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Feds tighten forecast for wheat carryout

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MarketsFarm — Canadian wheat carryout for the 2021-22 crop year will be even tighter than earlier forecasts, according to updated supply/demand estimates from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), released Wednesday. The October report included only minor adjustments for most crops, with the most notable change from September being a 500,000-tonne reduction in projected wheat ending
A sunflower crop north of St. Adolphe, Man. on Sept. 19, 2021. (Dave Bedard photo)
Crops, Markets, Weather

Rains make sunny days for sunflower crops

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MarketsFarm — Despite drought conditions throughout southern Manitoba decimating crops during the summer, late rain showers in some areas are improving harvests of one crop in particular. Precipitation in August helped improve the sunflower seed harvest in areas of Manitoba, with the province reporting on Oct. 13 average yields of more than 2,000 lbs. per
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Crops, Markets

AAFC lowers ending stocks estimates on crops

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MarketsFarm — Canadian producers will see much tighter grain and oilseed stocks at the end of the current 2021-22 marketing year than what was expected last month, while those for pulse and special crops remain mostly steady. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s (AAFC) September supply/demand estimates, released Friday, project 2021-22 ending stocks for all principal field
AAFC’s Drought Monitor map as of Aug. 31, 2021.
Crops, Weather

Drought maps show little change at end of August

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MarketsFarm — Much of Western Canada remained in some state of drought at the end of August despite widespread rains late in the month, according to updated maps compiled by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. The area mapped out as dealing with ‘exceptional drought’ in south-central Manitoba’s agricultural regions contracted slightly compared to the previous month
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Crops, Markets, Weather

Ag department lowers crop production, export estimates

Expectations knocked down for most major Prairie crops

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MarketsFarm — Canadian crop production will be down significantly in the 2021-22 marketing year, cutting into exports for all of the country’s major grains, oilseeds and pulse crops. That’s the estimation from the latest supply/demand estimates from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), released Thursday. Total field crop production for all crops is forecast to decrease
Barley south of Ethelton, Sask. in early August 2017. (File photo by Dave Bedard)
Crops, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: No surprises in latest barley numbers

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MarketsFarm — Following the release of monthly supply and demand estimates from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) Thursday, Brandon Motz of CorNine Commodities at Lacombe, Alta. wasn’t surprised at how low the numbers dropped, particularly for barley. Motz commented the harvest hasn’t been as good as initially thought, noting the AAFC report confirmed the situation
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Crops, Markets, Weather

Hot, dry weather creates ‘significant uncertainty,’ AAFC says

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MarketsFarm — Supply/demand balance sheets for Canada’s major crops only saw minor adjustments in the latest update Tuesday from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, with hot and dry growing conditions leading to “significant uncertainty” on the state of the country’s 2021-22 crops. Total field crop production in the country was forecast to decrease due to a
File photo of a trickling culvert in May 2021.
News, Weather

AAFC launches Drought Outlook

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TECHNOLOGY | The 30-day drought forecast tool promises to give producers more information before making management decisions

Drought-stricken farmers will now be able to get an idea of where their moisture will be sitting in the next month. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) has launched its Drought Outlook tool, to run alongside the regular Drought Monitor, which keeps a running watch on drought across the country. Long-term drought forecasts may help producers make management decisions such as how

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