As the growing season really gets going across North America, we're starting to see a little more hope on where the grass is growing, and there's a bit more optimism out there in the pasture — especially in southwestern Saskatchewan, which has faced multiple years of hard drought and where this week's Beef Market Update... Read More
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It's a busy time of year for just about everyone — the crop is getting in the ground, calves (and lambs) are hitting the ground, and there are never enough hours in a day to get all the things done. Making sales of new-crop product, whether that's grain or calves, is perhaps not top of... Read More
The expulsion from Canada of a Chinese diplomat earlier this week could wreak havoc on grain exports... or not. What could happen with exports is concerning, yes, but there are much more concrete factors set to shape markets in the short term, says one analyst. Ranulf Glanville with GrainFox says getting a better handle on... Read More
Wheat. A mainstay of crop rotations globally and a huge part of the Canadian export market, wheat has not had a great run the last few weeks. To unpack all that's going on with this market, we go to Brian Voth, founder of Intellifarm Inc., based at Manitoba. First, Voth says we need to check... Read More
Statistics Canada is reviewing the timing of its traditional April seeding intentions report, after making a major change to the way it compiled data for the report this year. The seeding intentions report for 2023, released last week, was based on a farmer survey conducted from December 12, 2022, to January 14, 2023. Historically, the... Read More
If ever there was to be an all-good-news edition of the Beef Market Update, it may just be this week. Anne Wasko of the Gateway Livestock Exchange runs through the numbers south of the border, in the finished and feeder markets, and all the way down to grass cattle and the news is good to... Read More
While the energy markets should be focused on supply and demand fundamentals, nagging economic factors and volatility in geopolitics are getting all the attention right now. That's according to Phil Flynn, author of the Energy Report, who says banking stress in the U.S. and overseas, inflationary costs, and continued unrest in Ukraine and Sudan is... Read More
Statistics Canada (StatsCan) says wheat acres across Canada will be the highest they've been in more than twenty years, while area planted to canola, corn, barley, and soybeans will also climb in 2023. However there's an asterisk beside those numbers, as the agency also announced a major change to the methodology behind its seeding intentions... Read More
The Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) has modified some of its procedures for inspecting grain as it's loaded onto ships on the West Coast, as 65 per cent of the CGC's employees, including grain inspectors, are participating in the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) strike. "Inspection staff that are not in a strike position are... Read More
Canadian farmers feel relatively stable and positive about their farms' current financial outlook, even in the face of declining commodity markets, according to the March Canadian Farmer Sentiment Index. Last month, the RealAgristudies Insights Panel was surveyed a fourth time since September 2022 on their opinions and overall sentiment on a number of critical agricultural... Read More