Insights and Stories of Adam Peleshaty

Dec. 9, 2021 at 5:45 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Varied amounts of precipitation are either maintaining or alleviating drought conditions in much of the Prairies, according to the latest nationwide drought map from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s (AAFC) Canadian Drought Monitor (CDM). The latest assessment for the period ended Nov. 30 showed very few areas of worsening […]

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Dec. 9, 2021 at 3:45 pm CST

MarketsFarm — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) held its world agriculture supply and demand estimates (WASDE) mostly steady for the month of December — which may result in a lack of price movement on the markets. In its WASDE report released Thursday, USDA projects 598 million bushels of ending […]

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Dec. 8, 2021 at 2:50 pm CST

MarketsFarm — The further tightening of wheat and barley feed supplies is prompting feedlots to purchase more corn from the U.S., according to an Alberta-based analyst. “We’re nine months away, or almost 10 months away from more inventory coming in. There’s not much there for wheat and barley,” said Mike […]

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Dec. 3, 2021 at 11:35 am CST

MarketsFarm — There were very few surprises in Statistics Canada’s latest principal field crop production estimates released Friday — the first in 2021-22 to use a survey of producers. Nevertheless, they quantified just how severe last summer’s drought was in Western Canada. Canola production for the 2021-22 marketing year was […]

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Dec. 2, 2021 at 8:10 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Feed grain bids in Western Canada have shown some strength over the past month, but were stabilizing in early December as corn imports pick up from the U.S. Erin Harakal, trade manager at Agfinity Inc. at Stony Plain, Alta., said prices have been strong over the past month […]

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