Insights and Stories on Morocco

Dec. 15, 2017 at 5:33 pm CST

CNS Canada — Lentil prices in Western Canada have dropped significantly over the past year as India’s policy changes and militant actions elsewhere affected markets, according to traders. Green lentil prices in Western Canada lost anywhere from 20 to 36 cents per pound over the course of 2017, according to […]

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm

May. 24, 2017 at 12:55 pm CDT

CNS Canada — North America’s smaller durum acreage base in 2017 could give prices a boost later in the growing season, depending on how yields shape up for the new crop, according to a U.S. analyst. Disease issues in 2016 and better projected returns for other crops in 2017 are […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Aug. 25, 2016 at 1:38 pm CDT

Moscow | Reuters — Russia is muscling in on the markets of its European and North American competitors as it overtakes the European Union to become the world’s biggest wheat exporter for the first time. Russia is expecting a record crop in the 2016-17 marketing season, which began on July […]

By Polina Devitt

Apr. 8, 2016 at 7:08 pm CDT

CNS Canada –– North African countries have been some of the best customers for Canadian durum over the past few months, and weather issues with this year’s crops in the region should keep that demand solid going forward. As of February, Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria combined have imported 1.3 million […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin