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Wet conditions this spring made planting quite difficult, especially for corn and soybeans.

Action in oilseed markets swings on weather forecasts

Precipitation on the Prairies will steer canola values

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm June 27, 2019

In the constant battle between influences weighing on values or providing support for canola bids, last week came down to a battle between our rainfall versus their rainfall. On the Prairies, starting Father’s Day, precipitation brought struggling crops a little bit of a boost at a critical stage in their development. The Prairies have been

Federal Tories critique lack of action on China

By GFM Network News June 27, 2019

MarketsFarm — Federal Opposition House Leader Candice Bergen has publicly ripped the federal government’s lack of action to deal with rising barriers against Canada’s substantial ag exports to China. China halted imports of Canadian meat effective Tuesday, the latest on the list of Canadian products China has blacklisted since the December arrest of Huawei executive

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

Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Weather, politics in focus for canola trade

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin June 26, 2019

MarketsFarm — ICE Futures canola contracts fell to their lowest levels in a month during the week ended Wednesday as much-needed moisture also fell across much of Western Canada. While there are still plenty of areas of concern, the rain has taken some of the weather premium out of the market, said Jonathon Driedger of

Crop Report, Weather

Recent rains help spur crop growth, forage quality a concern for producers

Manitoba Crop Report and Crop Weather report for June 25

By Manitoba Agriculture June 26, 2019

Southwest Region Recent rainfall has helped crops and forages over the entire Southwest region. Crops have responded and now some warm days and evenings will help in crop development. Quantity of moisture generally adequate for crop growth throughout the region but the Melita, Ninette, Sinclair, Pierson, and Rivers areas received more than 45 mm over

Crops, Markets, Weather

StatsCan: Less canola and durum, more barley and oats

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin June 26, 2019

MarketsFarm — Canadian farmers seeded fewer canola and durum acres than they originally intended, but more barley and oats, according to updated acreage estimates from Statistics Canada that largely came within expectations. StatsCan pegged planted Canadian canola area for 2019-20 (August to July) at 20.952 million acres, down by about 300,000 from the March survey

Crops, Weather

Rain gives farmers relief, for now, from three-year drought

By GFM Network News, Rod Nickel June 25, 2019

Winnipeg | Reuters — With drought turning Chad Ross’s pastures brown, the southeastern Saskatchewan rancher sent 140 head of cattle to slaughter earlier than usual this spring, as the Prairies’ three-year drought made them too expensive to feed. The ranch and feedlot near Estevan has lost money two straight years. Long-awaited rains that swept the

Crops, Markets, Weather

Flexibility available for farmers on FCC loan payments

By GFM Network News, Gfm Staff June 24, 2019

Farm Credit Canada says it remains willing to work around the various forces majeures standing between its farmer clients and their cash flows this year. The Crown lending agency reiterated Monday it will work with customers “to come up with solutions for their operations on a case-by-case basis” in view of this spring’s weather worries

Crops, Markets

Less canola, more barley area expected in next StatsCan report

By GFM Network News June 24, 2019

MarketsFarm — Canadian farmers will likely grow less canola and more barley in 2019, though the jury is out on exact acreage numbers ahead of Statistics Canada’s seeded area estimates due out Wednesday. Barley prices have hit “historic highs” thanks to inclement corn-growing weather in the United States, which has buoyed most feed grain prices.

Chinese consumers have a voracious appetite for pork, but three Canadian companies have seen their exports to the country halted.

Hogs, Livestock

Reported ractopamine finding locks third pork company out of China

The CFIA is investigating the Chinese claim that a pork shipment tested positive for ractopamine

By Alexis Stockford June 21, 2019

The pork industry says it’s too soon to say the trade spat with China is leaking over into its sector. It’s awaiting the results of a CFIA investigation, launched after a third Canadian company was suspended from exporting pork to China. On June 18, news dropped that China would be temporarily suspending imports from Quebec

Grain Markets, Markets

Lingering old-crop supplies limit canola futures’ climb

U.S. seeding delays could lift spring wheat — but not yet

By Phil Franz-Warkentin June 20, 2019

ICE Futures canola contracts moved higher during the week ended June 14, but ran into upside resistance as conflicting influences pulled on the market. Weather concerns, both in the United States and Canada, were a major supportive influence. Excessive moisture across the U.S. Midwest has left many intended corn acres unplanted. Soybeans can go in

Daily Network News

EU crop monitor sees lower soft wheat and rapeseed yields in 2026

USDA attachés forecast some changes in China’s oilseeds, cereals

China urges hog producers to manage output, vows timely reserve adjustments

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