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On Dec. 1, the Environmental Protection Agency announced its plans for a new biofuel blending mandate...

Soyoil drop plunges soybeans, canola

Soybean industry slams meaningless increase in biofuel mandates from U.S. EPA

By Adam Peleshaty – MarketsFarm December 8, 2022

As the calendar flipped to December, the fortunes of Chicago soyoil, along with soybeans and canola, turned cold. On Dec. 1, the Environmental Protection Agency announced plans for a new biofuel blending mandate under the United States’ federal Renewable Fuel Standard. Starting in 2023, a greater volume of biofuels will be mixed with fuels at

Crops, Markets, Pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: Smaller-than-expected lentil crop may limit exports

By Adam Peleshaty, GFM Network News December 7, 2022

MarketsFarm — Smaller-than-expected Canadian lentil production in 2022-23 could limit the country’s export potential going forward, according to an official with Pulse Canada reacting to the latest production estimates. The report from Statistics Canada (StatCan) released Friday contains the first survey-based production estimates of the 2022-23 marketing year, while previous ones used satellite imagery. Most

Crops, Markets, Weather

Opinions divided ahead of StatCan production report

Agency's previous estimates model-based

By GFM Network News, Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm November 30, 2022

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

Markets

Farm cash receipts on the rise, StatCan shows

By GFM Network News, Marketsfarm November 28, 2022

MarketsFarm — Farm cash receipts improved 13.7 per cent during the first three quarters of 2022, Statistics Canada reported Monday. From January to September, those receipts reached $66.7 billion. That increase of more than $8 billion was due to higher receipts for crops, livestock and program payments. The report noted crop receipts rose 7.3 per

Crops

Canadian grain deliveries during October mostly higher

Among grains, flax sees largest percentage decline

By GFM Network News, Marketsfarm November 24, 2022

MarketsFarm — Deliveries of major grains in Canada during October witnessed several gains compared to a year ago, according to the latest report from Statistics Canada (StatCan) released Thursday. All grain deliveries for October 2022 exceeded 5.43 million tonnes for a 19.3 per cent increase from the previous October. During last month, total wheat deliveries

Crops, Markets

Canada’s exports rise in September as wheat volumes rebound

By GFM Network News, Julie Gordon November 3, 2022

Ottawa | Reuters – Canada’s exports rose in September, largely driven by better wheat volumes and prices, while imports were also up, with both import and export values impacted by the depreciation of the Canadian dollar, Statistics Canada said on Thursday. The country’s trade surplus with the world widened to C$1.14 billion ($827.4 million) in

A 20 million-tonne canola harvest is unlikely now, but a figure below 18 million tonnes is also unlikely.

Grain Markets, Markets

Canola yields not great, but good improvement

Harvest progress last week was well behind the five-year pace

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm September 22, 2022

As farmers contend with less-than-ideal canola yields, the main thing to keep in mind is the 2022-23 harvest will still be vastly better than last year’s. On Sept. 14, Statistics Canada issued its latest production report, following up on its previous one released Aug. 29. That one was based on satellite imagery taken at the

Crops, Markets

StatCan’s canola call in line with expectations

Agency also boosts wheat projection

By GFM Network News, Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm September 14, 2022

MarketsFarm — While Statistics Canada (StatCan) cut its projection for canola production in 2022-23 by 400,000 tonnes, FarmLink Marketing Solutions senior analyst Neil Townsend said the number could go lower. StatCan on Wednesday issued its latest production estimates and lowered its call on canola from the 19.5 million tonnes forecast in its Aug. 29 report

As consumers, we should expect more rebates, discounted products and loss leaders. It’s easier to offer deals when market conditions are more stable.

Op/Ed, Opinion

Opinion: Food inflation seems to be concluding

More stability and predictability are leading to a slower inflation rate

By Sylvain Charlebois September 7, 2022

Statistics Canada is reminding Canadians every month how painful their trips to the grocery store have been recently. The retail inflation rate is still at an astonishing 9.9 per cent, its highest point since 1981. In fact, our food inflation rate has exceeded the general rate since December of last year, which is why food

Traders and analysts argue that satellite-based crop data shouldn’t take so long for StatCan to process.

Grain Markets, Markets

Canola prices rangebound at start of harvest

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm September 1, 2022

The canola harvest on the Prairies is in its early stages and prices on ICE Futures remained rangebound over the course of the week ended Aug. 25. Canola has been up a little, down a little, a spike here, a bit of a drop there – that’s pretty much been the story ahead of the

Daily Network News

U.S. grains: Soybeans continue gains on Trump’s China comments

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures end week higher on tight supply

Pea, lentil outlooks have some positive signals – Penner

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