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U.S. corn production expected way up in USDA’s May WASDE

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm, GFM Network News May 12, 2020

MarketsFarm — There will be sharp increases in the United States’ 2020-21 corn production — and especially in ending stocks, according to the latest monthly supply and demand report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). The department issued its latest world agricultural supply and demand estimates (WASDE) on Tuesday. U.S. soybean planted acres and […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Weather

StatsCan: Less canola and durum, more barley and oats

By Phil Franz-Warkentin - MarketsFarm June 26, 2019

MarketsFarm — Canadian farmers seeded fewer canola and durum acres than they originally intended, but more barley and oats, according to updated acreage estimates from Statistics Canada that largely came within expectations. StatsCan pegged planted Canadian canola area for 2019-20 (August to July) at 20.952 million acres, down by about 300,000 from the March survey […] Read more

Chickpeas. (CalypsoArt/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops, Markets, Pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: Chickpea prices remain low, future bright

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm May 21, 2019

MarketsFarm — Lower prices are expected to lead to a drop in Canadian chickpea acres in 2019, but the future is bright for the crop as new consumer markets gain popularity. Seeded acres for chickpeas almost quadrupled between 2017 and 2018, rising from 160,000 to 442,900, respectively. Since inventory from the 2018 growing season is […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Peas

Pulse weekly outlook: Planted green, yellow peas lower prices

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm May 14, 2019

MarketsFarm — Green and yellow pea seeding is well underway across the Prairies, causing new-crop prices to slide marginally while spot prices hold firm. As Dale McManus, a broker with Johnston Grain at Welwyn, Sask., explained, seeded acres and new crop prices have an inverse relationship: as seeded acres rise, new crop prices fall. Producers […] Read more

Mature winter wheat. (Allan Dawson photo)

Crops, Weather, Winter Wheat

Prairie winter wheat conditions no cause for alarm, yet

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm February 13, 2018

CNS Canada — While it’s been a cold winter with little snow cover, there is still hope for the Prairies’ winter wheat crop as soil temperatures haven’t hit danger levels yet. “I checked the soil temperatures this morning across the Prairies and most of the soils are about -10 C and winter wheat at this […] Read more

(Manitoba Co-operator photo by Allan Dawson)

Crops, Markets, Reuters

Canada seen sowing slightly less canola, more durum

By Rod Nickel February 23, 2015

Winnipeg | Reuters — Canadian farmers are leaning toward planting slightly less canola and more durum wheat, a Reuters survey of 12 traders and analysts showed on Monday. Farmers still have plenty of time to change plans for seeding, which starts in most of the Prairies by May, but many have already bought some of […] Read more

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U.S. corn production expected way up in USDA’s May WASDE

StatsCan: Less canola and durum, more barley and oats

Pulse weekly outlook: Chickpea prices remain low, future bright

Pulse weekly outlook: Planted green, yellow peas lower prices

Prairie winter wheat conditions no cause for alarm, yet

Canada seen sowing slightly less canola, more durum

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