Insights and Stories on AAFC

Apr. 19, 2023 at 5:29 am CDT

Ottawa | Reuters — More than 155,000 public sector workers in Canada began a strike Wednesday after failing to reach a wage deal with the federal government by a Tuesday night deadline, in action that will affect tax filings and passport services during peak demand. The Public Service Alliance of […]

By Ismail Shakil

Mar. 22, 2023 at 5:28 pm CDT

MarketsFarm –– Supply/demand estimates for Canadian crops were largely left unchanged in Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s (AAFC) latest projections, with only the wheat numbers seeing small adjustments in the report released Tuesday. Projected Canadian wheat exports for the 2022-23 marketing year were raised to 24.3 million tonnes, up by 200,000 […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Mar. 8, 2023 at 8:20 pm CST

MarketsFarm — The European Union will likely import more canola (rapeseed) this year than earlier thought, but any increased movement should come from Australia or Ukraine rather than Canada, according to updated projections from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. USDA raised its forecast for European rapeseed imports during the 2022-23 […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Mar. 8, 2023 at 8:02 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Don’t expect any large increases in canola prices any time soon, according to Ken Ball of PI Financial in Winnipeg. In fact, there’s a good chance seen that old-crop canola could fall below its support level of $800 per tonne. Ball said 2022-23 canola ending stocks in Canada […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Feb. 21, 2023 at 3:41 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Following the latest supply and demand estimates from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), MarketsFarm Pro analyst Mike Jubinville said their numbers “all seem reasonable enough.” There were only a handful of small tweaks to pulses in the AAFC report released Friday. For the most part, the revisions came […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm