Glacier FarmMedia—Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada made a small amount of changes in its April supply and disposition report released on Apr. 19. Of the changes made, nearly all were slight adjustments to its pulse and special crop numbers.
Among the grains and oilseeds, the lone alteration came with corn’s domestic use number for 2023/24. AAFC tacked on 300,000 tonnes, raising it to 15.953 million. Otherwise, for the section the department carried over the data from its March report.
Despite lackluster canola exports so far in 2023/24, AAFC maintained its projection for 7.70 million tonnes. With the Canadian Grain Commission reporting year-to-date canola exports of 4.37 million tonnes with 13 weeks to go, one analyst commented they might make six million tonnes at most. Should exports not reach its projection that would have a major impact on the carryout of two million tonnes.
Of the pulses, dry pea ending stocks for 2024/25 were cut from 240,000 tonnes in March to 190,000, while those from 2023/24 were reduced from 210,000 tonnes to 175,000.
The carryover for mustard was also revised, with 2024/25 projected to be 105,000 tonnes, bumped up by 5,000.
