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A scene from a Canterra Seeds video about AAC Connect in which a seed rep talks about its short straw and also says it matures early and has strong resistance to fusarium head blight.
Cereals, Crops

The old guard in malt barley is starting to give way

Two up-and-comers top the recommended list from the Canadian Malting Barley Technical Centre

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The short list of recommended malt barley varieties is even shorter this year and a familiar name is missing. There are only four on this year’s list of varieties recommended by the Canadian Malting Barley Technical Centre. “At the top of the list this year are two of Canada’s newer varieties, AAC Connect and CDC
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Crops, Markets, Weather

Australia looking at record wheat, canola crops

Near-record winter crop output expected

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MarketsFarm — Australia is forecast to harvest record-large wheat and canola crops in 2022-23, with improved crop prospects in many parts of the country more than offsetting losses in others. That analysis comes from the latest crop report from the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES), released Tuesday. Total production of
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Crops, Markets, Weather

StatCan data show smaller Canadian canola, durum production

Report also logs more barley, oats than previous estimates

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MarketsFarm — Canadian farmers grew less canola and durum than originally thought in 2022, but more barley and oats, according to updated production estimates from Statistics Canada released Friday. “There were both bullish and bearish surprises,” MarketsFarm Pro analyst Mike Jubinville said. While canola production of 18.174 million tonnes was still up considerably from the
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Crops, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: Looming corn imports to keep lid on Prairie barley

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MarketsFarm — Large shipments of corn from the U.S., slated for delivery to Alberta’s feedlot alley, should keep domestic barley prices under pressure going forward, according to an analyst. “The barley price here will gradually decline,” said Errol Anderson of Pro Market Communications in Calgary, adding that up to 30 unit trains of U.S. corn
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Crops, Markets, Weather

Opinions divided ahead of StatCan production report

Agency's previous estimates model-based

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MarketsFarm — Ahead of the crop production report from Statistics Canada (StatCan) due out Friday, trade expectations are above and below what the federal agency estimated in September. In August, and in September, StatCan issued production reports based on a satellite model and without any input from farmers filling out surveys. That has caused some
A tight stocks situation is being exacerbated by drought in key production regions.
Grain Markets, News

Volatility continues to drive markets

Markets a bit ‘bipolar’, senior market analyst says

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The volatile year for agriculture markets is unlikely to abate, says Mike Jubinville, senior market analyst with MarketsFarm Pro. “I look at these markets as bipolar in some cases,” says Jubinville. “On one hand, the macroeconomics have potentially bearish demand implications as fears of a recessionary environment take hold. But on the other hand, we
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Crops, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: Grain supplies good, freight costs higher

'They don't have as many drivers as normal'

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MarketsFarm — There are still sufficient supplies of feed barley and wheat to be had on the Canadian Prairies — but there are issues with getting that feed from point to point, according to Erin Harakal, senior trader at Agfinity at Stony Plain, Alta. “I do think there are enough supplies from what we have

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