Insights and Stories on Statistics Canada

Shallow roots potential concern for Manitoba sunflowers

Jul. 29, 2016 at 4:19 pm CDT

Commodity News Service Canada – Sunflower crops in Manitoba are generally in good shape for this time of year, but excess moisture in the key growing areas have kept root systems shallow, which could create problems later in the season, according to an industry participant. It’s still relatively early for sunflowers, with diseases […]

Mustard crops in good condition despite hail, prices squeezed

Jul. 25, 2016 at 10:49 am CDT

By Jade Markus

Klassen: Feeder cattle market experiences thin trade

Jul. 5, 2016 at 9:51 am CDT

By Jerry Klassen

Canada’s canola, pulse acres rise at grains’ expense

Jun. 29, 2016 at 10:45 am CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

More canola and pulses, less wheat expected in Canada

Jun. 24, 2016 at 7:26 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

ICE weekly outlook: Room for additional downside in canola

Jun. 23, 2016 at 3:49 am CDT

CNS Canada –– ICE Futures Canada canola contracts moved lower on the week, and the market’s declines are likely not finished yet, one analyst says. Canola lost $42.90 in the July contract and $35.60 in the November contract in the week ended Wednesday, as a rout of fund selling pressured […]

By Jade Markus

Lower feed costs weigh on supply-managed goods

Jun. 10, 2016 at 6:39 pm CDT

CNS Canada –– Relatively soft feed grain prices over the past year mean producers of supply-managed commodities, such as milk and eggs, have also received lower prices for their products. Such is the interpretation of industry participants accounting for declines in the latest Farm Price Index data released by Statistics […]

By Erin DeBooy

StatsCan report confirms tightening canola, wheat supplies

May. 6, 2016 at 12:01 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Canadian canola and wheat supplies are much tighter heading into the final months of the 2015-16 crop year than they were at the same point a year ago, according to Statistics Canada’s latest stocks report. StatsCan pegged the country’s canola stocks, as of March 31, at 7.49 […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

StatsCan grain stocks data to confirm feed demand, production

May. 4, 2016 at 11:32 am CDT

CNS Canada — Just how much barley did Canadian cattle eat over the past winter? Will there be any old-crop wheat left over this year? And how much canola was really grown in 2015? Answers to these questions and more will be closer to being found when Statistics Canada releases […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Pressure on oat prices sends farmers scouting other crops

Apr. 26, 2016 at 4:47 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Lukewarm prices for oats, coupled with dry conditions in Alberta and soggy conditions in Manitoba, are crimping acreage this year. Generally known as one of the hardier crops around, oats haven’t been setting any record highs on price charts, resulting in a forecast of 11 per cent […]

By Dave Sims

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Insights and Stories on Statistics Canada

Shallow roots potential concern for Manitoba sunflowers

Mustard crops in good condition despite hail, prices squeezed

Klassen: Feeder cattle market experiences thin trade

Canada’s canola, pulse acres rise at grains’ expense

More canola and pulses, less wheat expected in Canada

ICE weekly outlook: Room for additional downside in canola

Lower feed costs weigh on supply-managed goods

StatsCan report confirms tightening canola, wheat supplies

StatsCan grain stocks data to confirm feed demand, production

Pressure on oat prices sends farmers scouting other crops

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