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[...]


Feed weekly outlook: Grain prices strong as dry weather persists

MarketsFarm -- Producers are anxious to stock up on feed grains as weather across the Prairies has remained dry. "We've been seeing buyers being quite aggressive [when] bidding on all feed grains," explained Nelson Neumann of Agfinity in Lethbridge. "Nobody wants to be caught without anything over the summer." With little precipitation in the forecast,[...]

Feed weekly outlook: Lower stocks support grain prices

MarketsFarm -- Feed grain prices in Western Canada have been strong lately, as old-crop supplies reach seasonal lows. "We're getting to the bottom of old-crop stocks," said Allen Pirness of Market Place Commodities in Lethbridge. However, he noted, growing conditions on the Prairies have been favourable, with no indication of a "drought-induced early harvest." Old-crop[...]


Thunder Bay grain exports continue at strong pace

MarketsFarm -- Grain shipments through the Port of Thunder Bay continue to run at a strong pace, with season-to-date volumes of 4.2 million tonnes up 26 per cent on the year. A total of 961,419 tonnes of grain were shipped through the port, located on the northern shores of Lake Superior, in July, port officials[...]

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[...]