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File photo of a chickpea crop in India. (Nikhil Patil/iStock/Getty Images)
Crops, Markets, Pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: Chickpea prices up ahead of India harvest

Early outlook calls for more Canadian acres in 2023

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MarketsFarm — Western Canadian chickpea prices are still on the rise while prices for other pulse crops are coming down as supply increases. High-delivered bids for Kabuli and B-90 types of chickpeas rose four cents per pound over the past week, according to Prairie Ag Hotwire on Jan. 23. As a result, the nine- and […] Read more
Many of the alternative feeds available in Canada arise as byproducts of the cereal, oilseed and pulse processing sectors.
Livestock, Nutrition

Cattle feed: A tale of two countries

Nutrition with John McKinnon

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Throughout my career, I have had numerous opportunities to meet and talk with beef producers across Canada and in countries such as Mexico, China, New Zealand and Japan. However, until recently I never had the opportunity to interact in an extension setting with American producers. That changed last month when I gave a presentation to […] Read more
Yellow peas. (Victoria Popova/iStock/Getty Images)
Crops, Markets, Peas

Pulse weekly outlook: New Year’s pressure drags on North Dakota peas

Pea prices relatively higher north of border

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MarketsFarm — Pea prices in North Dakota have been feeling pressure from the New Year, according to Landon Lechler of Beach Co-operative at Beach, N.D., about 360 km south of Weyburn, Sask. Besides the turning of the calendar New Year, Lechler said the upcoming Chinese New Year has slowed export demand for yellow and green […] Read more
A container terminal at the Port of Vancouver. (FangXiaNuo/E+/Canada)
Crops, Markets

Ocean freight rates falling

Baltic index at lowest since mid-2020

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MarketsFarm — Ocean freight rates are under pressure to start 2023, with the Baltic Dry Index (BDI) dipping to its lowest level since June 2020 as poor demand for vessels weighed on values. A seasonal slowdown of cargo movement ahead of the Chinese New Year was seen as contributing to the latest softness, despite easing […] Read more
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Crops, Markets, Pulses, Soybeans, Weather

Pulse weekly outlook: 2022 a ‘good year’ for Manitoba pulses, soy

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MarketsFarm — Despite a rough start to southern Manitoba’s growing season, Manitoba Pulse and Soybean Growers executive director Daryl Domitruk was content with how 2022 came to pass. “For pulses and soybeans, it was generally a good year as a result of some very good yields in soybeans and some quite good yields in dry […] Read more
A farmer in China piles wheat. Photo: Reuters/File
Crops, Markets, Reuters

China to launch grain reserves company in 2023

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Reuters — China’s state-owned grains trader COFCO said on Thursday a new joint venture it has set up with state stockpiler Sinograin to manage the country’s huge grain reserves will officially begin operations next month. The China Enterprise United Grain Reserve Co. Ltd. was established in September, according to the COFCO statement on its public […] Read more
(File photo by Dave Bedard)
Crops, Machinery

Railways over revenue cap in drought year, CTA finds

CN, CP now owe $5.7 million in overages, penalties

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Despite a dramatically lower Prairie grain handle in the last crop year, the Western Grains Research Foundation can expect a $5.7 million gift card from Canada’s big two railways by the end of next month. The Canadian Transportation Agency, which sets the maximum revenue entitlements (MREs) each crop year for Prairie grain handled by Canadian […] Read more
Lentils. (Seb_ra/iStock/Getty Images)
Crops, Markets, Pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: Tightening Canadian lentil stocks expected

Pea ending stocks more comfortable

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MarketsFarm — Carryout stocks of Canadian lentils could tighten to their smallest level in seven years by the end of the current 2022-23 marketing year, according to updated supply/demand estimates from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. While lentil production of 2.3 million tonnes was up by 44 per cent from the drought-stricken 2021-22 crop, expectations for […] Read more
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Crops, Markets, Peas

Pulse weekly outlook: Pea prices hold steady in weak market

Values expected to soften in new year

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MarketsFarm — Prices for green and yellow peas in Western Canada have remained quite steady over the last week, largely due to the lack of demand, according to Darwin Hamilton of Kalshea Commodities in Winnipeg. “North American peas are more expensive than the peas coming out of Eastern Europe. A lot of that product is […] Read more

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