Insights and Stories on Statistics Canada

Feb. 6, 2019 at 6:54 pm CST

Very little has changed for Canadian pulses in terms of exports to India, according to an analyst. Meanwhile, Canadian stocks of dry field peas and lentils are still relatively large, according to Statistics Canada. India in 2017 imposed import duties to protect its domestic pulse industry and is rumoured to […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Feb. 5, 2019 at 7:43 pm CST

As two analysts looked at Statistics Canada’s latest report on total stocks of principal field crops, they immediately zeroed in on canola. Statistics Canada’s report, released Tuesday, shows canola stocks as of Dec. 31, 2018 were at 14.553 million tonnes, up 4.9 per cent from year-earlier levels, “The numbers are […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Dec. 7, 2018 at 1:25 pm CST

CNS Canada — Rye production was up in Quebec in 2018, one reason being producers supplying hybrid rye for feed to the province’s hog industry. “Feed was coming from out west, but now we’re starting to produce the seed itself here,” said Andre Lussier, who farms near St. Hyacinthe, Que. […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Dec. 6, 2018 at 7:40 pm CST

CNS Canada — Canola futures on the ICE Futures platform moved higher during the week ended Thursday, as the market corrected off of the lows hit in late November. Gains in Chicago Board of Trade soybeans and a smaller 2018 Canadian canola crop contributed to the advances, although values may […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Dec. 6, 2018 at 5:31 pm CST

CNS Canada — The flat western Canadian feed grain market will continue for the forseeable future, but there could be slight changes around the holidays and into the New Year. “The market has been relatively flat for several weeks now and my guess is it will continue to be that […]

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm