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CBOT December 2022 corn (candlesticks) with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages (yellow, orange and dark green lines). (Barchart)

CBOT weekly outlook: More acres, smaller yields anticipated in U.S.

By GFM Network News, Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm September 7, 2022

MarketsFarm — Ahead of the next supply and demand report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), due out Monday, Allendale Inc. president Steve Georgy said corn and soybean acres are likely to increase, while yields are to decrease. Georgy projected USDA will up its call on U.S. planted corn acres by 200,000 to 400,000,

Shown here are solar panels from Europe that allow for a tractor to mow in between rows. This type of panel can also be used as fencing for livestock, according to the manufacturer, Next2Sun GmbH.

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What are agrivoltaics — and can they generate money?

Ten sites are being tested next year in Ontario; proponents say better policies could help solar

By Matt McIntosh August 31, 2022

Canada’s pastures and cropland are prime sites for the mass deployment of solar energy infrastructure, according to advocates of agrivoltaics – a term used to describe the simultaneous use of land for solar energy and food production. The use of solar panels on buildings, in pastures and in other areas of working farms is not new. Solar farms

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Greater crop production estimated prior to StatCan report

Extended time lag between survey, data's release criticized

By Adam Peleshaty, GFM Network News August 26, 2022

MarketsFarm — Analysts are expecting Canadian crop production totals for the 2022-23 marketing year to be substantially higher compared to drought-stricken 2021-22, but still not enough to fully replenish supplies. Statistics Canada (StatCan) will publish its first satellite image model-based yield and production estimates for principal field crops on Monday. Traders and analysts are interested

ICE November 2022 canola (candlesticks) with Bollinger bands (20,2) and 100-day moving average (green line). (Barchart)

Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Time gap too large in StatCan report

Canola's potential yields shrank in meantime

By GFM Network News, Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm August 24, 2022

MarketsFarm — There has been about a one-month gap in between Statistics Canada having gathered its data for next week’s principal crops report and actually releasing the report. That’s something trader Ken Ball of PI Financial in Winnipeg finds irksome. “They’re using computer models of some kind. You would think they could get this out

Crops, Markets

AAFC raises wheat, canola production estimates

Ending stocks outlook mixed

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin July 22, 2022

MarketsFarm — Canadian wheat and canola production are both expected to come in above earlier expectations in updated supply/demand projections from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, released Thursday. However, while wheat stocks are also expected to rise, the canola carryout was revised lower due to expected increases in exports and domestic usage. The government agency raised

When it began construction of its 800,000-square-foot, $150-million Aurora Sky facility in 2016, Aurora Cannabis said it would be “the largest, most advanced and most automated” operation in the world. But after losing billions, the Edmonton-based company recently announced it is closing the facility next to the Edmonton International Airport.

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The cannabis market is huge, but so are losses in struggling sector

The sector wants lower taxes and less regulation but over-expansion has crippled many companies

By Matt McIntosh July 20, 2022

Forget waterhemp and Palmer amaranth. Cannabis might be Canada’s fastest spreading weed. Since being legalized in October 2018, cannabis production exploded across the country. From oils and edibles to dried flowers and other products, consumer demand continues to rise. But regulations, production woes and massive overcapacity have dragged the industry into a period of consolidation.

Crops, Markets

Adjustments minor in latest AAFC crop balance sheets

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin February 19, 2022

MarketsFarm — Only minor adjustments to the old- and new-crop balance sheets were reported by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada in their February supply/demand report, released Friday. New-crop production estimates were left unchanged for all of the major grains, oilseeds and pulses, with a return to average yields across the Prairies expected to lead to increased

Floodwaters surround Shell’s Norco fuel refinery site after Hurricane Ida pummeled Norco, La., west of New Orleans, on Aug. 30, 2021. (File photo: Reuters/Devika Krishna Kumar)

Crops, Markets, Weather

CBOT weekly outlook: Soybeans, corn looking past hurricane

By Adam Peleshaty, GFM Network News September 1, 2021

MarketsFarm — Hurricane Ida has wreaked havoc on the U.S. Gulf Coast, pressuring Chicago Board of Trade soybean and corn futures as exports face disruptions — but the market is reacting more to what’s coming next than what has already happened, an analyst says. “I don’t know what the ramifications, if any, are for the

Crops, Markets, Weather

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

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin July 20, 2021

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

CBOT December 2020 wheat with Bollinger (20,2) bands. (Barchart)

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: CBOT wheat falls after hitting highest since 2015

Chicago corn, soybean futures ease

By GFM Network News, Mark Weinraub October 8, 2020

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures dropped 1.9 per cent on Thursday, falling from their highest in more than five years, as traders locked in profits ahead of a key U.S. government report. Soybeans and corn also eased from recent peaks but losses were kept in check by strong export demand.

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Canadian Cattle Association welcomes reopening of Chinese market to Canadian beef

Klassen: Feeder market near historical highs

Big oat crop in 2025/26 pointing to less acres next year

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CBOT weekly outlook: More acres, smaller yields anticipated in U.S.

What are agrivoltaics — and can they generate money?

Greater crop production estimated prior to StatCan report

ICE weekly outlook: Time gap too large in StatCan report

AAFC raises wheat, canola production estimates

The cannabis market is huge, but so are losses in struggling sector

Adjustments minor in latest AAFC crop balance sheets

CBOT weekly outlook: Soybeans, corn looking past hurricane

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

U.S. grains: CBOT wheat falls after hitting highest since 2015

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