Insights and Stories of Phil Franz-Warkentin

Lentils trend down on slow demand, crop prospects

May. 20, 2010 at 5:26 pm CDT

(Resource News International) –– Old-crop lentil bids in Western Canada are in the process of working their way down to the lower new-crop levels, according to a lentil dealer who noted new-crop prices could also see further downside. Darren Lemieux of Simpson Seeds Inc. at Moose Jaw, Sask. said the […]

Flaxseed stuck in a rut

May. 19, 2010 at 6:01 pm CDT

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Barley cash bids up, for now

May. 17, 2010 at 4:43 pm CDT

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Technicals turn bearish for canola, downside limited

May. 12, 2010 at 6:30 pm CDT

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Rains do little to change Prairie grasshopper outlook

May. 5, 2010 at 1:07 pm CDT

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Recent moisture benefits Alta. fields: AARD

Apr. 27, 2010 at 7:35 pm CDT

(Resource News International) — Recent rainfall across some of the driest areas of Alberta should come as welcome news to the province’s farmers. And forecasts call for widespread precipitation for much of the province over the next week, a provincial specialist noted. Harry Brook, a crops specialist with the Alberta […]

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Record canola acres likely higher still

Apr. 26, 2010 at 10:00 pm CDT

(Resource News International) — Canadian farmers are expected to plant record canola acres this spring, according to the Statistics Canada seeding intentions report released April 26. However, actual area will likely end up higher still, according to market participants. Most other crops listed in the federal statistics agency’s report were […]

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U.S. durum area likely up from early expectations

Apr. 23, 2010 at 5:20 pm CDT

(Resource News International) –– Durum growers in North Dakota, the largest durum-producing state in the U.S., will likely be planting more acres to the crop this spring than originally expected, given loan rates from the U.S. Department of Agriculture that make durum pencil out better then spring wheat. On March […]

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Large canola acres expected in StatsCan report

Apr. 22, 2010 at 4:52 pm CDT

(Resource News International) — Statistics Canada’s seeding intentions report, to be released Monday, is widely expected to show farmers seeding more acres to canola this spring, as it’s one of the few crops that pencil out favourably, according to industry participants. Pre-report trade estimates peg Canadian canola area in 2010 […]

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Large supplies keep mustard under pressure

Apr. 19, 2010 at 4:51 pm CDT

(Resource News International) — Prairie farmers still holding onto large old-crop mustard supplies are unlikely to see any price improvements in the immediate future, especially as new-crop acres are looking to be at least as large as in 2009. Current Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada projections would see the country carrying […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin