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Canola falls in pre-harvest wait

Weather conditions batter against speculation, demand lull

By Phil Franz-Warkentin August 10, 2023

ICE Futures canola contracts moved lower as the calendar flipped to the new 2023-24 crop year, but managed to uncover support in the early days of August. While Prairie weather remains a major market driver, speculative positioning and a lack of significant commercial demand weighed on values. November canola fell below its 20-day moving average

ICE November 2023 canola with Bollinger bands (20,2). (Barchart)

Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Canola prices ‘cheap’ but rangebound

Trade also watching U.S. soy complex

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin August 10, 2023

MarketsFarm — ICE Futures canola contracts held relatively rangebound during the week ended Wednesday, in choppy activity as traders wait to get a clearer picture on the size of this year’s crop. “Overall, canola is relatively cheap,” said Ken Ball of PI Financial in Winnipeg. He pointed to wide crush margins — over $200 per

Table 3: Spring Wheat Quality Rating by Region.

Crop Report, Crops, Weather

Winter cereal harvests ramp up, quality seen mostly good

Manitoba Crop Report: Issue 13 (week 32)

By Manitoba Agriculture August 8, 2023

Overview Harvesting of winter wheat and fall rye continued with about 60 and 30 per cent of acres combined, respectively. Early yield reports on winter wheat were averaging around 65 bu/acre. Spring cereal crops were in the intermediate to hard dough stage with the exception of very late seeded crops that were in soft dough.

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Carbine gets green light against lygus bugs

Product gets emergency approval for use in confection sunflowers

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff August 8, 2023

Manitoba farmers have emergency approval to use Carbine against lygus bug infestations in confection sunflowers. The Manitoba Crop Alliance noted the allowance in a press release July 28. “The need for an emergency use registration was identified in the wake of the re-evaluation of lambda-cyhalothrin product use in Canada, which left a void in lygus bug control

Crops, Weather

Saskatchewan Crop Report: Dryness continues as harvest begins

Since April 1, the entirety of the province received 200 mm or less of rain

By Adam Peleshaty, GFM Network News, Marketsfarm August 3, 2023

MarketsFarm – With the exception of a handful of areas, most of Saskatchewan remained dry for the week ended July 31 as harvest operations began in the province’s southwest and west-central regions. Areas north of Prince Albert and northwest of Kindersley, as well as inside and around Hudson Bay each saw more than 30 millimetres

Canola prices appear to be firmly entrenched to stay above $800 per tonne for now.

Grain Markets, Markets

Canola markets in wait-and-see mode

Production will likely fall below expectations

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm August 3, 2023

Canola prices spent the last full week of July vacillating between increases and decreases as the market shifted into a wait-and-see mode on this year’s crop on the Canadian Prairies. There’s zero doubt the 2023-24 canola harvest won’t make the 18.8 million tonnes projected by Agriculture and Agri-food Canada. Drought and excessive heat across most

Crops, Markets

ICE canola weekly outlook: Prices trending down ahead of harvest

Harvest pressure may not be that large this year says analyst

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin August 2, 2023

MarketsFarm – ICE Futures canola contracts lost ground during the week ended Aug. 2, as spillover from outside markets and easing concerns over the state of the crop ahead of the harvest weighed on values. Excessive heat during the flowering period in June and July caused canola prices to climb higher, but the market is

Mature winter wheat. (Allan Dawson photo)

Cereals, Crops, Forages

Manitoba’s crops continue to hold up

Hay yields generally below average; pasture conditions were deteriorating due to dryness

By GFM Network News, Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm August 2, 2023

MarketsFarm – Timely rains in Manitoba have kept the province’s crops in relatively good shape, according to the latest crop report. Manitoba Agriculture said precipitation as of Aug. 1 amounted to as much as 73 millimeters around Zhoda in the southeast to 13 mm at The Pas in the north. Although several locales throughout the

Table 2: Spring wheat quality rating by region.

Crop Report, Crops, Weather

Most of agro-Manitoba comes up dry, heat diminishing potential wheat yield in areas

Manitoba Crop Report: Issue 12 (week 31)

By Manitoba Agriculture August 1, 2023

Overview Limited harvesting of fall rye and winter wheat began late last week. Winter cereal crops continued to dry down with producers applying pre-harvest herbicides or swathing as crop seed moisture content allowed. Harvest is expected to become more general this week if the weather cooperates. Crop condition remained good to excellent. Early yield reports

An irrigation pivot stands in a field of blooming canola south of Neepawa, July 16.

Farmit Manitoba

PHOTOS: Through the Lens: July in photos

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff July 28, 2023

This month saw more damaging storms, some hitting the same areas as June, while crops from potatoes to canola went into full bloom. Have a quick look, here.

Daily Network News

Canadian aquaculture should be classed as agriculture, industry groups say

CBOT Weekly: April supply and demand report a ‘nothing burger’

Canada blocks meats, dairy from Greece over foot-and-mouth disease

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