Insights and Stories on Statistics Canada

Jul. 27, 2017 at 3:51 pm CDT

CNS Canada – Canadian egg production has risen 4.4 per cent in the past year, according to data released today by Statistics Canada. Canadian egg producers generated 64.5 million dozen eggs from May 2016 to May this year, said StatsCan. Placement of hatchery chicks on farms rose four percent to […]

By MarketsFarm Team

Jul. 11, 2017 at 7:54 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Canada’s Farm Input Price Index has climbed slightly for the first quarter of this year. Canada-wide, the index rose 1.3 per cent for the first quarter of this year compared to the final quarter of 2016. When comparing this year’s first quarter to last year’s first quarter, […]

By Terry Fries

Jun. 29, 2017 at 1:18 pm CDT

CNS Canada — The commodity trade has turned its focus forward following fresh data from Statistics Canada. “The acreage numbers are important, but this game right now is all about weather,” said Mike Jubinville of ProFarmer Canada, naming spring wheat as one crop the market had been closely watching. While […]

By Jade Markus

Jun. 28, 2017 at 9:39 pm CDT

CNS Canada — ICE Futures Canada canola contracts moved higher during the week ended Wednesday, despite a softer tone in the Chicago soy market, as tight old-crop supplies and chart-based buying supported the Canadian oilseed. Statistics Canada releases its updated acreage estimates on Thursday, and any surprises in the data […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Jun. 26, 2017 at 7:10 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Persistent concerns over the state of the U.S. spring wheat crop should place more attention than normal on Canada’s wheat area when Statistics Canada releases updated acreage estimates on Thursday. Ahead of the report, trade estimates for all-wheat area range from 21.5 million to 23.2 million acres, […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin