The Global Agricultural Information Network of the United States Department of Agriculture issued a series of reports during the week ended Jan. 26. Of those, some of them could have an affect on the North American markets.
USDA attaché reports from Canada, other countries
Drought, grasshoppers among concerns cited for Canadian Prairies
Australia achieves average wheat, barley harvests
Total exports down, but percentage going to China increased
Australian wheat and barley came away with average crops for 2023/24, as the threat of dryness caused by an El Niño posed a major challenge, according to the United Stated Department of Agriculture attaché in the country’s capital of Canberra.
Not much excitement in canola markets
There’s not much moving canola either up or down these days
There’s simply not much of an upside to canola futures right now. At best, the oilseed is destined to remain rangebound, perhaps until the trade has a good handle on what spring planting on the Canadian Prairies could be like. Another idea is canola will shift back and forth until the United States Department of
CBOT weekly outlook: Pointing towards more soybean acres in 2024/25
Southern U.S. cotton crop could cap soybean acres
As farmers in the United States get ready to plant their crops in 2024, there has been speculation of how much corn and soybeans they will plant.
Canadian potato output rises in 2023
Alberta vaults to first place in provincial potato production
At 32.063 million hundredweight of potatoes this year, Alberta vaulted from third to first place as it improved on the previous year’s crop of 26.813 million. Manitoba moved into second spot from third with its harvest of 29.760 million cwt. following last year’s 26.139 million. Prince Edward Island saw its output reduced in 2023 to 25.813 million cwt. from 27.789 million. In 2023, the trio combined for 68 per cent of Canada’s total potato harvest of 128,801 million cwt.
Pulse weekly outlook: AAFC forecasts larger dry pea, lentil crops
Dry pea prices have seen gains over the week; lentils steady to higher
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada forecasted increases in the production of dry peas and lentils for the 2024/25 crop year compared to those in 2023/24. AAFC issued its first supply and demand report for the calendar year on Jan. 22, which included the department’s preliminary estimates for the coming crop year. The data was not based on farmer surveys or satellite models.
ICE weekly outlook: Virtually no upside for canola
Forthcoming South American soybean harvest a bearish influence
With 2024 well underway, canola has very little reason to get excited, according to analyst Wayne Palmer of Exceed Grain in Winnipeg.
Prairie wheat weekly outlook: Narrow price movements for wheat, durum
The Canadian dollar lost three tenths over the week
Wheat prices across the Canadian Prairies were narrowly mixed for Canadian Western Red Spring Wheat and Canada Prairie Red Spring Wheat, while those for Canadian Western Amber Durum eased back by small amounts.
IGC raises wheat, corn, cuts soybeans
IGC upped projected total grain ending stocks to 590.2 million tonnes
As the world’s supply of grain for 2023/24 was increased to 2.307 billion tonnes, the International Grain Council bumped its projections for wheat and corn, while trimming those for soybeans.
More record cattle prices likely on horizon
If heifer retention rises, prices will continue to ascend
Manitoba’s eight cattle auctions and numerous others across Canada witnessed record high prices this past fall, and even stronger prices could be the big story in 2024, according to Brenna Grant, executive director of CanFax. “I think it would be no surprise that, with a smaller North American cattle herd, that the fundamentals remain strong,
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