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Canary seed supplies tighten

'Hidden' stocks of product seen shrinking

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MarketsFarm — Canary seed stocks are presently tight for two reasons: unreported inventories have been used up, and poor yields from this year’s crop. David Nobbs of Purely Canada Foods in Saskatoon explained there was a “hidden inventory over the last four to five years,” never reported to Statistics Canada, that was used to meet
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Crops, Markets

Low acreage buoys mustard seed prices

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MarketsFarm — Spot prices for mustard seed on the Prairies have trended higher, due to consecutive years of low seeded acreage. In 2020, about 256,500 acres of mustard seed were planted, down about 36 per cent from the previous year. Walter Dyck, seed division manager for Olds Products, mentioned it’s the second time in 20
CBOT November 2020 soybeans with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)
Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Soy rallies on expectations for higher exports

U.S. yield estimates may decline more, analysts say

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures on Friday rallied to their highest since June 2018 as traders projected an increase in the U.S. Department of Agriculture forecast for exports with a further cut in domestic production. Corn futures reached a six-month high, while wheat futures fell to a two-week low. USDA,
A producer in west-central Manitoba moves bales earlier this year.
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Improvements relative when it comes to hay yield

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FORAGE Hay yields are up compared to last year, but many areas are still a long way from ‘good’

Manitoba is seeing its best hay year in two years, but given how dismal yields were in 2018 and 2019, that’s a low bar. Poor growing conditions both last year and the year before had pastures fall short of production, hay yields in areas dropping to half or less of normal and dugouts drying. Producers
File photo of an Alberta wheat field. (ImagineGolf/E+/Getty Images)
Crops, Markets, Weather

Crop tour suggests record-large wheat harvest ahead

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Winnipeg | Reuters — Canadian farmers are on track to harvest a record-large all-wheat crop, and more canola than last year, due mainly to favourable crop conditions, advisory service FarmLink Marketing Solutions estimated Wednesday. The Winnipeg-based company’s staff toured western Canadian fields during the last two weeks of July. “We expected a big crop and
Chickpeas. (CalypsoArt/iStock/Getty Images)
Crops, Markets, Pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: Chickpea market under pressure

Current crop up against disease issues

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MarketsFarm — Lost demand due to the COVID-19 pandemic is keeping pressure on the Canadian chickpea market, despite disease issues causing problems for nearly a third of the country’s crop, according to an industry source. After disease caused problems for chickpeas in some areas of southern Saskatchewan in 2019, the radius of the problem area
A farmer walks through a field of maize near Chikuni in the south of Zambia on Feb. 21, 2015. (Photo: Reuters/Darrin Zammit Lupi)
Crops

U.S. farming body, Zambian firm partner aim to boost crop yields

Country rebuilding drought-battered ag sector

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Lusaka | Reuters — A U.S. non-profit organization has launched a US$40 million joint venture with one of Zambia’s top farm suppliers to boost crop yields and food security as farmers struggle to access finance amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the local company said on Sunday. The chairman of African Green Resources (AGR), Zuneid Yousuf, said

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