Crops

Statistics Canada released its first acreage report for the 2023 growing season this morning. It says farmers expect to plant more wheat, canola, corn for grain, barley and soybeans in 2023, while area seeded to oats, lentils and dry peas is anticipated to decrease compared with the previous year. Farmers in Saskatchewan anticipate planting 7.3% more wheat in 2023, […]

Viterra port facilities in Vancouver and Montreal are the sites of picket lines set up, as the Public Sectors Alliance of Canada strike is in its 7th day. President of the Agricultural Union within PSAC, Milton Dyck, says about 80 people were on the line in Vancouver in support of striking Canadian Grain Commission employees. […]

A Canadian ag organization is in a transition period as it searches for new permanent leadership. Grain Growers of Canada is seeking a new executive director after Erin Gowriluk departed the organization after five years. She is the new president of the Canada Grains Council. The Grain Growers has established a hiring committee to oversee the […]

CN and CP Rail supplied a combined 94% of hopper cars ordered in grain week 37, an improvement from the previous week’s 87%. The improvement reflects improved performance for each of CN and CP. In supplying 93% of hopper cars ordered on time in week 37, CN’s performance improved from the 88% order fulfillment performance seen […]

Canadian National Railway has upped its financial forecast for the year after reaping record first-quarter revenues from a bumper grain crop and higher oil prices. The sunny outlook comes despite the C-E-O expecting a shrinking economy throughout much of the year, as volumes sag for shipping containers and some bulk cargo. Chief executive Tracy Robinson […]

There will be slightly more wheat and canola acres seeded in Canada this year compared to last year, if traders and analysts are correct with their estimates  Statistics Canada will release its first survey-based acreage estimates for the 2023-24 marketing year tomorrow (Wed). Other than drier and cooler conditions in southern Manitoba, the weather outlook for Western […]

The Prime Minister of Poland claims European Union measures to help farmers affected by a glut of Ukrainian food imports are too little too late. On Friday, the government approved 3.23 billion dollars Canadian in aid for Polish agriculture. Central European countries are trying to thrash out a deal with Brussels on EU-wide measures to help […]

Russia’s former president says that if the G7 moves to ban exports to Russia, Moscow will respond by terminating the Black Sea Grain deal that enables vital exports of grain from Ukraine. Russia has repeatedly threatened to scrap its participation in the grain deal, which is due to expire on May 18th. The G7 is […]

The Canola Council of Canada (CCC) has begun the process of searching for the next president & CEO of the organization. Current president, Jim Everson, announced his departure earlier this month, and will continue in the role until a new president & CEO is in place. The executive committee of the CCC board has selected […]

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada released its latest supply/demand projections on Friday. Canola ending stocks for both the current marketing year and 2023-24 were raised slightly. The government agency lowered its canola export forecast for 2022-23 by 200,000 tonnes from March, now pegging movement at 8.4 million tonnes. With domestic usage left unchanged at 9.738 million tonnes, ending […]