Cattle prices at Manitoba auction sites for the week ended Oct. 3 remained strong as warmer temperatures allowed cattle to stay on pasture for a little while longer. Producers are expected to begin selling calves in the next week or two.
Canola fields can be recognized simply by the seas of bright, day-glow yellow flowers atop green stalks before they are combined in late summer and early fall. But since Labour Day, ICE Futures canola has taken on a reddish hue. After trading rangebound during the final week of August, canola returned from the long weekend[...]
An ongoing dispute between Canada and India involving the assassination of a Sikh man on Canadian soil has Canada's lentil market fearing that one of its largest trading partners may shut its doors to the pulse.
The Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) Futures canola market tried to salvage what it can at the end of July after a sharp downturn in prices over the past week.
Delivered prices for green peas across the Prairies ranged from C$12.50 to C$14.21 per bushel as of July 26, according to Prairie Ag Hotwire. The latter price was down C$4.27 from last month but only four cents lower than last year. For yellow peas, delivered prices ranged from C$9.75 to C$11.40/bu., down C$1.60 from last month and down C$1.40 from last year.
In total, 32 per cent of intended acres were seeded so far this spring, according to the Saskatchewan government’s weekly crop report released on May 16. One week earlier, seeding across the province was only 12 per cent complete.