Canadian grain exports up 35 per cent on the year

Canadian grain companies continue to do brisk business moving grains and oilseeds out of the country, with movement of canola, wheat, barley and many other crops running well ahead of the year-ago pace. Crop-year-to-date exports of Canada’s major grains and oilseeds as of Jan. 17 came in at 26.4 million tonnes, according to Canadian Grain[...]

India soybean production said to be lower

Production of the 2020-21 kharif (fall harvest) soybean crop in India should be lower, according to a United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) attaché report. The fall is the only time India harvests soybeans. The attachés, Amit Aradhey and Mariano Beillard, proposed several changes to the official USDA numbers from October including a 10.7 per[...]


Farm Credit Canada highlights three disruptors in 2020

Farm Credit Canada (FCC) believes there are three major factors that will disrupt Canadian agriculture in 2020, according to a prepared statement from the federal agency. Those disruptors are climate change, protectionism and automation, which FCC chief agricultural economist J.P. Gervais said could promote or inhibit growth in the industry. “We call them disruptors for[...]

Climate change likely to boost Canadian farm production

A new United Nations’ report suggests just how climate change will reshape agriculture by 2050. It says international trade will play an ever-larger role in helping to feed people in food-deficit regions as warmer temperatures and less precipitation will damage yields in many tropical areas. Temperate areas, such as Canada and the United States, are[...]


Canola meal boosts milk performance in dairy cattle trials

Feeding trials from Wisconsin dairies showed that cows produced more litres of milk per day with canola meal in their feed rations. On-farm trials carried out at two dairies by the Canola Council of Canada and GPS Dairy Consulting, a group of independent dairy nutritionists, replaced animal protein and high-bypass soybean meal with canola meal[...]

Spring road restrictions underway

A massive winter storm may have blanketed much of the Prairies, but spring is imminent and seasonal road bans are coming into effect. The annual seasonal weight restrictions will further disrupt grain movement already struggling with rail service issues. In Manitoba, spring road bans began on March 15 in all agricultural regions of the province[...]


Crops need rain in southwest, central regions

CNS Canada -- Dry conditions that are becoming a concern in Saskatchewan and Alberta have not become as widespread in Manitoba, although rain is needed in many parts of the southwest and central regions. Warm temperatures last week helped spur plant growth, while disease and insect worries remain low, according to the province's latest weekly[...]



Supplies, Domestic Demand, Prices All Strong

Wi t h ha r-v est operations now virtually complete across Manitoba, auction marts across the province saw large volumes during the final week of October, as the fall calf run brought in big numbers of cattle.Keith Cleaver, manager of Heartland Livestock in Brandon, said it was a good week to be selling.“The smoke is[...]

Analysts advise making sales into canola rally


ICE Futures Canada canola contracts remained pointed higher during the week ended Feb. 24, as bullish technicals and solid end-user demand kept values well supported. Canola has moved higher every week for the past month, and while every advance heightens the chance of a profit-taking correction, that inevitable downturn has yet to rear its head.[...]