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Tightening canola ending stocks for 2024/25: AAFC

Canadian canola ending stocks will likely be tighter by the close of the upcoming 2024/25 marketing year, while the wheat carryout should rise, according to updated supply/demand estimates from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), released March 19.

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Markets

Feed barley sees nearby strength heading into spring

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin March 14, 2024

Seasonal trends and rising corn prices have underpinned the feed grain market in Western Canada over the past few weeks, although ample supplies will likely limit the upside going forward.

Crops, Markets

Canadian canola acres to dip in 2024, wheat steady: StatCan

Lower prices, moisture concerns cited; moisture has since improved somewhat

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin March 11, 2024

Canadian farmers intend to seed less canola in 2024 compared to the previous year, while overall wheat area should hold relatively steady, according to the latest Statistics Canada survey results released March 11.

Livestock

Canadian cattle herd reaches lowest level since 1989

Cattle weights supporting decline in production

By Geralyn Wichers, GFM Network News February 23, 2024

On January 1, Canadian farmers held 11.1 million cattle and calves on farms, down 2.1 per cent from a year prior, StatCan said in livestock estimates released today. It's the smallest cattle herd since January 1, 1989.

Grain bins in a Saskatchewan field. (MysticEnergy/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops, Markets

Less Canadian wheat, more canola on hand to end 2023: StatCan

Some had anticipated even larger on-farm canola stocks, given slower export pace

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin February 8, 2024

Canadian wheat stocks at the end of 2023 were considerably tighter compared to the previous year, with oats, corn and pulse crops also seeing supply reductions, according to the latest stocks report from Statistics Canada, released Feb. 8, 2024. However, canola, barley and soybean stocks as of Dec. 31, 2023, were higher compared to the previous year.

Harvested Saskatchewan lentils. (Bobloblaw/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops, Markets

Tight Canadian lentil carryout expected

Tightest lentil stocks since July 2010 forecasted

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin December 19, 2023

Canadian lentil stocks are forecast to be extremely tight by the close of the 2023/24 marketing year, which should keep prices well supported despite expectations for a smaller export program.

The next data from StatCan will be the stocks on hand in the country as of Dec. 31.

Grain Markets, Markets

Survey says… a lot about markets

Expert’s Radar: Production, stocks and area are three key crops figures tracked by StatCan

By Phil Franz-Warkentin December 18, 2023

In the days when everyone had a landline, smartphones were non-existent and call display was rare, I once had a part-time job conducting market research phone surveys. We’d start with numbers in Atlantic Canada and end the shift calling British Columbia, following the time zones to catch people when they were most likely to be

Crops, Markets

AAFC raises canola, wheat ending stocks forecasts

Pea, barley carryout estimates raised, lentils cut in half

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin December 15, 2023

Glacier FarmMedia – Canadian canola and wheat carryout for the 2023/24 marketing year will likely end up above earlier projections, according to the latest Outlook for Principal Field Crops from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) released Dec. 15.

Growers are starting to feel the pinch of inflation, high interest rates and rising labour costs.

News

Inputs strike sour note on farm cash receipt rise

Farm cash has been flowing in fast, but it’s been flowing out fast too

By Don Norman December 8, 2023

Manitoba farm groups were unsurprised by a recent Statistics Canada report into last year’s farm income, which flagged increased farm cash receipt and higher input costs. After all, Keystone Agricultural Producers director Chuck Fossey noted, it’s almost the end of 2023. Farmers lived those price trends and have seen how things carried into this year. “We

Crops, Markets

Higher canola, wheat production expected in StatCan report

Traders raise concerns about report accuracy

By GFM Network News, Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm December 1, 2023

MarketsFarm — There was a consensus among several traders and analysts that Statistics Canada will very likely raise its estimates on canola and wheat production for 2023-24. Yields on the Prairies were better than expected following a difficult first half of the growing period, as the weather improved during the second half. StatCan is set

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Tightening canola ending stocks for 2024/25: AAFC

Feed barley sees nearby strength heading into spring

Canadian canola acres to dip in 2024, wheat steady: StatCan

Canadian cattle herd reaches lowest level since 1989

Less Canadian wheat, more canola on hand to end 2023: StatCan

Tight Canadian lentil carryout expected

Survey says… a lot about markets

AAFC raises canola, wheat ending stocks forecasts

Inputs strike sour note on farm cash receipt rise

Higher canola, wheat production expected in StatCan report

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