Insights and Stories on Acres

May. 18, 2021 at 5:25 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Of the pulses being planted in Manitoba this spring, field peas and dry beans appear the best able to handle the difficult drought conditions the province continues to experience throughout its growing areas. Field peas “have a relatively low water requirement, similar to dry beans,” Cassandra Tkachuk, production […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

May. 12, 2021 at 6:02 pm CDT

MarketsFarm | Rain — specifically, the lack thereof — is quickly becoming the key issue for canola values, according to Ken Ball of PI Financial in Winnipeg. Until now, dry conditions across much of the Prairies have not been much a factor in canola prices, he said. “We’ve got to […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

May. 12, 2021 at 5:34 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Despite prices higher than last year’s, Canada’s chickpea acres are expected to decline this year and, in turn, will result in less production in the 2021-22 crop year. High-delivered bids for Kabuli chickpeas, the type most commonly grown in Canada, run from 25 to 35 cents/lb., three to […]

By Adam Peleshaty

May. 6, 2021 at 7:40 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade corn futures extended a rally above eight-year highs on Thursday as dry weather threatened harvest yields in major exporter Brazil and kept traders’ focus on ebbing global supplies. Soybeans approached an 8-1/2-year peak reached last week, buoyed by rallying vegetable oil prices, […]

By Tom Polansek

May. 3, 2021 at 9:26 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — The hemp industry in Canada is set for a good year in 2021, according to Canadian Hemp Trade Association (CHTA) CEO Ted Haney. “It looks like we are looking at another 15 to 20 per cent increase in seeded acres nationally, which should take us over the 100,000-acre […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm