Insights and Stories on Statistics Canada

Aug. 31, 2018 at 1:09 pm CDT

CNS Canada — A summer of dryness and sizzling heat has apparently taken its toll on canola plants in many areas of Western Canada, according to the latest crop production estimate from Statistics Canada. In a survey compiled in the latter days of July and released Friday, Statistics Canada pegged […]

By Dave Sims

Aug. 30, 2018 at 8:50 pm CDT

CNS Canada –– Corn, soybean and wheat markets at the Chicago Board of Trade are starting to stabilize after a wild week. “Obviously we’ve been down a little bit here this week. We’re recovering some here today, the wheat’s doing the biggest recovery of all,” said Jack Scoville of Price […]

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm

Aug. 30, 2018 at 1:03 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Harvest came early for some crops in Western Canada this year. A few canola crops in Manitoba are already in the bin as warm temperatures and a lack of rain helped growers hit the fields quicker than other years. However, a hot and mostly dry summer on […]

By Dave Sims

Aug. 29, 2018 at 7:14 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Contracts on the ICE Futures canola market are bracing for turbulence in coming days as trade negotiations between Canada and the U.S. and a looming production report from Statistics Canada take centre stage. According to one analyst, these and other factors may play havoc with the Canadian […]

By Dave Sims

Aug. 28, 2018 at 6:34 pm CDT

Winnipeg | Reuters — Parched pastures and crops in Western Canada are driving up cattle-feeding costs, and farmers and analysts expect the changing economics to stem a recent stampede of U.S. cattle being brought over the border. Canada imported 65,035 head of cattle from the U.S. from January through June, […]

By Rod Nickel