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StatsCan confirms canola stocks tightening

Wheat stocks also down from previous year-end

MarketsFarm — Solid demand from exporters and domestic crushers continues to eat rapidly through Canada’s canola stocks, which as of Dec. 31 were down nearly 24 per cent from the same date a year earlier, according to new data released Friday from Statistics Canada. The government agency pegged total canola stocks in the country as

Crops

Manitoba crop conference recovers allegedly phished funds

Court order frees event organizers' money from frozen account

By GFM Network News, Gfm Staff February 4, 2021

The organizers of one of the last big Prairie farm events held before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic have recovered funds temporarily lost to an alleged phishing scam. The CropConnect Conference — an annual crop production and farm management conference co-organized by Manitoba grain, oilseed and pulse grower groups — has received back almost

A deal for Planters would be Hormel Foods’ biggest to date, the Wall Street Journal said. (Kraft Heinz promotional video screengrab via YouTube)

Crops

Kraft Heinz reported in talks to sell Planters snack business

Pandemic-based surge in snack demand wanes

By GFM Network News, Reuters February 3, 2021

Reuters — Kraft Heinz is in talks to sell its Planters snack business to Skippy peanut butter maker Hormel Foods for about US$3 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter. The deal could be announced as soon as next week if talks do not fall apart, the Journal

Harvested Saskatchewan lentils. (Bobloblaw/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops, Markets

Pulse weekly outlook: Canada’s lentils face competition

By Adam Peleshaty, GFM Network News February 3, 2021

MarketsFarm — Acreage and production of lentils in Canada are expected to mostly remain the same for the 2021-22 crop year. While strong demand during the COVID-19 pandemic has bolstered prices over the past year, increased production from competing exporters may cut into that buying interest going forward. Elyce Simpson Fraser, senior vice-president of Simpson

Many consumers are revisiting their relationship with animal proteins, both at the meat counter and in the dairy products section.

Comment, Op/Ed, Other

Comment: Plant based still a thing despite COVID-19

Sales are still growing quickly in this relatively new market space

By Sylvain Charlebois February 2, 2021

Think plant protein is just a passing fad? Think again. People are buying. Despite the pandemic and the chaos surrounding containment and vaccination rules, consumers are quietly enjoying the products made from plant proteins and milk alternatives. According to recent data offered by Nielsen, since the start of 2020 sales of vegetable protein products have

AFSC CEO Darryl Kay announced a 20 per cent cut in farmers’ AgriInsurance premiums for the 2021 crop year on Jan. 25. (AFSC video screengrab via YouTube)

Crops, Weather

Alberta crop insurer taps reserve to cut premiums

AFSC to pare premiums by 20 per cent

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News January 29, 2021

The reserve at Alberta’s Crown crop insurance agency will be tapped to offset the premiums charged to farmers for the 2021 crop year, and possibly for longer. The province’s Agriculture Financial Services Corp. (AFSC) said Monday its farmer customers will get a 20 per cent discount on crop insurance premiums this year — which on

Farmers arrive with blankets and mattresses for others at the site of a protest against farm laws at Ghaziabad, India on Jan. 29, 2021. (Photo: Reuters/Danish Siddiqui)

Crops, Markets

Indian farm protesters reinforce after standoff with police

By GFM Network News, Mayank Bhardwaj January 29, 2021

New Delhi | Reuters — Thousands of Indian farmers marched overnight to reinforce protesting colleagues camping out on the outskirts of the capital, New Delhi, to press the government to withdraw three new farm laws that they say will hurt their livelihoods. In a standoff between riot police and the farmers, authorities tried to clear

Top: When there were thousands of elevators scattered across the Prairies, data gathering was much more difficult. Seen here the very first ‘standard’ elevator, built in 1881 in Gretna. Main: The G3 terminal elevator in Vancouver. These kinds of sophisticated operations make data collection relatively easy today.

News

A century later a key data report still informs the grain trade

The Canadian Grain Commission’s Grain Statistics Weekly celebrates its 100th anniversary this year

By Allan Dawson January 28, 2021

Canada’s grain industry has changed a lot since 1921, but some things have been constant — sowing, reaping, and of course, the Grains Statistics Weekly. The publication, whose name succinctly describes its content, celebrates its 100th anniversary this year, the Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) announced recently on its website. “In a lot of ways it

News, Other

Chasing grain stats in 1921

By Allan Dawson January 28, 2021

It’s hard to imagine the effort it would have taken staff at the Board of Grain Commissioners for Canada (now Canadian Grain Commission), to gather the statistics reported in what became the Grains Statistics Weekly. The number of country elevators in Western Canada peaked at 5,758 in 1933. In January 1921, when the publication began,

Markets

Online series covers Hot Topics in Commodities

By GFM Network News, Gfm Staff January 27, 2021

Prices and production information are the focus of the Hot Topics in Commodities series hosted by The Western Producer, Manitoba Co-operator, Grainews and Farmtario this winter. The free sessions each feature a look at market demand and fundamentals provided by MarketsFarm analysts as well as a presentation on a current production issue. Opportunities to earn

Daily Network News

Iran says Strait of Hormuz open as Trump sees deal ‘soon’ to end war

Agriculture groups welcome seed, fertilizer approval bill

AAFC projects tighter canola stocks for 2026-27

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