Insights and Stories on Commodity News Service Canada

Plenty of feed wheat available on Prairies, few takers

Oct. 25, 2018 at 6:03 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Quality downgrades caused by poor harvest weather has pushed a lot of wheat into feed markets, but there are few takers at this point. Eldon Dueck, grain merchant at Linear Grain in Carman, Man., said farmer offerings in his region remain slow, but he’s heard that a […]

ICE weekly outlook: Market watching late harvest

Oct. 24, 2018 at 4:20 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Choppy corn and soy markets expected

Oct. 24, 2018 at 4:15 pm CDT

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm

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Manitoba edible bean harvest wraps up

Oct. 23, 2018 at 4:00 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Manitoba harvest nearing completion

Oct. 22, 2018 at 5:16 pm CDT

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm

Prairie potatoes not expected to hit record yields again

Sep. 7, 2018 at 5:29 pm CDT

CNS Canada – The potato acreage may have increased this year in Western Canada, but it doesn’t look like it will be the same story for yields. “I think overall it’s too early to tell because we haven’t started the main harvest, but we are not expecting as big of […]

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm

Feed weekly outlook: Healthy exports, dry conditions offset harvest pricing pressure on Prairie feed grains

Aug. 23, 2018 at 4:15 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Farmers’ urgency to sell off the combine is pressuring Western Canadian feed grain prices, but the weight is not as heavy as usual. “It feels like we’re seeing all producers wanting movement right away here, and that’s kind of putting some downward pressure on the price,” said […]

By Terry Fries

U.S. crop tours find mature crops

Aug. 23, 2018 at 2:40 pm CDT

CNS Canada — The Pro Farmer Midwest Crop Tour that travels throughout much of the American grain belt wraps up its final day on Thursday, Aug. 23. Early indications on social media and on Ag Web, report a mature corn crop in Illinois overall for this time of year with […]

By MarketsFarm Team

Sask. crop proceeds well ahead of average pace

Aug. 23, 2018 at 1:40 pm CDT

CNS Canada – Saskatchewan harvest continues to come off well ahead of the five-year average. Saskatchewan Agriculture, in its latest crop report for Aug. 14-20, said the harvest was 16 per cent complete compared to the five-year average of seven per cent. Dry weather was allowing producers to stay in […]

By MarketsFarm Team

Lightest harvest in years expected for Germany

Aug. 10, 2018 at 9:39 am CDT

CNS Canada — Drought and heat continue to pound Germany’s crops and analysts now expect the lightest harvest in 24 years, the association of German farm co-operatives DRV said in an Aug. 8 harvest report. The harvest for all grains is expected to decline to about 36.3 million tonnes, a […]

By MarketsFarm Team

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