Winnipeg | CNS Canada — Because of record yields and production in 2013-14 for many crops, there’s not much room to produce large crops again this year. But that’s not the case for lentils and mustard, as stocks of those two commodities aren’t as high compared to some others, such as wheat and canola. Carryover
Grainworld: Room to produce large lentil, mustard crops
Grainworld: Barley prices to remain in downtrend for months
Winnipeg | CNS Canada — Barley prices in Western Canada have seen a bit of a rebound rally recently, but that trend is not expected to stick around. The recent price climb was sparked by a stop in farmer selling and by ideas that the market dropped too low, too quick, Jim Beusekom of Market
Grainworld: Durum export outlook positive for 2014-15
Winnipeg | CNS Canada –– Because of the large durum crop grown in Canada in 2013-14, the country needs to gain a higher percentage of global durum trade to alleviate some of the pressures of having huge supplies, the Wild Oats Grainworld conference was told here Monday. “And I don’t think it’s going to be
Grainworld: Oats market a ‘trainwreck’
Winnipeg | CNS Canada — The oats market in North America is a “trainwreck”, and there’s not much positive in the six- to 12-month outlook, an analyst told the Wild Oats Grainworld conference here Tuesday. “We have got bottlenecks all over the place. We are within an eyelash of shutting down the milling industry in
Grainworld: Pulse and special crop area to increase
Winnipeg | CNS Canada — The area seeded to pulse and special crops is expected to increase in Western Canada this spring, according to an outlook presented here Monday at the Wild Oats Grainworld conference. Jon Driedger, a market analyst with FarmLink Marketing Solutions in Winnipeg, said favourable input costs and some decent new-crop contracts
ICE weekly outlook: Little upside left in canola
CNS Canada — Canola futures on the ICE Futures Canada trading platform moved higher during the week ended Wednesday, on the back of speculative-based short-covering after nearby futures fell below $400 early in the week. Oversold price sentiment and continued ideas that canola is undervalued compared to other oilseeds were supportive, as was the sharp
Spot bids for Prairie wheat climb with U.S. futures
CNS Canada — Cash bids for Canada Prairie Spring Red (CPSR) and Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheat continued to move higher amid the ongoing short-covering rally seen in U.S. wheat futures during the week ending Tuesday. Average spot bids on Tuesday for CWRS (13.5 per cent protein) across Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta came in
Spring flooding not a concern for Prairie winter wheat
CNS Canada — Some Prairie winter wheat-growing regions may have received large amounts of snow so far this winter, but flooding shouldn’t be a concern this spring. “We’ve run into some problems when we’ve had snowmelt not moving off of fields” in the past, said Bruce Burnett, weather and crop specialist with CWB in Winnipeg.
Prairie grasshopper populations expected to rise in some areas
CNS Canada — Grasshopper populations are expected to rise in some western Canadian growing regions, causing more risk for crop damage from the insects this spring and summer, according to provincial insect forecasts. Forecasts for all three Prairie provinces are based on grasshopper populations observed in the latter half of summer 2013. In Alberta, the
Prairie wheat bids climb alongside U.S. futures
CNS Canada –– Western Canadian cash bids for Canada Prairie spring red (CPSR) and Canada Western red spring (CWRS) wheat moved higher, following the sharply stronger U.S. wheat futures markets during the week ending Monday. Average spot bids for CWRS (13.5 per cent protein) across Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta came in at around $168 per
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