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Tighter canola stocks, more wheat in updated ag department tables

MarketsFarm — Updated supply/demand tables released by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada on Wednesday include only minor adjustments to stocks and usage numbers, with slightly tighter canola ending stocks and a small increase in wheat supplies. Canola ending stocks for 2020-21 are forecast at 2.7 million tonnes in the updated tables. That would be down from

A cargo ship is loaded with Brazilian soybeans bound for China. (Photo: Reuters/Paulo Whitaker)

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Trade pacts, food policy on AAFC’s agenda for 2020-21

Department also plans to back collaborative research between farmers, scientists

By D.C. Fraser, GFM Network News April 6, 2020

Improving international trade and introducing the new food policy highlight Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s (AAFC) plans for the next year. In its 2020-21 departmental plan, which sets priorities for the upcoming year, AAFC says it will “continue to assist the sector to take advantage of market opportunities and maintain or improve access to international markets,

An excavator works on Parliament Hill on Oct. 22, 2019. (Photo: Reuters/Patrick Doyle)

Crops

Ottawa roundup: Carbon tax, Grain Act review, Horticultural Council AGM

By D.C. Fraser, GFM Network News March 16, 2020

Despite much of the world’s focus being on slumping stock markets and a global pandemic, there are several recent developments out of Ottawa related to agriculture: Canada Grain Act Canada’s Treasury Board has identified the Canada Grain Act as a piece of legislation in need of regulatory reform. This has been on the federal Liberal

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Business risk management program reforms in development

Changes expected to be announced in July

By D.C. Fraser, GFM Network News March 11, 2020

Recommendations are now being crafted for Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau on how to improve business risk management (BRM) programs for farmers in Canada. It’s expected changes to BRM programs will be announced in July when Bibeau and her provincial counterparts meet in Guelph. The recommendations are coming after a study by MPs on the Commons

(File photo courtesy Canola Council of Canada)

Crops, Markets

USDA adjusts world rapeseed stocks estimates

Canadian carryout pegged above AAFC's estimate

By GFM Network News, MarketsFarm Team March 11, 2020

MarketsFarm — World rapeseed ending stocks are forecast to tighten slightly in 2019-20 compared to earlier projections, according to an update from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agriculture Service. The Oilseeds: World Markets and Trade report pegged world rapeseed carryout for the current marketing year at 6.307 million tonnes, down from the February estimate

Crops

Grain Commission’s chief announces retirement

AAFC's review of Grain Act, and of CGC's future, continues

By Allan Dawson, GFM Network News February 21, 2020

The Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) is seeking a new chief commissioner. Patti Miller, who has held the position for three years, announced Tuesday to CGC staff that she will retire June 26. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) “will be launching an open, transparent and merit-based process to find a new commissioner as soon as possible,”

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Crops, Markets, Pulses

Chickpea market steady, waits for next wave of demand

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin February 20, 2020

MarketsFarm — Demand for chickpeas often comes in waves, with the market currently in a lull waiting for the next swell. The last demand cycle came in early January, and the market has lacked “any kind of enthusiasm” over the past month, according to Colin Young of Midwest Grain at Moose Jaw. Within every pricing

Crops

Industry leaders weigh in on seed royalty review

'Other markets... have already moved past this'

By D.C. Fraser, GFM Network News February 14, 2020

Syngenta’s Trevor Heck isn’t choosing a route for collecting seed royalty rates — but says the federal government needs to “move forward on some type of value capture” model. “Right now, you know, if we don’t have that within the seed industry, it’s going to be very difficult to be able to get the level

Crops, Markets

Oat area poised to rise

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin February 13, 2020

MarketsFarm — Solid prices and growing demand — and risk aversion among growers — should see more oat acres seeded in Canada in 2020, with early signs pointing to the largest oat crop in more than a decade. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada predicted 2020 oat area at 3.93 million acres in its January report, which

Crops, Markets

AAFC forecasts more wheat, less canola seeded in spring

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin January 24, 2020

MarketsFarm — Canada’s farmers will seed more wheat and less canola in the 2020 growing season, according to the first supply/demand estimates for the 2020-21 marketing year, released Thursday by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. Total seeded wheat area is forecast to rise to 25.77 million acres, from 25.02 million the previous year. Production is forecast

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hog futures rise on first WASDE since September

U.S. export sales include only small soybean business to China

U.S. corn and soybean yields revised down by USDA

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Tighter canola stocks, more wheat in updated ag department tables

Trade pacts, food policy on AAFC’s agenda for 2020-21

Ottawa roundup: Carbon tax, Grain Act review, Horticultural Council AGM

Business risk management program reforms in development

USDA adjusts world rapeseed stocks estimates

Grain Commission’s chief announces retirement

Chickpea market steady, waits for next wave of demand

Industry leaders weigh in on seed royalty review

Oat area poised to rise

AAFC forecasts more wheat, less canola seeded in spring

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