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StatsCan canola stocks in line with expectations

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin February 3, 2017

CNS Canada –– Canadian canola stocks may be tighter than a year ago and wheat stocks larger — but the updated numbers from Statistics Canada may also need more asterisks than normal. StatsCan, in a report released Friday, pegged Canadian canola supplies as of Dec. 31 at 12.159 million tonnes, down from 13.452 million at

Crops

Large yields keep Manitoba farmers looking to corn

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin December 13, 2016

CNS Canada — Manitoba corn growers saw record yields this year despite an adverse harvest — and that trend of big crops is expected to continue, as varieties improve and more farmers commit to the crop. “It appears that the trend is headed toward larger (corn) crops,” said Myron Krahn, president of the Manitoba Corn

A close-up of emerging corn seedlings north of London, Ont. on May 24, 2016. (Ralph Pearce photo)

Crops, Weather

StatsCan confirms drought impact on Ontario yield

By GFM Network News, John Greig December 9, 2016

Statistics Canada has confirmed what most farmers in Ontario knew this past summer: Hot and droughty conditions drove production of corn and soybeans almost 10 per cent lower than 2015 levels. StatsCan’s harvest report, released this week, also showed the large wheat crop in Ontario was a record, with a 56 per cent increase in

Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: ‘Toppy’ canola could still go higher

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin December 7, 2016

CNS Canada — Canola futures have trended higher in the most active nearby contracts in recent weeks, but still remain underpriced compared to soybeans. From a chart perspective, ICE Futures Canada’s January contract is trading at the highest levels for the front month in two and a half years. However, while “the charts may be

Crops, Markets

StatsCan lentil numbers confirm trade suspicions

By GFM Network News, Jade Markus December 6, 2016

CNS Canada — New Statistics Canada data has confirmed what traders already assumed: Lentil supplies aren’t lacking, despite excess moisture this year. Prices for the pulse had been trending lower with those suspicions, and buyers are looking to India for indications on where to move in the New Year. StatsCan estimates released Tuesday say farmers

A canola field in northwestern Saskatchewan on Oct. 5, 2016 after the area was blanketed by wet snow. (Lisa Guenther photo)

Cereals, Crops

Focus on quality, not quantity following StatsCan report

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin December 6, 2016

CNS Canada –– This year’s Canadian wheat production was up considerably from last year, according to updated estimates from Statistics Canada — but the quality of that crop remains questionable. All-wheat production (spring, winter and durum wheat combined) was pegged at 31.7 million tonnes in 2016-17, which compares with 27.6 million in 2015-16. Of that

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Exports support gains in corn, soybeans

By GFM Network News, Mark Weinraub December 6, 2016

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures rose on Tuesday with another round of export deals with China and concerns about dry weather in Argentina pushing prices higher, traders said. Short covering lent support to corn, which also benefited from overseas interest in U.S. supplies, but wheat closed lower, pressured by a strong U.S. dollar

Crops

Canada harvests bigger wheat, canola crops despite snowy fall

By GFM Network News, Rod Nickel December 6, 2016

Reuters — Canada’s wheat and canola crops withstood unfavourable autumn weather, topping Statistics Canada’s previous estimates and last year’s production, according to the government agency’s report on Tuesday. The estimates were met with greater skepticism than usual from traders and analysts, as StatsCan surveyed farmers during unusually snowy, then mild, autumn weather that raised fears

Crops, Weather

StatsCan report may raise more questions than answers

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin December 2, 2016

CNS Canada –– The lateness of this year’s harvest will likely leave more questions than answers when Statistics Canada releases its final production estimates of the year Tuesday, as a significant portion of the crop was likely still on the fields when the survey was conducted. Model-based estimates released in September placed the canola crop

Crops

Canadian wheat, canola crops seen weathering snow

By GFM Network News, Rod Nickel December 1, 2016

Winnipeg | Reuters — Canada’s wheat and canola crops withstood wintry weather that stalled the autumn harvest, and production topped last year’s output, according to Reuters’ industry survey of 13 analysts and traders. Statistics Canada on Tuesday will issue its final crop production estimates for the 2016-17 marketing year. The industry expects, on average, all-wheat

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StatsCan canola stocks in line with expectations

Large yields keep Manitoba farmers looking to corn

StatsCan confirms drought impact on Ontario yield

ICE weekly outlook: ‘Toppy’ canola could still go higher

StatsCan lentil numbers confirm trade suspicions

Focus on quality, not quantity following StatsCan report

U.S. grains: Exports support gains in corn, soybeans

Canada harvests bigger wheat, canola crops despite snowy fall

StatsCan report may raise more questions than answers

Canadian wheat, canola crops seen weathering snow

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