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Oct. 4, 2021 at 3:47 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — This year’s canary seed crop in Canada will be smaller than expected, according to Darren Yungmann, board chair of the Canary Seed Development Commission of Saskatchewan. “Overall, canary seed is one of the most susceptible to the drought when compared to other crops,” he said, noting it’s shallow-rooted […]

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Sep. 29, 2021 at 7:21 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — As the canola harvest winds down on the Prairies, ICE Futures canola began to climb upward in approaching $900 per tonne, the upper limit of its range. That’s given Winnipeg-based analyst Wayne Palmer of Exceed Grain reason to believe canola will bust through $900 per tonne. “That’s all […]

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Sep. 24, 2021 at 7:27 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Bids in Western Canada for the week ended Thursday were higher for Canada Western Amber Durum (CWAD), Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) and Canada Prairie Spring Red (CPSR) wheats. Gains in most of the U.S. wheat markets led to the increases, which were tempered somewhat by a stronger […]

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Sep. 23, 2021 at 8:15 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — The International Grains Council (IGC) released its monthly supply and demand report Thursday, projecting a six million-tonne increase in total global grain production at 2.289 billion tonnes in 2021-22. That change consisted of a seven million-tonne increase in global corn production, offset by a one million-tonne decrease in […]

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Sep. 23, 2021 at 12:46 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Things remain very quiet in the pulse market with little demand from buyers and producers unwilling to sell, according to Marcos Mosnaim of Mercais Commodities in Toronto. “We are in a situation where we have to wait and see. The market is super quiet right now. At these […]

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