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Crop quality decreasing with rains, severe sprouting seen in unharvested acres

Manitoba Crop Report and Crop Weather report for October 8

By Manitoba Agriculture October 8, 2019

Southwest Region Another cool and wet week in the Southwest region. Rainfall was variable but enough to stop harvesting many days. Harvest operations resumed late Sunday into Tuesday. Harvest is about 60 per cent complete in general. Majority of areas south of #1 highway are close to 65 to 70 per cent done, while some

Manitoba farmers haven’t given up on their 2019 crops yet, but a wet September saw harvest grind to a halt last week, including in this canola field near Altamont.

Local news, News

MASC says Manitoba farmers not giving up on harvest yet

Wet weather in September delayed Manitoba’s harvest, but there’s still time

By Allan Dawson October 8, 2019

Manitoba farmers aren’t giving up on the 2019 crop yet despite an especially wet September which, for the second consecutive year, has delayed harvest. “We’ve had very few calls from producers who have concluded their crop is in a spot where they can’t harvest it, or it’s not going to be worth harvesting,” David Van

Louis Dreyfus’ oilseed processing plant at Yorkton, Sask. (LDC.com)

Crops

Louis Dreyfus expects tough year on trade war, swine fever

By GFM Network News, Gus Trompiz October 7, 2019

Paris | Reuters — Agricultural commodity giant Louis Dreyfus warned on Monday that international trade tensions and a swine disease epidemic would continue to weigh on its activities in the rest of the year after pushing down first-half profit. The interim results reversed a rebound in group profits in the second half of last year

ICE January 2020 canola with 20-, 100- and 200-day moving averages. (Barchart)

Crops, Markets

Canola breaks out of sideways range, uptrend slowing

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin October 7, 2019

MarketsFarm — ICE Futures canola broke out of a long standing sideways trading range during the first week of October, but could be running out of steam to the upside from a technical standpoint. The nearby November contract had held within a $15 range between $440 and $455 per tonne all summer, but jumped out

Crops, Markets

Funds hold steady in canola

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin October 7, 2019

MarketsFarm — Fund traders in the U.S. were busy covering short positions and putting on fresh longs in the soybean and corn markets during the week ended Oct. 1. Meanwhile, the net fund short position in canola held relatively steady, according to the latest commitment of traders (CoT) report from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading

File photo of a snow-topped field in Alberta. (Don White/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops, Weather

Snow, cold grind Alberta harvest to virtual standstill

By GFM Network News, MarketsFarm Team October 5, 2019

MarketsFarm — Last weekend’s dump of snow coupled with cold temperatures brought the Alberta harvest to a complete halt, according to the province’s latest crop report. For the week ended Oct. 1, the province-wide harvest managed to improve to 33.7 per cent from 28.1 per cent the previous week. This year’s pace was slightly above

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Canola shipments boost Thunder Bay port activity

By GFM Network News, MarketsFarm Team October 5, 2019

MarketsFarm — Cargo movement through the Port of Thunder Bay is running ahead of the previous year’s pace, with some of the extra movement tied to increased canola exports to Europe, according to the latest data from the port authority. Total cargo movement in September of 1.1 million tonnes compares with the 919,386 tonnes reported

CN and CP’s financial and operating results for the second quarter both made records.

News

CN and CP quietly posted strong results

Grain and intermodal were among strong sectors as the railways enhanced their networks

By Alex Binkley October 4, 2019

Canada’s two major railways have quietly gone about their business in the past year, turning in strong financial performances and building up their networks, even as economic storm clouds gather. They overcame wicked winter weather to record a record grain haul for the crop year ending July 31. As of September, they were still enjoying

Grain Markets, Markets

Harvest setbacks bring uncertainty to grain markets

Canola purchases from the EU have been supportive

By Marlo Glass October 3, 2019

Canola values remained sluggish and rangebound during the week ended Sept. 27, dampened by large carry-out stocks and uncertainty regarding 2019 production volumes. As harvest drags out across the Prairies, challenging weather conditions could begin to harm crop quality. While Statistics Canada earlier in the month predicted canola production to be around 19.358 million tonnes,

ICE Futures November 2019 canola, with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

Crops, Markets, Weather

ICE weekly outlook: Upside limited for canola’s snow boost

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin October 2, 2019

MarketsFarm — An unwelcomed early winter storm sent ICE Futures canola contracts higher during the week ended Wednesday, but it will take outside support to sustain a rally, according to industry participants. Snow in Alberta and Saskatchewan and cool and wet conditions in Manitoba slowed harvest operations during the week, with about 60 per cent

Daily Network News

U.S., China discuss farm goods, managed trade in ‘remarkably stable’ Paris talks, sources say

Canada’s annual inflation rate eases to 1.8 per cent in February ahead of expected energy shock

Strong 2025 could mean complications for Canadian grain sector in 2026 says analyst

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