Insights and Stories on Crops

Farm cash receipts on the rise, StatCan shows

Nov. 28, 2022 at 2:35 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Farm cash receipts improved 13.7 per cent during the first three quarters of 2022, Statistics Canada reported Monday. From January to September, those receipts reached $66.7 billion. That increase of more than $8 billion was due to higher receipts for crops, livestock and program payments. The report noted […]

At least 12 killed in Nigeria attack over farmland

Nov. 16, 2022 at 5:58 pm CST

By Reuters

Alberta issues final crop report for year

Oct. 14, 2022 at 7:31 pm CDT

By MarketsFarm

Trudeau tours storm-hit Atlantic Canada as power outages persist

Sep. 27, 2022 at 6:34 pm CDT

By John Morris

Wild horses face unruly storms as Fiona nears East Coast

Sep. 23, 2022 at 2:09 pm CDT

By Ismail Shakil

Farmers’ wheat, canola deliveries picking up in West

Sep. 16, 2022 at 7:51 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — The advancing Prairie harvest has seen an increase in farmer deliveries of grains and oilseeds into the commercial pipeline, according to the latest weekly data from the Canadian Grain Commission. Export activity for canola remains very light through the first six weeks of the 2022-23 crop year, but […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Ending stocks tumble due to drought: StatCan

Sep. 7, 2022 at 8:12 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Severe drought in Western Canada during the summer of 2021 has played a major part in reducing the stocks for Canada’s principal field crops at the end of the 2021-22 marketing year, according to Statistics Canada. Canada’s central data agency released a report Wednesday presenting total ending stocks […]

By Adam Peleshaty

AAFC raises wheat, canola production estimates

Jul. 21, 2022 at 9:54 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Canadian wheat and canola production are both expected to come in above earlier expectations in updated supply/demand projections from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, released Thursday. However, while wheat stocks are also expected to rise, the canola carryout was revised lower due to expected increases in exports and domestic […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Saskatchewan crops advancing quickly

Jul. 21, 2022 at 9:21 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Hot and humid conditions saw crops in Saskatchewan advance quickly during the week ended Monday, according to the latest provincial crop report — although the humidity has slowed haying. When humidity is high, cutting hay becomes more challenging and hay that is cut does not dry down as […]

By MarketsFarm

Drought conditions remain in Alberta, Saskatchewan

Jul. 12, 2022 at 8:16 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — After copious amounts of precipitation alleviated the most severe drought conditions in Saskatchewan and Alberta, there were still some areas dealing with extreme dryness entering July, according to the Canadian Drought Monitor. At the end of June, only 22 per cent of the Prairie region was classified in […]

By Adam Peleshaty MarketsFarm

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