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Pulse weekly outlook: Early snow hurts edible bean prospects

By Phil Franz-warkentin October 16, 2019

MarketsFarm — An early snow storm hit key edible bean growing regions of Manitoba and the northern U.S. hard, with a large portion of the crop in the region now facing an uncertain future. “It is unprecedented what’s happened at this point,” said Tim Courneya, executive vice-president of the Northarvest Bean Growers Association, which represents […] Read more

Cereals, Crops, Weather

Late North American durum faces quality downgrades

By Phil Franz-warkentin October 8, 2019

MarketsFarm — Cool and wet conditions delaying harvest operations across North America’s durum-growing regions are cutting into the quality of the crop in both the U.S. and Canada, with widening price spreads likely going forward. “It’s been a challenging harvest,” said Erica Olson, marketing specialist with the North Dakota Wheat Commission. “We did have some […] Read more

Crops, Reuters, Weather

Snow to stall harvests for western Prairies, Montana

By Julie Ingwersen September 27, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — A weekend storm is poised to bring more than a foot (30.5 cm) of snow to parts of Montana and the Canadian Prairies, putting portions of the region’s spring wheat and canola crops at risk, a meteorologist said. Excessively wet conditions in the region this month have already slowed fieldwork and […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: MGEX spring wheat rallies to highest since mid-June

By Mark Weinraub September 24, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — MGEX spring wheat futures rallied for the fifth day in a row on Tuesday as farmers harvesting in the northern U.S. Plains found that wet conditions had lowered the quality of the crop there. “They are talking about protein levels really taking a hit with the wet weather,” said Mark Gold, […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Peas

Pulse weekly outlook: Pea harvest nearly complete

By Marlo Glass September 17, 2019

MarketsFarm — Canada’s pea crop is almost totally off the fields, but quality remains a question. “Farmers are wrapped up with harvesting right now, so we haven’t received many samples,” said Marcos Mosnaim of Globeways Inc. in Missisauga. The few samples the company has seen have shown good conditions, but it’s not a large enough […] Read more

Barley, Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat

Feed weekly outlook: Durum, red spring wheat head to feed market

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm November 22, 2018

CNS Canada — Feed grain prices have fluctuated very little over the past few weeks according to one Alberta-based commodities trader. Jim Beusekom, president of Market Place Commodities in Lethbridge, said corn has been getting $245-$250 per tonne. There is plenty of corn available in the U.S. and its price is often the cap on […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: Prairie fababeans spike on global production issues

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm November 20, 2018

CNS Canada — Fababean prices in Western Canada have seen a boost lately due to global production problems, but according to a buyer this is a temporary situation. “Over the last 45 days we’ve saw this market spike, we’ll call it a buck a bushel that we’ve seen that increase from where we would typically […] Read more

Cereals, Crops, Opinion

Why go on trade missions?

Consistency and high food safety standards have given Canada  a ‘quality advantage’ in countries like China

By Cam Dahl July 14, 2014

I recently returned from a trade mission to China led by Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz, who was accompanied by other federal and provincial government officials, and representatives from barley, beef, pork, blueberries, flax and other sectors. Trade missions like this one to China are not unique, and follow closely to recent trade missions to Korea […] Read more

U.S. livestock: Firmer cash prices support CME hog futures

Strong foreign demand boosts North American hog markets

CBOT weekly outlook: WASDE yields mixed results

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