Insights and Stories on Wheat Acres

U.S. spring wheat, durum expected to surge

Jul. 12, 2018 at 8:02 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Data released today from the U.S. National Agricultural Statistics Service showed large expected increases in spring wheat and durum production this year. Spring wheat production in the country, not including durum, is forecast at 614 million bushels, up 48 per cent from 2017. Of that, 584 million […]

StatsCan: Canola area narrows, wheat sowings expand

Jun. 29, 2018 at 9:15 am CDT

By Rod Nickel

U.S. wheat stocks bigger than expected, trade watching weather

May. 10, 2018 at 6:17 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Feed weekly outlook: For barley acres, seeding delays will tell tale

May. 4, 2018 at 5:54 pm CDT

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm

Grain trade skeptical of StatsCan’s acreage outlook

Apr. 27, 2018 at 12:10 pm CDT

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm

Prairie winter wheat conditions uncertain

Apr. 3, 2018 at 8:30 pm CDT

CNS Canada — While it’s too early to assess how the western Canada winter wheat crop fared this winter, there is some uncertainty due to unseasonably cold April temperatures. “We start losing cold tolerance, especially in March and going into April now. And that’s when you need to monitor temperatures […]

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm

U.S. corn, soy acreage to expand in 2018-19, USDA says

Nov. 28, 2017 at 2:44 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. farmers are likely to expand plantings of both corn and soybeans while reducing wheat seedings for the upcoming marketing year, the U.S. Agriculture Department said on Tuesday. The USDA’s Office of the Chief Economist forecast that farmers will seed 91 million acres of corn in […]

By Reuters

Trade looks to potential, not projections, post-StatsCan data

Jun. 29, 2017 at 1:18 pm CDT

CNS Canada — The commodity trade has turned its focus forward following fresh data from Statistics Canada. “The acreage numbers are important, but this game right now is all about weather,” said Mike Jubinville of ProFarmer Canada, naming spring wheat as one crop the market had been closely watching. While […]

By Jade Markus

StatsCan wheat acres watched closely

Jun. 26, 2017 at 7:10 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Persistent concerns over the state of the U.S. spring wheat crop should place more attention than normal on Canada’s wheat area when Statistics Canada releases updated acreage estimates on Thursday. Ahead of the report, trade estimates for all-wheat area range from 21.5 million to 23.2 million acres, […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Weather may put wrench in record-low summerfallow intentions

Apr. 26, 2017 at 8:20 pm CDT

CNS Canada –– The amount of land left to summerfallow in Western Canada could hit a new record low in 2017, according to the latest Statistics Canada data, as the practice falls more and more out of favour. However, weather conditions still have the final say, with ‘unintended’ summerfallow a […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

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