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Pulse weekly outlook: Exports strong through three quarters

Prices rationing demand for old-crop

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MarketsFarm — Canadian pulse exports continue at a solid pace through nine months of the 2022-23 marketing year, with old-crop prices trending higher over the past month as the market rations demand ahead of the new-crop harvest. Canada has exported 1.713 million tonnes of lentils during the crop year to date, with Turkey the top
Rainfall offers slight improvement for Manitoba crops
Crop Report, Crops, Weather

Rainfall offers slight improvement for Manitoba crops

Manitoba Crop Report: Issue 7 (week 26)

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Overview Rainfall was received in most regions of Manitoba this past week but amounts varied by region from low levels to excessive. Areas that did receive significant rainfall have commented the crops have improved slightly from the previous week. Crop development has been rapid but there is some concern for producers choosing to spray for
Aerial view of a loop track featuring a train of CPKC’s newer “high-efficiency” grain hopper cars, at a G3 elevator near Moose Jaw, Sask. in December 2018. (CPR.ca)
Crops

Richardson elevators expanding to feed ‘high-efficiency’ trains

Eight sites along CPKC lines to get expanded rail car spots

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Grain handler Richardson International plans to expand rail car spots at eight Prairie elevators on Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) lines as the railway gears up for longer trains with new higher-volume hopper cars. Winnipeg-based Richardson on Monday announced expanded rail car spots for its elevators at Lacombe, Carseland, Provost and Olds, Alta.; Estevan, Whitewood
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Crops, Markets

Analysts expect little change in new StatCan numbers

Weather was 'pretty conducive to plantings'

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MarketsFarm — Dry conditions in much of the Prairies this spring may leave seeding areas relatively unchanged ahead of Statistic Canada’s (StatCan) principal field crop report, due to be released Wednesday. It will be the second survey-based acreage report for the 2023-24 marketing year, after the first one was released in April. While growing conditions
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Crops, Markets

AAFC’s June supply/demand estimates mostly unchanged

Corn exports adjusted upward

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MarketsFarm — Monthly supply/demand projections from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada were left mostly unchanged in June, as the department awaits updated acreage estimates from Statistics Canada at the end of the month. Only corn saw any adjustments in the numbers from May, with a 200,000-tonne increase in 2022-23 exports, now at 2.05 million tonnes, resulting
“There’s a tremendous amount of water taken up by the plants that ends up right back in the atmosphere as water vapour. In fact, in dryland farming, the majority of that water is just cycled right back to the atmosphere.” – Paul Bullock.
News, Weather

Rainfall 101: a refresher on how it makes or breaks your crop

Revisiting the basics of how plants use that moisture top-up

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In the Prairies, spring meltwater may give emerging crops a good start, but the finish is up to the rain. “If you had your clay soils filled to their maximum water-holding capacity and then it doesn’t rain on them for the rest of the crop season, you’re going to have a crop failure,” said Paul
Figure 1 (left): Total accumulated precipitation; Figure 2 (right): Top 0-30 cm soil moisture.
Crop Report, Crops, Weather

Lack of rain concerns Manitoba producers, corn crops advancing quickly

Manitoba Crop Report: Issue 6 (week 25)

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Weekly Provincial Summary  Precipitation was variable across agro–Manitoba from June 12 to 18 with values ranging from 0 to 23.6 mm. Only the San Clara (23.6 mm) area in the Northwest received significant rainfall over the past seven days. Most other regions received less than 5 mm of rain. Total accumulated precipitation from May 1st
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Crops, Markets, Pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: Fewer growers signing up their green lentils

'A lot of interest' seen for red lentils

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MarketsFarm — There has been a divergence of prices between green and red lentils so far in 2023, according to Levon Sargsyan of Johnston Grains at Weyburn, Sask. Sargsyan said he hasn’t seen too many acres of green lentils signed up for this year, while it’s the opposite case for the reds. “I’m seeing some
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Weather

Prairie Forecast: Alberta low looks to dominate

Forecast issued June 14, covering June 14-21

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So far, the weather models have been doing a good job with the medium-range forecasts, only falling off late in the forecast period. Of course, in the summer, short-range forecasts can be difficult, especially when it comes to just when and where thunderstorms will develop. I always find it interesting that a forecast could be
As much as 50 per cent of India’s dal crop was damaged this year due to waterlogging. Photo: iStock/Getty Images
Crops, Markets, Pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: Saskatchewan pulses dealing with dryness

Too early to know what effect grasshoppers, smoke will have

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MarketsFarm –  Seeding went well across the province thanks to hot and dry temperatures following a cool spring, said Saskatchewan Pulse Growers (SaskPulse) executive director Carl Potts. However, the dry conditions are still cause for concern.  “A later-than-normal start, but we wrapped up seeding within that normal window that growers typically do,” Potts said. “(It

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