Insights and Stories of Terryn Shiells

Jul. 22, 2015 at 11:52 am CDT

Commodity news Service Canada — CWB is estimating the Canadian canola crop will produce 12.18 million tonnes in 2015/16 (Aug/Jul), according to a supply and demand table released via the Market Research Services Twitter account on Wednesday. The projection is below a previous estimate from the company of 12.60 to […]

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Jul. 20, 2015 at 2:40 pm CDT

Commodity News Service Canada — Many regions of central Alberta saw some beneficial rainfall going into the weekend, which provided some relief to dry fields and aided crops as they head into the filling stage. “What it’s basically going to do is help fill the crops. In some places they had up […]

By Terryn Shiells

Jul. 17, 2015 at 8:01 pm CDT

CNS Canada — With canola as the preferred stubble choice into which to seed winter wheat in Western Canada, it’s possible farmers will run into problems seeding this fall due to vast canola reseeding in early June. “The crop insurance said there was over a million acres reseeded (in Manitoba), […]

By Terryn Shiells

Jul. 17, 2015 at 7:55 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Wheat midge hasn’t been causing as many problems as first anticipated in Western Canada this year, as a dry spring hindered the pests’ emergence. The Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture’s wheat midge forecast, released earlier this year, initially showed high risk levels for the insect, but the dryness […]

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Jul. 16, 2015 at 6:44 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Prices for durum in the Prairie cash market have been on the rise recently, but there are very few actual transactions being made as farmers aren’t selling. “The companies know that, generally speaking, farmers aren’t in the mood to sell, so they’re probably trying to maybe encourage […]

By Terryn Shiells