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ICE November 2023 canola with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

ICE weekly outlook: Canola climbs on weather worries

Demand rationing also seen as supportive

MarketsFarm — The ICE Futures canola market moved steadily higher during the week ended Wednesday, hitting its strongest levels in more than four months as bullish chart signals and production uncertainty across the Prairies provided support. A bearish reaction in the Chicago soy complex to the latest supply/demand estimates (WASDE) from the U.S. Department of

Canadian Drought Monitor map as of June 30, 2023. (AAFC)

Weather

Much of Canada abnormally dry or in moderate drought

By GFM Network News, Marketsfarm July 11, 2023

MarketsFarm — In a stretch from the Atlantic to the Pacific Oceans, a wide swath of Canada was contending with dryness, according to the latest report from the Canadian Drought Monitor. As of June 30, about 60 per cent of the country was abnormally dry to being in a moderate drought, with 76 per cent

File photo of a view near the Canadian end of the Ambassador Bridge, which connects Windsor and Detroit and is considered one of North America’s busiest trade routes. (Steven_Kriemadis/iStock/Getty Images)

NAFTA meeting to skirt major disputes, U.S. trade rep says

Dairy, corn, energy issues to be discussed via separate channels

By David Lawder, GFM Network News July 5, 2023

Washington | Reuters — U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai’s meetings with North American trade partners Canada and Mexico this week will not delve deeply into major disputes over Mexico’s biotech corn and energy policies nor Canadian dairy access, a senior USTR official said on Wednesday. The annual meeting of the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) Free Trade

Forecast probability of temperatures above, below and/or near normal for the period from July through September 2023, based on three equiprobable categories from 1991-2020 climatology. (Weather.gc.ca)

Crops, Weather

Dry, hot Canadian summer expected

Normal precip expected for Ontario, Quebec

By GFM Network News, Marketsfarm July 4, 2023

MarketsFarm — Warmer-than-normal temperatures are expected across all of Canada for the next three months, with average precipitation in most of the agricultural areas of the Prairies. That’s according to the latest long-range seasonal forecast from Environment Canada, released Friday. The government department calls for a 50-70 per cent chance of above-normal temperatures from July

Turkeys. (Scott Bauer photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Livestock

Canada books first month in 19 without bird flu outbreak

Eight commercial poultry farms remain active sites

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News July 1, 2023

June 2023 appears set to be Canada’s first month without a new highly pathogenic avian influenza outbreak in poultry or other domesticated birds since the disease returned to this country in late 2021. Canada has booked 322 outbreaks in domestic birds in the past 19 months, of which 31 were detected so far in 2023.

CBOT December 2023 corn with Bollinger bands (20,2). (Barchart)

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Corn, soy tumble on forecasts for much-needed rains

CBOT September wheat also lower

By GFM Network News, Julie Ingwersen June 29, 2023

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures fell more than four per cent and soybeans more than two per cent on Wednesday, pressured by forecasts for beneficial rains in the Midwest where crops have struggled with dry conditions, analysts said. Wheat also declined, pressured by the expanding U.S. winter wheat harvest and a larger-than-expected Canadian

Markets, Pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: Exports strong through three quarters

Prices rationing demand for old-crop

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin June 27, 2023

MarketsFarm — Canadian pulse exports continue at a solid pace through nine months of the 2022-23 marketing year, with old-crop prices trending higher over the past month as the market rations demand ahead of the new-crop harvest. Canada has exported 1.713 million tonnes of lentils during the crop year to date, with Turkey the top

File photo of the Raohe Night Market in Taipei, Taiwan’s capital. (Fazon1/iStock/Getty Images)

Beef cattle, Livestock, Markets

Taiwan formally opens to OTM Canadian beef

BSE-era restriction now lifted

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News June 19, 2023

Taiwan has officially lifted its import ban on Canadian beef and beef products from animals over 30 months of age (OTMs). Canada’s Trade Minister Mary Ng and Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau announced the move Friday, saying Taiwan’s decision “will offer an opportunity to expand Canadian beef exports to Taiwan and diversify export markets in the

Livestock, Markets

Canada warns VCOOL would sabotage shared Canada-U.S. goals, supply chains

The Canadian government has submitted its views on proposed U.S. food labelling rules

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff June 19, 2023

Proposed U.S. country of origin labelling rules run contrary to mutual Canada and U.S. goals to reduce inflation, improve food security and build resilient supply chains, according to a submission from the Canadian government to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. “One of the great strengths of the U.S.-Canada bilateral relationship is the successful integration of

File photo of barley being loaded off the combine. (Collab Media/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops, Markets

Australia expects ‘favourable decision’ from China on barley

Heavy tariffs in place since 2020

By GFM Network News, Reuters June 16, 2023

Sydney | Reuters — Australia is expecting a positive decision over the next two weeks from China to fully settle a dispute over barley tariffs, Trade Minister Don Farrell said Thursday. “We are expecting in the next couple of weeks a favourable decision on the tariffs that has prevented Australian barley going into China,” Farrell

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures turn lower

U.S. grains: Soy futures dip as traders await China sales; corn, wheat sag

Seeds Canada announces Dan Wright as new CEO

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