By Commodity News Service Canada
WINNIPEG, March 27 (CNS Canada) – Russia exported 26.2 million tonnes of grain as of March 17 during the crop-year-to-date, according to a report from UkrAgroConsult. That’s down slightly from the pace seen the previous year due largely to a decline in barley exports. Both wheat and corn exports were up on the year.
Canada’s oats crop could be up considerably in 2017, according to a report from Farm Credit Canada, forecasting an area of over three million acres. About 2.9 million oats acres were seeded in the country in 2016, but only 2.2 million were harvested.
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By Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg, Jan. 19 (CNS) – Following are a few highlights in the Canadian and world…
Army worms continue to cause problems for corn crops in Africa, with officials in Uganda reporting that up to 11 per cent of the country’s four million tonne crop could be at risk.
Chicago Board of Trade corn futures were narrowly mixed on Monday, lacking any clear direction as traders square positions ahead of the USDA’s Prospective Plantings report on Friday, March 31.
Feed barley bids in the key cattle feeding area of Lethbridge, Alberta were in the C$158 to C$168 per tonne range as of March 24, which were up slightly ompared to the previous week, according to the latest pricing information from the provincial government. Top end feed wheat prices were steady, at C$180 to C$185 per tonne in Lethbridge.
