Insights and Stories on Seeded Acres

AAFC forecasts more wheat, less canola seeded in spring

Jan. 24, 2020 at 1:41 am CST

MarketsFarm — Canada’s farmers will seed more wheat and less canola in the 2020 growing season, according to the first supply/demand estimates for the 2020-21 marketing year, released Thursday by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. Total seeded wheat area is forecast to rise to 25.77 million acres, from 25.02 million the […]

Millions of acres of canola freeze, compound ‘harvest from hell’

Nov. 15, 2019 at 7:13 pm CST

By Rod Nickel

StatsCan: Less canola and durum, more barley and oats

Jun. 26, 2019 at 1:11 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Pulse weekly outlook: Chickpea prices remain low, future bright

May. 21, 2019 at 6:43 pm CDT

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

Pulse weekly outlook: Planted green, yellow peas lower prices

May. 14, 2019 at 4:45 pm CDT

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

Prairie winter wheat conditions no cause for alarm, yet

Feb. 13, 2018 at 8:01 pm CST

CNS Canada — While it’s been a cold winter with little snow cover, there is still hope for the Prairies’ winter wheat crop as soil temperatures haven’t hit danger levels yet. “I checked the soil temperatures this morning across the Prairies and most of the soils are about -10 C […]

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm

Canada seen sowing slightly less canola, more durum

Feb. 23, 2015 at 5:03 pm CST

Winnipeg | Reuters — Canadian farmers are leaning toward planting slightly less canola and more durum wheat, a Reuters survey of 12 traders and analysts showed on Monday. Farmers still have plenty of time to change plans for seeding, which starts in most of the Prairies by May, but many […]