Manitoba cereal harvest completed

Dry and warm weather during the week ended Monday helped Manitoba growers advance the harvest to levels not usually seen at this time of year. Harvest progress in the province was at 85 per cent complete as of Monday, compared to the five-year average of 73 per cent. With the exception of spring wheat at[...]


Precipitation, moisture low in Manitoba despite fall reprieve

Last summer’s drought resulted in below-normal soil moisture and precipitation levels in most of southern Manitoba but some areas received late relief, according to a new report from the province. Manitoba Infrastructure’s Hydrologic Forecast Centre released its 2021 fall conditions report on Dec. 16, stating that most of southern Manitoba received only 50 to 85[...]




Thunder Bay grain shipments up on year

MarketsFarm -- Grain shipments through the Port of Thunder Bay are running well ahead of the year-ago level, with 3.747 million tonnes of grain shipped through the port on the northern shores of Lake Superior as of Aug. 31. That was up by 1.1 million tonnes from the previous year’s pace, but slightly behind the[...]


Long-range outlook points to warmer winter

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,[...]

Thunder Bay grain shipments up on year

MarketsFarm -- Grain shipments through the Port of Thunder Bay are running well ahead of the previous year’s pace, according to updated data from the Lake Superior facility. Grain shipments through the end of June of about 2.5 million tonnes were up by 760,000 from the same point the previous year. Monthly shipments in June[...]


Oilseed crush down, grain deliveries rise in June: StatCan

 Marketsfarm – Statistics Canada (StatCan) released its June oilseed crush and grain delivery statistics, showing a small decline for the former, but a large gain for the latter from the month before.  Oilseed processors in Canada crushed 772,345 tonnes of canola last month, as well as 139,164 tonnes of soybeans for the month of June[...]

USDA adjusts soy, corn outlooks in September report

MarketsFarm -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture made a number of slight changes to its forecast on soybeans and corn for 2023-24, while keeping its domestic wheat numbers from August. USDA on Tuesday issued its monthly world agricultural supply and demand estimates, adjusting its forecast on this year’s soybean yields at 50.1 bushels per acre,[...]