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Mustard prices down amid rising prospects

By Adam Peleshaty - MarketsFarm, GFM Network News June 28, 2022

MarketsFarm – The most popular variety of mustard seed in Canada is seeing a recent downturn in price. While the prices of mustard in Western Canada are still much higher than last year, they have been steady to lower over the past month. According to Prairie Ag Hotwire, the high-delivered bid for yellow mustard is […] Read more

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Rising prices could lead to more mustard acres

By Adam Peleshaty, GFM Network News February 22, 2022

MarketsFarm — A further tightening in Canada’s mustard supply is the main culprit in recent price spikes for the seed. Yellow mustard in Western Canada has a high-delivered bid of $1.61/lb., up 10 cents from last month and $1.18 higher than last year, according to Prairie Ag Hotwire data. Over the past month, the high-delivered […] Read more

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Mustard supply crunch fuels price spikes

By Adam Peleshaty, GFM Network News November 5, 2021

MarketsFarm – As the world’s largest producer of mustard, a sharp decline in Canadian production has already made a major impact on supply and prices. Despite an increase in seeded acres, Canada’s mustard production dropped 28 per cent to 71,000 tonnes for the 2021-22 marketing year, according to Statistics Canada’s September crop report. Of the […] Read more

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Hot weather cuts into Canadian mustard crop

Price increases already noted

By Phil Franz-Warkentin, GFM Network News July 7, 2021

MarketsFarm — Canada is looking at another small mustard crop in 2021, which should keep prices well supported for any unpriced crop, as recent heat stress cut into yields. “That was a very rough week,” said Walter Dyck, the Alberta-based general manager with Wisconsin mustard-processor Olds Products, on the late June/early July heat wave that […] Read more

Flea beetles in canola seedlings. (Canola Council of Canada video screengrab via YouTube)

Canola, Crops, Weather

Flea beetles a nuisance for canola crop

By Adam Peleshaty, GFM Network News June 19, 2021

[UPDATED: June 22, 2021] MarketsFarm — Western Canada’s canola crop has been hit hard by hot, dry weather so far this growing season in the midst of ongoing drought conditions — which may also be aiding another threat. *Across the Prairies, flea beetles are an oft-seen pest that feeds on both canola and mustard seedlings, […] Read more

Crops, Markets

Mustard growers face decision time

AAFC projects more acres in 2021-22

By Adam Peleshaty, GFM Network News February 17, 2021

MarketsFarm — For Canadian mustard seed growers, next month will be crucial in learning whether seeding predictions from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada come to fruition. Current mustard seed prices, though, seem to support a rise in the number of acres this coming crop year. Canadian farmers in 2020 grew 99,000 tonnes of mustard seed, the […] Read more

Crops, Markets

Low acreage buoys mustard seed prices

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm, GFM Network News September 29, 2020

MarketsFarm — Spot prices for mustard seed on the Prairies have trended higher, due to consecutive years of low seeded acreage. In 2020, about 256,500 acres of mustard seed were planted, down about 36 per cent from the previous year. Walter Dyck, seed division manager for Olds Products, mentioned it’s the second time in 20 […] Read more

Crops, Markets

Variable yields supportive for mustard prices

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm December 13, 2019

MarketsFarm — Statistics Canada’s principal field crop production report last week estimated a significant drop in Canada’s 2019 mustard production. In September, the agency estimated Canadian mustard would total about 141,000 tonnes. However, due to challenging growing conditions and a slight reduction in acreage, the StatsCan estimates released Friday were revised downward to 134,600 tonnes. […] Read more

Crops, Weather

Late Canadian mustard crop facing quality downgrades

By Phil Franz-Warkentin October 1, 2019

MarketsFarm — An early blast of snow and cold across the Prairies has delayed harvest operations for a mustard crop already running behind normal, with quality downgrades expected for any mustard still in the field. “It has to be absolutely flattened,” said mustard buyer Walter Dyck of Olds Products at Lethbridge on the effect of […] Read more

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Saskatchewan mustard crop poised for strong finish

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm August 20, 2019

MarketsFarm — Mustard crops in southwestern and south-central Saskatchewan may have received enough rain to turn themselves around after a dry spring. “The area south of Highway 1 saw a lot of rain this year,” said Kevin Hursh, executive director of the Saskatchewan Mustard Development Commission. “They’ve seen a huge turnaround in their crop potentials.” […] Read more

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Mustard prices down amid rising prospects

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Low acreage buoys mustard seed prices

Variable yields supportive for mustard prices

Late Canadian mustard crop facing quality downgrades

Saskatchewan mustard crop poised for strong finish

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