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Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada adjusted its latest supply and demand estimates issued on Dec. 19. This followed the updated Statistics Canada figures from two weeks ago.
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AAFC adjusts monthly estimates, cites caution for canola exports
Impact of China's anti-dumping investigation unknown at this time
Feed Grains Weekly: Trump looms over Prairie feed market
Weaker Canadian dollar less of an influence
Currently, United States President-elect Donald Trump is more of an influence on Western Canadian feed grain prices than a weaker Canadian dollar said Brandon Motz of CorNine Commodities in Lacombe, Alta.
CBOT Weekly: Chicago soy complex tumbles, grains weaken
A variety of factors caused the Chicago soy complex to fall at the Chicago Board of Trade during the week ended Dec. 18, 2024.
Pulse Weekly: Looking at price shifts in 2024
Production up for most Canadian pulses
Pulses in Canada had quite the year in 2024 with prices closing out the calendar year in the middle of their trading ranges. Production was higher on the year for most pulses. Dry pea output in Canada rose to just short of three million tonnes, up from the 2.61 million harvested in 2023, according to the Statistics Canada principal field crop report issued Dec. 5.
South Dakota farmer focuses on soil biology
Retired farmer Rick Bieber spoke at the Western Canada Conference on Grazing and Soil Health
Rick Bieber, a farmer from South Dakota, spoke at Western Canada Conference on Soil Health about the many practices he has implemented to improve his soil on his operation.
ICE Canada Weekly: Canola could enter narrow range
Soyoil, loonie, StatCan report among supportive factors
As the turnaround in canola continued, analyst said there are three factors underpinning the swing upward. David Derwin, commodities futures advisor for Ventum Financial in Winnipeg, pointed to the gains made by soyoil futures on the Chicago Board of Trade, the weakening of the Canadian dollar, and the reduction in the canola harvest made by Statistics Canada.
Saskatchewan Pulse Growers invest in weed research
The Saskatchewan Pulse Growers have announced plans to invest $3.67 million in five new weed science research projects.
CBOT Weekly: WASDE report brings surprise cut to corn
A larger-than-expected cut to corn carryout in the USDA's monthly WASDE report on Dec. 10 affected prices at the Chicago Board of Trade.
More than 50 per cent chance of La Niña in coming months, WMO says
There is more than a 50 per cent chance of La Niña developing in the next three months, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Wednesday, but if it does it will be relatively weak and short-lived.
USDA adjusts world, Canadian canola/rapeseed data
Lowers world, Canadian production
The United States Department of Agriculture made a number of revisions to its data for canola/rapeseed in its monthly world oilseed report. On a particular note, the USDA cut its production estimate for Canada, the world's top producer of the oilseed.