Canadian farmers will harvest more wheat and canola than was expected several months ago, as crops rallied from dry conditions that threatened yields, a government report showed on Monday.

Canadian wheat, canola harvests expand, rebound from dry conditions
Global wheat ending stocks have fallen four years in a row on tough weather conditions

Prairie-wide canola variety trial program ending
'Current format' of CPT concludes: commissions
The sun is about to set on the current Prairie-wide canola variety evaluation program run by the three Prairie provinces’ canola grower commissions. SaskCanola, the Alberta Canola Producers Commission and the Manitoba Canola Growers Association announced Monday that 2022 is the final year of the Canola Performance Trials (CPT) “in its current format.” “Going forward, […] Read more

ICE weekly outlook: Time gap too large in StatCan report
Canola's potential yields shrank in meantime
MarketsFarm — There has been about a one-month gap in between Statistics Canada having gathered its data for next week’s principal crops report and actually releasing the report. That’s something trader Ken Ball of PI Financial in Winnipeg finds irksome. “They’re using computer models of some kind. You would think they could get this out […] Read more

ICE weekly outlook: Dry weather keeping canola from more downside
CNS Canada –– A lack of rain in Western Canada may be the only thing keeping canola futures prices from dropping much further than they have already. The dominant November contract was above $525 a tonne in late June, but has since fallen to the $490 mark as of Wednesday. Global trade disruptions and a […] Read more

StatsCan comes in at low end of expectations for canola
CNS Canada — Despite an upward revision of nearly a million tonnes in Statistics Canada’s latest report, most analysts expect canola production will keep climbing further. StatsCan on Friday morning released its updated grain/oilseed production estimates, with data collected through surveys taken between Sept. 3 and 13. Canola production numbers came in at 14.3 million […] Read more

ICE weekly outlook: Canola climbs despite harvest pressure
CNS Canada –– ICE Futures Canada canola contracts finished higher for the week ended Wednesday, posting gains of $9-$10 per tonne despite mounting harvest pressure and large world supplies of vegetable oil. The slumping Canadian dollar, which momentarily reached its lowest point in 11 years during the session, has been a big reason behind canola’s […] Read more

Next StatsCan survey expected to show larger canola, wheat crops
CNS Canada — Yields are generally beating earlier expectations as the harvest progresses across Western Canada, which should lead to upward revisions to canola and wheat when Statistics Canada releases its latest production survey results Friday. However, those numbers still may be underreported, and further revisions are expected in subsequent reports. “As the harvest is […] Read more

ICE weekly outlook: Further weakness in store for canola
CNS Canada –– The ICE Futures Canada canola market moved lower during the week ended Wednesday, breaking below the key support level of C$480 per tonne in the November contract. With the technical bias pointed lower, further weakness is expected to be in store for the commodity. “I think the ideas in the trade are […] Read more

ICE weekly outlook: Weather key to canola market
CNS Canada — ICE Futures Canada canola contracts climbed to their highest levels in two years during the week ended Wednesday, with mounting weather concerns across the Prairies the key driver in the market. “This thing will keep going until we get some rain,” said Jerry Klassen, manager of GAP S.A. Grains and Produits in […] Read more