Crops
There were few price changes for feed grains at the start of May, according to an Alberta-based trader. However, seasonal trends will pressure prices in the coming months.
Feed Grain Weekly: Prices steady before anticipated drops
Few prices changes in May, but declines to come this summer
ICE canola weekly outlook: ‘Toppy’ market watching weather
Squeeze possible for old crop
Tight supplies could send old crop canola futures higher before the new crop harvest, but values were showing signs of running into resistance in early May.
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Seeding in Manitoba picking up the pace
Most fields still have good soil moisture
Overall spring planting in Manitoba reached eight per cent complete as of May 6, with some areas of the province much further along, the latest provincial crop report said.
CBOT Weekly: Keep an eye on demand in S/D report
Demand for U.S. corn, planted acres could change
Demand will be the main thing to watch when the United States Department of Agriculture releases its May supply and demand report next week.
One change to improve Prairie canola yield
Crop rotation and nutrition topped the list for both Canadian farmers and agronomists
Reading Time: 3 minutes A Canola Council of Canada has surveyed growers on their production practices and found rotation and nutrient management key to increasing yields.
Pulse Weekly: Seeding begins in Saskatchewan
More lentils, fewer peas anticipated
Pulse seeding has already begun in Saskatchewan with the dry south putting in lentils, while other parts of the province make preparations.
Grain, oilseed millers’ sales, volumes projected to decline in 2025
Ongoing trade tensions, U.S. policy reviews make oilseed demand difficult to gauge says FCC
Grain and oilseed millers are predicted to see sales, volumes and margins decline in 2025 according to Farm Credit Canada's food and beverage report.
May contract talks alarm sugar beet growers
Lack of progress means time is growing short to get a successfull crop into the ground in Southern Alberta
Reading Time: 2 minutes Sugar beet contract negotiations between ASBG and Rogers Sugar still ongoing
Industry believes green pea supplies are over-reported
Analysts say crop insurance data and high prices indicate that stocks of the crop are higher than Statistics Canada is reporting
Canada has far fewer green peas than the government is reporting, says an analyst. “Purely from a price perspective, markets believe the Canadian harvest was smaller than estimated by Statistics Canada,” Stat Publishing noted in a recent article.
USDA attaché projects more wheat than AAFC in 2025/26
Ottawa desk a pinch lower on harvested area
At 35.67 million tonnes of all wheat in 2025/26, the United States Department Agriculture attache in Ottawa came in 1.12 million tonnes more than the preliminary estimate from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada.
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