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Canadian merchandise exports reach all-time high

Aug. 7, 2018 at 2:15 pm CDT

CNS Canada – Exports of Canadian merchandise reached an all-time high of C$50.699 billion in June of this year with exports of farm, fishing and intermediate food products making up $C2.981 billion of that. Statistics Canada reported on Aug. 7 that farm, fishing and intermediate food product exports rose 7.6 […]

Foreign control in Canadian ag sector still relatively low

Aug. 2, 2018 at 9:08 am CDT

By MarketsFarm Team

Pulse prices feel pressure from rising ending stocks

Jul. 31, 2018 at 3:40 pm CDT

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm

Canola crushing steady

Jul. 25, 2018 at 5:31 pm CDT

By MarketsFarm Team

Pulse weekly outlook: Wider price spreads likely with big chickpea crop ahead

Jul. 17, 2018 at 7:22 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

National job vacancy rate increases in ag sector

Jul. 15, 2018 at 1:47 am CDT

CNS Canada — The national job vacancy rate in the agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting sector is increasing compared to the same period a year ago. Data for the first quarter of 2018, ending April 30, showed a vacancy rate of 6.9 per cent in the sector compared to 5.3 […]

By Terry Fries

Firm, steady flax prices seen in the cards

Jul. 13, 2018 at 6:24 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Farmers with flax in the ground should be pleased come autumn. Statistics Canada revised its seeded acreage estimate downward in late June and that, combined with lower carryout stocks and several other factors, should bring strong prices. “Given the demand in the market from China, the United […]

By Terry Fries

Canola prices vulnerable after StatsCan report

Jun. 30, 2018 at 11:47 am CDT

CNS Canada — The latest acreage report from Statistics Canada failed to surprise most investors in the market, but still could leave canola futures looking overpriced, according to a trader. “It certainly is a negative number,” said Ken Ball of PI Financial in Winnipeg, referring to the agency’s estimate for […]

By Dave Sims

StatsCan: Canola area narrows, wheat sowings expand

Jun. 29, 2018 at 9:15 am CDT

Reuters — Canadian farmers seeded less canola and more wheat compared with last year, but they shifted their plans from earlier this spring to sow more land with canola. Canola plantings reached 22.7 million acres, shy of last year’s 23 million, but exceeding the average trade guess of 22.4 million […]

By Rod Nickel

ICE weekly outlook: Market watching weather, acres, trade

Jun. 27, 2018 at 7:11 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Canola futures bounced around within a rather narrow range during the week ended Wednesday, but generally trended higher as the market recovered off of the four-month lows hit on June 19. Statistics Canada releases updated acreage estimates on Friday, and any surprises in the data could provide […]