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More canola, less wheat expected ahead of StatsCan report

Apr. 23, 2021 at 7:08 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Canadian farmers are seen as likely to plant more canola and barley and less wheat this spring, as market participants await the first survey-based estimates from Statistics Canada on Tuesday to confirm the extent of that shift. “Canola will gain acres and wheat will lose acres,” said MarketsFarm […]

ICE weekly outlook: Canola’s uptrend still intact

Apr. 21, 2021 at 8:48 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

More flax expected in 2021

Apr. 20, 2021 at 2:50 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Canada’s year-end cattle herd continues shrinking

Mar. 1, 2021 at 8:21 pm CST

By Dave Bedard

StatsCan confirms canola stocks tightening

Feb. 5, 2021 at 4:51 pm CST

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

ICE weekly outlook: Canola entering holiday mode

Dec. 9, 2020 at 7:46 pm CST

MarketsFarm — ICE Futures canola contracts hit fresh multi-year highs following the release of updated production data from Statistics Canada, but the market ran into resistance and could be expected to see some consolidation ahead of the New Year. The most-active January contract touched a session high of $599 per […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Canada’s canola harvest smallest in five years

Dec. 3, 2020 at 11:58 am CST

Winnipeg | Reuters — Canadian farmers produced the smallest canola crop in five years, but the largest wheat output since 2013, Statistics Canada said in its final harvest estimate of the year. Canola production looked set to reach 18.7 million tonnes, down 4.5 per cent from last year and below […]

By Rod Nickel

ICE weekly outlook: Two reports likely to increase canola values

Dec. 2, 2020 at 4:25 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Although canola has seen some backpedalling this week, the markets should get two good shots in the arm from a pair of reports, according to Wayne Palmer, analyst with Exceed Grains in Winnipeg. The first will very likely come from the principal field crops report , to be […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

StatsCan report to provide clarity on 2020 crop production

Nov. 30, 2020 at 7:44 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Market participants and producers will be looking to Statistics Canada’s principal field crop report, due out Thursday, for clarity regarding 2020 crop yields. “We’re looking to see how severely the heat damaged the crop, and how yield estimates were tempered later in the growing season,” said Jerry Klassen, […]

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

Canadian corn, soybean stocks increase

Oct. 6, 2020 at 8:32 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — New stats show larger soybeans and corn stocks in Canada as of July 31 when compared to the same time last year. Statistics Canada issued its updated report on stocks of grain and oilseeds on Tuesday morning. The federal agency said combined farm and commercial stocks of corn […]

By MarketsFarm Team