Insights and Stories on Tonnes

Pulse weekly outlook: Yellow pea demand continues to rise

Mar. 17, 2021 at 8:10 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — This St. Patrick’s Day, it’s not easy being green if you’re a pea. Having reached price parity less than two months ago, Canadian yellow peas are now trading at a premium. According to Prairie Ag Hotwire data from Wednesday, high-delivered bids for yellow peas are now priced at […]

U.S. grains: Wheat and soy climb, corn sags after USDA data

Mar. 9, 2021 at 5:24 pm CST

By Julie Ingwersen

Pulse weekly outlook: Turkey’s record-level lentil imports expected to decrease

Mar. 3, 2021 at 2:18 pm CST

By Adam Peleshaty

Sunflower seed market falls back to Earth

Mar. 1, 2021 at 8:33 pm CST

By Adam Peleshaty

Few alterations seen in new global supply/demand report

Feb. 25, 2021 at 4:50 pm CST

By MarketsFarm Team

Mustard growers face decision time

Feb. 17, 2021 at 5:47 pm CST

MarketsFarm — For Canadian mustard seed growers, next month will be crucial in learning whether seeding predictions from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada come to fruition. Current mustard seed prices, though, seem to support a rise in the number of acres this coming crop year. Canadian farmers in 2020 grew 99,000 […]

By Adam Peleshaty

Canola stocks to tighten below a million tonnes, AAFC says

Feb. 17, 2021 at 5:05 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Canadian canola ending stocks in both the current 2020-21 marketing year and in 2021-22 are forecast to tighten below a million tonnes, according to updated supply/demand estimates from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. The tight stocks were largely tied to expectations for increased domestic usage, with projected canola exports […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Pulse weekly outlook: Normal yields expected for dry beans in 2021-22

Feb. 10, 2021 at 7:20 pm CST

MarketsFarm — The number of acres seeded for dry beans in Canada in 2020-21 was at its highest level in more than a decade. But this upcoming crop year, acreage and yields are expected to return to normal. Dennis Lange, pulse specialist for Manitoba Agriculture at Altona, said he hadn’t […]

By Adam Peleshaty

StatsCan confirms canola stocks tightening

Feb. 5, 2021 at 4:51 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Solid demand from exporters and domestic crushers continues to eat rapidly through Canada’s canola stocks, which as of Dec. 31 were down nearly 24 per cent from the same date a year earlier, according to new data released Friday from Statistics Canada. The government agency pegged total canola […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Pulse weekly outlook: Canada’s lentils face competition

Feb. 2, 2021 at 7:16 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Acreage and production of lentils in Canada are expected to mostly remain the same for the 2021-22 crop year. While strong demand during the COVID-19 pandemic has bolstered prices over the past year, increased production from competing exporters may cut into that buying interest going forward. Elyce Simpson […]

By Adam Peleshaty