Insights and Stories on Production

Dec. 16, 2022 at 7:24 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Canadian canola ending stocks for 2022-23 were revised higher by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada in its latest supply/demand estimates, released Friday. The larger carryout projection came despite a downward revision to production, as both exports and domestic usage were also down from the November report. The government agency […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Dec. 13, 2022 at 7:43 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Prices for green and yellow peas in Western Canada have remained quite steady over the last week, largely due to the lack of demand, according to Darwin Hamilton of Kalshea Commodities in Winnipeg. “North American peas are more expensive than the peas coming out of Eastern Europe. A […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Dec. 2, 2022 at 2:13 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Canadian farmers grew less canola and durum than originally thought in 2022, but more barley and oats, according to updated production estimates from Statistics Canada released Friday. “There were both bullish and bearish surprises,” MarketsFarm Pro analyst Mike Jubinville said. While canola production of 18.174 million tonnes was […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Nov. 25, 2022 at 5:50 pm CST

Paris | Reuters — The European Commission on Friday cut its estimate of this year’s drought-hit maize harvest in the European Union to a new 15-year low while again raising its projection for this season’s maize imports. European maize (corn) crops endured severe drought and several heatwaves during the crucial […]

By Gus Trompiz

Nov. 23, 2022 at 3:48 pm CST

MarketsFarm — If Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s (AAFC) latest monthly principal field crop estimates hold true, mustard is having a bounce-back year. High prices for the seed led to nearly double the acres planted for the 2022-23 marketing year at 556,000, compared to 289,000 the previous year. As a result, […]

By Adam Peleshaty