvesting of the pulse was six per cent done in the west-central region, while most of Saskatchewan’s lentil crop was still standing. Over in Alberta, the combining of pulses was expected to get underway this week.

Crops, Markets

ICE Canada Weekly: Attention on canola to soon turn from yields to demand

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm July 24, 2024

At this time there have yet to be any firm estimates as to what canola yields on the Canadian Prairies are most likely to be. However, once those start rolling in, the canola market will shift towards demand, according to broker Tony Tryhuk of RBC Dominion Securities in Winnipeg.

Markets

Pulse Weekly: Chickpea prices drop, acres likely to increase

By Adam Peleshaty - Marketsfarm March 26, 2024

Recent price declines for Western Canadian chickpeas do not seem to be deterring growers from seeding the crop this spring.

Markets

Feed grain weekly: Buyers waiting longer to purchase more grain

U.S. corn shipments continue to put pressure on feed prices

By Adam Peleshaty - Marketsfarm February 15, 2024

Buying activity for feed barley and feed wheat in Western Canada is moving slowly and prices continue to decline, according to Susanne Leclerc, owner of Market Master Ltd. in Edmonton.

Livestock, Markets

Prairie feed market remains under pressure

U.S. corn imports adding to lack of demand for domestic barley

By Phil Franz-Warkentin February 1, 2024

Feed grain markets in Western Canada remain under pressure, with end users well covered and farmers still sitting on large amounts of unpriced grain.

Crops, Markets

Good quality Canadian malt barley despite lower yields

CDC Copeland acres declined, with AAC Synergy the most popular malting variety

By Phil Franz-Warkentin December 19, 2023

Hot and dry growing conditions cut into barley yields in Western Canada in 2023 but the quality was generally good, according to the yearly annual harvest report on barley quality from the Canadian Grain Commission (CGC).

Long-range outlook points to warmer winter

Odds less likely for Prairies next three months

By MarketsFarm October 31, 2023

MarketsFarm — Warmer than normal temperatures are expected across nearly all of Canada this winter, with average precipitation for most of the agricultural areas of the Prairies. The latest long-range seasonal forecast from Environment Canada, released Tuesday, calls for a 40 per cent chance of above-normal temperatures from November through January across most of Alberta, […] Read more

Smoke billows upwards from the Donnie Creek wildfire south of Fort Nelson, B.C. n June 11, 2023. (Photo: B.C. Wildfire Service handout via Reuters)

Western Canada covered in smoke as wildfires loosen grip on Quebec

Over 200 of 449 wildfires now out of control

By Ismail Shakil June 13, 2023

Ottawa | Reuters — Smoke shrouded Western Canada on Monday as wildfires flared again in the main oil-producing province of Alberta, while firefighters in Quebec doused some of the worst early-season blazes, allowing thousands of evacuees to return home. Canada is enduring its most destructive start to wildfire season, with about 4.8 million hectares — […] Read more

Forecast probability of above- or below-normal temperatures for the period from May 29 to June 26, 2023. Map issued May 25, 2023. (Map: Environment Canada)

A hot, dry Prairie June ahead

El Nino pattern could arrive

By Glen Hallick May 31, 2023

MarketsFarm — June is expected to see a continuation of the hot and dry weather most of the Canadian Prairies has experienced in May, according to Scott Kehler, chief scientist for Weatherlogics. “It looks like late spring/early summer is pretty hot across almost all of Western Canada. The Prairies are all above normal [temperature-wise],” Kehler […] Read more

File photo of a pea crop south of Ethelton, Sask. on Aug. 1, 2019. (Dave Bedard photo)

Crops, Markets

Pulse weekly outlook: Peas seeing good Prairie movement

By Phil Franz-Warkentin March 1, 2023

MarketsFarm — Peas are seeing good movement in Western Canada ahead of spring, although prices have held steady over the past month. “The yellow pea market has some life again,” said Allan Johnston of Johnston’s Grain at Wellwyn, Sask. He added there were also a few companies chasing after some coverage for green peas with […] Read more

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Pulse Weekly: Lentils starting to feel harvest pressure

ICE Canada Weekly: Attention on canola to soon turn from yields to demand

Pulse Weekly: Chickpea prices drop, acres likely to increase

Feed grain weekly: Buyers waiting longer to purchase more grain

Prairie feed market remains under pressure

Good quality Canadian malt barley despite lower yields

Long-range outlook points to warmer winter

Western Canada covered in smoke as wildfires loosen grip on Quebec

A hot, dry Prairie June ahead

Pulse weekly outlook: Peas seeing good Prairie movement

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