Insights and Stories on Statistics Canada

StatCan expected to raise estimate for oats production

Sep. 11, 2023 at 7:36 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Ahead of the model-based Statistics Canada production report due out on Thursday, Scott Shiels of Grain Millers Canada in Yorkton, Sask. said it’s likely the agency’s numbers for oats will increase. StatCan issued its first model-based production report for 2023-24 on Aug. 29, which placed the country’s oats […]

Canada’s canola carryout up on year, wheat down slightly

Sep. 8, 2023 at 7:05 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Klassen: Feeder market shrugs off lower barley production

Sep. 4, 2023 at 11:26 pm CDT

By Jerry Klassen

U.S. grains: Soybeans dip, despite exports

Aug. 30, 2023 at 4:08 pm CDT

By Christopher Walljasper

ICE weekly outlook: Harvest pressure, farmer selling to guide canola

Aug. 30, 2023 at 3:46 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Pulse weekly outlook: Lentils, peas show large declines in StatCan report

Aug. 29, 2023 at 6:50 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Statistics Canada (StatCan) showed a mostly tightened outlook for Canadian pulses in its first model-based supply/demand estimates for the 2023-24 marketing year. StatCan on Tuesday released those projections, which largely presented a reduction in yields due to ongoing dry conditions on the Prairies. As of July 31, Canadian […]

By Adam Peleshaty

U.S. grains: Soybeans dip after data shows crop less damaged than feared

Aug. 29, 2023 at 5:56 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago soybean and corn prices retreated on Tuesday following U.S. government data showing a smaller-than-expected decline in crop conditions than what many analysts had expected. Wheat hit a two-week low as sluggish demand for U.S. supplies and competition from cheap Russian grain limited the upside in […]

By Christopher Walljasper

Canada to harvest less wheat than expected due to drought

Aug. 29, 2023 at 5:14 pm CDT

Winnipeg | Reuters — Canadian farmers will harvest less wheat than expected after dry conditions in parts of the Prairie provinces shrunk yields, a government report showed on Tuesday. Drought is expected to send global wheat stockpiles for major exporters to the lowest levels in more than a decade, a […]

By Rod Nickel

Klassen: Calf numbers down in Western Canada

Aug. 29, 2023 at 5:21 am CDT

Compared to last week, western Canadian yearling markets were relatively unchanged. Yearlings straight off grass were very well bid and prices held value. Yearlings over 800 lbs. on light grain ration were quoted $15-$20 discount to those cattle coming straight off pasture. We’re seeing heavier calves around 800 lbs. trade […]