Insights and Stories on Crop Production

Higher canola, wheat production expected in StatCan report

Nov. 30, 2023 at 6:16 pm CST

MarketsFarm — There was a consensus among several traders and analysts that Statistics Canada will very likely raise its estimates on canola and wheat production for 2023-24. Yields on the Prairies were better than expected following a difficult first half of the growing period, as the weather improved during the […]

ICE weekly outlook: Canola prices could rebound

Nov. 29, 2023 at 5:32 pm CST

By Adam Peleshaty

Bayer’s crop marketing, crop production platforms in sync

Nov. 8, 2023 at 9:26 pm CST

By Dave Bedard

Canada bumps up wheat harvest view, trims canola estimate

Sep. 14, 2023 at 1:25 pm CDT

By Rod Nickel

Pulse weekly outlook: Lentils, peas show large declines in StatCan report

Aug. 29, 2023 at 6:50 pm CDT

By Adam Peleshaty

Canada to harvest less wheat than expected due to drought

Aug. 29, 2023 at 5:14 pm CDT

Winnipeg | Reuters — Canadian farmers will harvest less wheat than expected after dry conditions in parts of the Prairie provinces shrunk yields, a government report showed on Tuesday. Drought is expected to send global wheat stockpiles for major exporters to the lowest levels in more than a decade, a […]

By Rod Nickel

AAFC cuts production numbers on drought

Aug. 21, 2023 at 4:32 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada published its August outlook for principal field crops on Friday, with some notable changes. Production for several cereal, oilseed and pulse crop were reduced, leading to revisions in exports, domestic usage and ending stocks. The report pointed to drought in southern Alberta and western […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Ukraine’s farm output could take 20 years to recover, study suggests

Jun. 14, 2023 at 2:42 pm CDT

Kyiv | Reuters — Ukraine’s agricultural sector could take 20 years or more in parts to recover from the ravages of Russia’s full-scale invasion, according to a Kyiv-based research centre. Ukraine is a major global grower and exporter of wheat, corn, sunflower and sunflower oil, but its production has fallen […]

By Reuters

AAFC revises crop estimates

Feb. 17, 2023 at 6:11 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) on Friday released its February supply and demand estimates with numerous small changes. AAFC held its projections for 2022-23 grains and oilseeds production at 89.489 million tonnes. As for exports, the department reduced them from 45.715 million tonnes last month to now 45.49 […]

By MarketsFarm

AAFC issues first look at 2023-24

Jan. 20, 2023 at 8:12 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) has released its first crop projections for 2023-24, forecasting a very notable drop in oats. In AAFC’s January supply and demand estimates, released Friday, it cut oat production to 3.611 million tonnes, down almost 31 per cent compared to 2022-23. The department chopped […]