Insights and Stories on Wheat Acres

Jan. 24, 2024 at 10:07 am CST

Early planting estimates from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada called for only minor adjustments to most major crops grown in the country in 2024, with reductions in wheat, canola and barley acres, and increases in oats and pulses.

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Apr. 24, 2019 at 10:07 am CDT

Winnipeg | Reuters — Canadian farmers intend to plant seven per cent fewer acres of canola this spring compared with a year earlier, even less than expected by analysts and traders, as a dispute with China hampers demand, a government report showed on Wednesday. China and Canada are locked in […]

By Rod Nickel

Feb. 8, 2019 at 6:54 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures ended firm on Friday as late-session short-covering lifted prices from lows notched after the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) projected record large U.S. soy stocks amid a still-unresolved trade dispute with top importer China. Corn eased after USDA released a flood of data […]

By Karl Plume

Dec. 4, 2018 at 8:37 pm CST

CNS Canada — As Canadian farmers start thinking about what to plant next spring, global trade patterns and weather will play into decision making. “It’s very difficult to decide where this all is going. That obviously also has implications on where the futures prices go and what signals the farmers […]

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm

Aug. 17, 2018 at 9:26 pm CDT

CNS Canada — As the winter wheat harvest finishes up in Manitoba, initial reports are that yields are lower than in years past. “It was a disadvantage with the winter and with the weather conditions this summer it’s been pretty dry… so between the two, it’s kind of reduced yields,” […]

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm