Dwayne Klassen

(Resource News International) — Western Canadian producers, hoping to get some sort of reprieve from the continuous precipitation that has already cost valuable acreage and is now threatening production, will not be happy with the short- to medium-term forecasts. “I’m afraid the weather pattern that has dominated much of the Canadian prairies this spring and early

(Resource News International) — The price outlook for canaryseed in Western Canada has taken a turn for the worse, given news that the government of Mexico has begun enforcing weed seed quarantines. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency received notice from Mexico on June 23 that all imports of Canadian canaryseed will be held and tested

(Resource News International) — Cash bids for feed barley in Western Canada have managed to strengthen over the past number of weeks, but the upside continues to be limited. “The main reason for the firmness in cash barley bids is that producers have remained reluctant sellers,” said Jerry Klassen, manager with G.A.P. Grain and Products

(Resource News International) — Both the traditional commodity funds and the large commodity index funds have taken up long positions in the November ICE Canada canola futures contract.  Estimates from market participants placed the regular funds long about 20,000 contracts or more in the November canola future while the large index funds were long the

(Resource News International) — The acreage update from Statistics Canada released early Wednesday held few surprises and will largely be ignored, but will provide a good base in which to backtrack seeding intentions negatively impacted by excessive precipitation this spring. “The report from StatsCan is more reflective of what could of been, rather than what

(Resource News International) — Excessive moisture in Western Canada definitely had a negative impact on oat acreage and will have severely hurt yield potential, but it will probably take another month or two before the industry gets a real handle on actual damage, according to industry sources. Canada’s 2010-11 oat output in Agriculture and Agri-Food

(Resource News International) — Exceptional spring rainfall will severely impact 2010-11 western Canadian wheat, durum and barley production, leaving more than eight million acres unseeded, the Canadian Wheat Board said Friday. “The excess rain has washed away the hope of seeding for many farmers,” Bruce Burnett, the CWB’s director of weather and market analysis, said in

(Resource News International) — Cash bids for flaxseed in Western Canada have been holding steady to firm, and were expected to see some additional strength given the uncertainty due to the excessively wet conditions. “There will likely be some flaxseed that may not get into the ground in both Saskatchewan and Manitoba due to excess

(Resource News International) — Excessively wet conditions in Saskatchewan have delayed seeding of numerous crops and caused concern about the extent of moisture damage to recently planted fields, including lentils. “I think there was quite a bit of area that had been intended to be seeded to lentils, that just did not get into the

(Resource News International) — Cash bids for feed barley in Western Canada have held fairly steady at some pretty depressed prices and the outlook continues to remain bleak. “There is no doubt that feed barley values are going to continue to decline, especially given the excessively wet growing conditions and the outlooks calling for these