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India keeps Canadian lentil market at standstill

By Jade Markus May 9, 2017

CNS Canada — Lentil prices are largely stagnant, one market participant says, as key buyer India sits on the sidelines. And from the outside, stocks appear ample, but new-crop production could shift the dynamic of Canada’s lentil market. Statistics Canada stocks data as of March 31, 2017 pegged lentil supplies at about 1.1 million tonnes, […] Read more

A canola field in northwestern Saskatchewan on Oct. 5, 2016 after the area was blanketed by wet snow. (Lisa Guenther photo)

Crops, Markets

StatsCan data confirm tight canola supplies

By Jade Markus May 5, 2017

CNS Canada — Grain and oilseed stocks data released Friday from Statistics Canada were bullish for canola and wheat — though analysts suggest the effects of the report on the market may be short-lived. Figures for barley, lentils and peas were above year-ago levels, but movements in those markets are more likely be driven by […] Read more

Crops

Manitoba crop groups officially on merger track

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff May 2, 2017

Five Manitoba-based crop producer associations, nearly all of which already work out of the same building, have a memorandum of understanding to work toward forming a single merged grower group. The Manitoba Corn Growers Association (MCGA), Manitoba Pulse and Soybean Growers Association (MPSG), National Sunflower Association of Canada (NSAC) and the Manitoba Wheat and Barley […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Soybeans

Canadian producers to plant record canola crop, boost soybean acres

By Dave Sims April 21, 2017

CNS Canada – Canadian oilseed acreage is set to boom according to the latest acreage estimates from Statistics Canada. Today, the agency released its Principal Fields Crops Acreage Summary for 2017/18 on April 21. It pegged canola acreage at a record 22.387 million acres, a jump of 2.02 million acres over last year. “It’s no surprise […] Read more

Crops, Weather

Trade sees record Canadian canola acres as possibility

By Phil Franz-Warkentin April 17, 2017

CNS Canada — Canadian farmers could be set to seed record-large canola acres in 2017, while wheat area is generally expected to be down on the year when Statistics Canada releases its first survey-based acreage estimates of the year on Friday. From a purely economic standpoint, “canola is historically the commodity that pays the bills,” […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Peas

Peas hold range ahead of upcoming production

By Jade Markus April 7, 2017

CNS Canada — A policy extension from major pulse buyer India has brought short-term support to Canada’s dry pea market, but values are hanging in a range, price- and demand-wise. India in late March extended its fumigation policy requirement for three months, allowing the market some breathing room, though officials still hope to come to […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Pulses

Reprieve granted in India pulse fumigation dispute

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff March 30, 2017

The federal government has negotiated a short reprieve in the ongoing dispute with India over its reluctance to receive pulse imports that have not been fumigated with methyl bromide after March 31. In a statement issued Thursday, Lawrence MacAulay, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food and the François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of International Trade announced pulse exports […] Read more

Crops, Pulses, Reuters

Pulse firm AGT sees resolution of India-Canada trade snag

By Rod Nickel March 28, 2017

Winnipeg | Reuters — Canada’s AGT Food and Ingredients, one of the world’s biggest exporters of peas and lentils, expects India to extend an exemption for Canada within days from a crop fumigation policy that threatened to jeopardize $1.1 billion in annual trade of the food staples, CEO Murad Al-Katib said Tuesday. India’s current exemption […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Pulses

Tight chickpea supplies to limit Canadian acres

By Phil Franz-Warkentin, GFM Network News March 21, 2017

CNS Canada — Tight chickpea supplies will keep Canada from taking advantage of fresh demand out of Turkey, while any acreage increases will also be hampered by poor seed supply. Due to its own domestic chickpea shortage, Turkey recently announced it was temporarily lifting import tariffs on chickpeas. Turkey has bought Canadian chickpeas in the […] Read more

Prince Rupert’s Ridley Island is the planned site for Ray-Mont Logistics’ crop container loading facility. (CNW Group/Prince Rupert Port Authority)

Crops, Machinery

Prince Rupert expansion to handle crop containers

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff March 20, 2017

A Montreal logistics firm specializing in loading pulses and grains into containers for export out of Vancouver and Montreal plans to set up shop at Prince Rupert. The Prince Rupert Port Authority on Monday announced Ray-Mont Logistics is developing a logistics and container loading facility at the south end of the West Coast port’s Ridley […] Read more

U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn fall on harvest pressure

U.S. livestock: Hog futures slide in technical correction

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation: Acknowledging the past, seeking a better future

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U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn fall on harvest pressure

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National Day for Truth and Reconciliation: Acknowledging the past, seeking a better future

Lentils

India keeps Canadian lentil market at standstill

StatsCan data confirm tight canola supplies

Manitoba crop groups officially on merger track

Canadian producers to plant record canola crop, boost soybean acres

Trade sees record Canadian canola acres as possibility

Peas hold range ahead of upcoming production

Reprieve granted in India pulse fumigation dispute

Pulse firm AGT sees resolution of India-Canada trade snag

Tight chickpea supplies to limit Canadian acres

Prince Rupert expansion to handle crop containers

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