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CNS Canada -- ICE's November canola futures look poised to continue chopping around between the $490-$500 per tonne mark, as uncertainty over yields in Western Canada sows seeds of doubt throughout the trade. "Yields that have been coming in suggest the crop will be bigger than the (Statistics Canada) estimate," said Ken Ball of PI[...]

CNS Canada -- A lack of rain at key times during the summer of 2018 has left Manitoba's edible bean crop unlikely to match last year's yields. Last year's yield was about 2,000 lbs./acre on average, but according to provincial pulse specialist Dennis Lange, that won't be the case this year. "I think for this[...]

CNS Canada -- Temperatures as high as 38 C were recorded in the western Prairies over the weekend -- and with that heat comes questions about crop impact. Lentils and peas are far enough along that the recent heat wave is unlikely to affect them from a yield perspective, according to Carl Potts of Saskatchewan[...]

CNS Canada -- The ICE Futures Canada canola market could go on a choppy ride this summer as weather challenges and the topsy-turvy world of international trade battles threaten to fill the next few months with volatility. "Particularly in the summer months, Trump issues and weather issues will be the primary drivers; both are hard[...]

CNS Canada -- It's a mixed bag in many ways for Saskatchewan's pulse crops this year, as a dry summer and late rains have meant different things for various crops. According to one industry expert, though, the overall picture doesn't look bad. "I think overall, if you assess the entire province, it will come in[...]

CNS Canada -- Dry soil conditions persist across many areas of Western Canada but the outlook for pulse crops seems fairly promising in one specialist's view. "For the pulses, seeding has been going fairly well," said Daphne Cruise, crops extension specialist with Saskatchewan's provincial Agriculture Knowledge Centre in Moose Jaw. "A lot of the pulses[...]

CNS Canada -- Excess soil moisture is holding up planting of canary seed in Saskatchewan, though according to one market watcher, the overall production outlook for 2017 is good, leaving prices struggling to rise. “Prices are soft,” said Kevin Hursh, executive director of the Canaryseed Development Commission of Saskatchewan. Prices remain locked in the 19-[...]

CNS Canada -- The potential for a storm in the Gulf of Mexico to bring rain to parts of the U.S. Midwest has caught the attention of the grain and oilseed markets. "If it turns farther north and hits some of the dry spots in Indiana, Ohio and Illinois that would be a little bit[...]