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(File photo courtesy Canola Council of Canada)

Appeal court overturns ruling against canola ‘streaming’ contracts

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News August 19, 2019

A southeastern Saskatchewan farmer and canola company Input Capital are going back to court now that a ruling last year, which ripped the company’s “streaming” contracts with the farmer as “unconscionable,” has been overturned on appeal. The Saskatchewan Court of Appeal, in a ruling issued Friday, set aside a 2018 Court of Queen’s Bench “finding […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Oats

Oats market steady, watching harvest

By Phil Franz-Warkentin August 19, 2019

MarketsFarm — Western Canada’s oats market is stable at prices a bit better than a year ago, as harvest gets underway and participants wait to see how much will move off the combine to the market. Early yield reports range anywhere from 80 to 140 bushels per acre, said Tyler Palmer, grain buyer with Emerson […] Read more

Crops, Weather

Prairie hail claims pass 10,000 for year

By MarketsFarm Team, GFM Network News August 16, 2019

MarketsFarm — More than 10,000 claims for hail damage have been filed by Prairie farmers so far in 2019 with insurance companies belonging to the Canadian Crop Hail Association. Between July 27 and Aug. 6, hail on the Prairies saw farmers add 900 claims alone, according to a CCHA press release Friday. To date overall, […] Read more

Crops, Weather, Winter Wheat

Winter wheat harvest varies by province

By Glen Hallick August 15, 2019

MarketsFarm — Depending where a farmer is located, Canada’s winter wheat crop has varied this year. Ontario has long been the country’s powerhouse for winter wheat. Statistics Canada projected the province’s farmers to seed just over one million acres this year, nearly 75 per cent of Canada’s total winter wheat acres. However, Marty Vermey, senior […] Read more

(Photo courtesy Canaryseed Development Commission of Saskatchewan)

Crops, Weather

Saskatchewan canary seed crops may not recover

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm August 15, 2019

MarketsFarm –– Canary seed crop yields may be hampered by dry early summer conditions, and rain that didn’t come quite soon enough. Saskatchewan’s west-central region, home to the lion’s share of the province’s canary seed crops, received very little rain during the spring and early summer. “That area was beyond recovery when the rain finally […] Read more

A slow start for some crops has put them a few weeks behind schedule in development that could expose them to frost later in the season. Photo: File

Markets, Pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: Saskatchewan crops rally after rough spring

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm August 1, 2019

Winnipeg | MarketsFarm – Pulse crops across the prairies have largely bounced back after rough growing conditions in the spring and early summer, but they’re not out of the woods just yet. “It’s been an abnormal year,” remarked Carl Potts, executive director of Saskatchewan Pulse. Potts explained that in Saskatchewan, widespread dryness early in the […] Read more

ICE November 2019 canola with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

Canola, Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Choppy canola trade likely

By Phil Franz-Warkentin, GFM Network News July 18, 2019

MarketsFarm — The ICE Futures canola market tested major chart support during the week ended Wednesday, but could be due for some choppy activity and eventual strength over the next few weeks, depending on what happens with the weather and in U.S. corn and soybean markets. The canola crop looks good across much of Alberta […] Read more

Wheat in southeastern Saskatchewan on May 31, 2019. (Leeann Minogue photo)

Cereals, Crops, Forages, Weather

Saskatchewan extends greenfeed seeding deadline

By GFM Staff June 19, 2019

Saskatchewan farmers who still want to put in cereal crops for greenfeed with crop insurance coverage will get an extra couple of weeks to do so. Saskatchewan Crop Insurance on Wednesday announced an extension on the June 30 deadline for seeding crops for greenfeed, to July 15. Producers who have crop insurance will now be […] Read more

Cereals, Crops, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: Grain prices strong as dry weather persists

By MarketsFarm Team, Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm, GFM Network News June 14, 2019

MarketsFarm — Producers are anxious to stock up on feed grains as weather across the Prairies has remained dry. “We’ve been seeing buyers being quite aggressive [when] bidding on all feed grains,” explained Nelson Neumann of Agfinity in Lethbridge. “Nobody wants to be caught without anything over the summer.” With little precipitation in the forecast, […] Read more

ICE July 2019 canola with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

Canola, Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Canola markets remain sensitive to weather

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm June 12, 2019

MarketsFarm — Canola markets were following trends set by soybean prices, as worries of late planting weighed on the minds of traders and farmers alike. As corn planting comes to an end, prolonged wet weather has continued to delay soybean planting to the point where the growing season may be shortened. “I think the market […] Read more

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Appeal court overturns ruling against canola ‘streaming’ contracts

Oats market steady, watching harvest

Prairie hail claims pass 10,000 for year

Winter wheat harvest varies by province

Saskatchewan canary seed crops may not recover

Pulse weekly outlook: Saskatchewan crops rally after rough spring

ICE weekly outlook: Choppy canola trade likely

Saskatchewan extends greenfeed seeding deadline

Feed weekly outlook: Grain prices strong as dry weather persists

ICE weekly outlook: Canola markets remain sensitive to weather

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