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Crops, Markets

Canadian wheat, canola stocks projections revised higher

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MarketsFarm — Canadian wheat and canola ending stocks for the 2022-23 crop year are forecast to end up above earlier projections, according to updated supply/demand estimates from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, released late Friday. The updated estimates account for recent production and old-crop carryout numbers from Statistics Canada. Total wheat ending stocks for 2022-23 are
Part of the recipe to make Manitoba a global leader in plant and animal protein production is simply time, something pulse and livestock sectors need to work together on to ensure.
Editorial, Op/Ed

Editor’s Take: A five-year plan that works

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During the Soviet era, a perpetual source of amusement was watching the planned economies announce one “Five-year plan” after another, with lofty goals to boost steel production, grow more wheat and so forth. It was always worth a chuckle because they’d inevitably have just failed to reach the goals of the last five-year plan, yet
A 20 million-tonne canola harvest is unlikely now, but a figure below 18 million tonnes is also unlikely.
Grain Markets, Markets

Canola yields not great, but good improvement

Harvest progress last week was well behind the five-year pace

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As farmers contend with less-than-ideal canola yields, the main thing to keep in mind is the 2022-23 harvest will still be vastly better than last year’s. On Sept. 14, Statistics Canada issued its latest production report, following up on its previous one released Aug. 29. That one was based on satellite imagery taken at the
ICE November 2022 canola (candlesticks) with Bollinger bands (20,2). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Seasonal upturn possible for canola

'Good underlying support' seen in futures

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MarketsFarm — ICE Futures canola contracts may soon be due for a seasonal turn higher as harvest pressure subsides and prices should be looking very attractive to end users. However, uncertain outside influences will still dictate the overall direction. “The field certainly gets muddied by issues of geopolitics,” said MarketsFarm analyst Mike Jubinville, pointing to
Running equipment on the same tracks all the time is the essence of controlled traffic farming — and while the practice only has a few adherents in Alberta, they are passionate about its benefits.
News

Controlled traffic farming is proving its worth, say advocates

The system ‘shines’ during droughts and lets farmers seed and harvest sooner when it’s wet, they say

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Controlled traffic farming has yet to catch on in a big way in Western Canada, but the extreme conditions over the past two years have shown its worth to two long-term practitioners on opposite ends of the Prairies. “I grew canola and barley last year and we had 28-bushel canola on four and a half
Rain stalls harvest progress, canola harvest struggles to accelerate
Crop Report, Crops, News

Rain stalls harvest progress, canola harvest struggles to accelerate

Manitoba Crop Report: Issue 20, September 20, 2022

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Overview Harvest progress sits at 40 per cent completed across the province, approximately 3 weeks behind the 5-year average of 71 per cent complete by week 38. Steady rainfall across the province late last week stalled harvest progress. Farmers are anxiously awaiting drier weather to return to straight-cutting cereal and canola crops, and for breezy
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Crops, Markets

Farmers’ wheat, canola deliveries picking up in West

Commercial canola stocks increase

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MarketsFarm — The advancing Prairie harvest has seen an increase in farmer deliveries of grains and oilseeds into the commercial pipeline, according to the latest weekly data from the Canadian Grain Commission. Export activity for canola remains very light through the first six weeks of the 2022-23 crop year, but growing supplies in the commercial
Markets, News

Australia eyes record farm export earnings from bumper wheat harvests

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Reuters – Australian farmers are expected to earn a record amount from agriculture exports this financial year, the country’s chief commodity forecaster said Sept. 6, as it raised its estimate on the back of favourable weather and high global prices. The Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) said farm export earnings
Relatively favourable weather has led to harvest progress and, very likely, increased farmer selling on grain and oilseed markets.
Grain Markets, Markets

Canola slips below psychological supports

Demand from end users may be less aggressive these days

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ICE Futures canola contracts moved lower during the first week of September, falling below psychological chart support as harvest operations progressed across the Prairies amid relatively favourable weather. While there were many areas of concern during the growing season and the bulk of the canola harvest is still far from the bin, it’s fairly safe to say that
ICE November 2022 canola (candlesticks) with 100-day moving average (green line) and Bollinger bands (20,2). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Canola futures continue trending lower

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MarketsFarm — ICE Futures canola contracts saw some choppy activity during the week ended Wednesday, but the general trend remains pointed lower. “Whenever canola rebounds, it doesn’t go as high,” analyst Errol Anderson of Pro Market Communications in Calgary said. Anderson described the chart pattern as a “falling top,” with previous attempts at recovery in

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