Insights and Stories on Statistics Canada

Aug. 20, 2015 at 11:15 am CDT

CNS Canada –– The ICE Futures Canada canola market moved lower during the week ended Wednesday, breaking below the key support level of C$480 per tonne in the November contract. With the technical bias pointed lower, further weakness is expected to be in store for the commodity. “I think the […]

By Terryn Shiells

Aug. 20, 2015 at 10:52 am CDT

CNS Canada –– Statistics Canada will release its first survey-based Canadian crop production estimates for 2015-16 on Friday, and figures for most major crops are expected to be down compared to last year. Yields are likely to be all over the map as weather conditions varied vastly from region to […]

By Terryn Shiells

Aug. 17, 2015 at 7:03 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Feed barley prices are moving slowly with hand-to-mouth buying as the crop moves into harvest, when already low prices will likely hit a downtrend. However, prices will likely recover into autumn, depending on how farmers choose to act, from where one market analyst sits. “If the farmers […]

By Jade Markus

Jul. 16, 2015 at 6:19 pm CDT

CNS Canada –– Rye crops have been reacting to Saskatchewan’s heat and dryness by developing faster than they would normally be — but healthy crops elsewhere appear to be helping to keep global prices stable, at least for the time being. U.S. crops may stop rye prices from moving too […]

By Jade Markus

Jul. 7, 2015 at 6:57 pm CDT

CNS Canada — When the world needs canary seed, it calls on Saskatchewan, but whether the province will be able to answer this year remains a mystery. Canary seed grown in Saskatchewan accounts for about 70 to 80 per cent of the international trade in the grain used mostly as […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin