Crops

Rick Mitzel is the new President of the Flax Council of Canada. Mitzel will replace Wayne Thompson, who has become the Executive Director at the Western Grains Research Foundation.  Mitzel will also continue to serve as the Executive Director of Saskatchewan Mustard Development Commission and CEO of Mustard 21. Mitzel has a Bachelor of Science in agriculture […]

CN and CPKC Rail supplied a combined 95% of hopper cars ordered in grain week 39, marginally lower than the previous week’s 99% order fulfillment performance. The slight decline reflects no change in performance for CN, and a modest decline for CPKC. In supplying 98% of hopper cars ordered on time in week 39, CN’s performance […]

Grain markets this week performed better than expected. P.I. Financial Commodity Futures Advisor Adam Pukalo says the Canola July contract was as low as 693.10 on Monday, but rebounded to around 735, while the July Minneapolis wheat contract was up by 30 cents a bushel to 8.28 for the week. Pukalo said one of the […]

Canada Malting Company, the largest Canadian malt supplier, has completed the addition of a new adjuncts processing facility and bagging line. It says this will allow for greater quality control and product modification capabilities to better serve craft brewers and distillers. Part of CMC’s portfolio includes unmalted adjuncts, such as flaked oats, rye, wheat and rice, […]

After making a major change to the way its compiles data, Statistics Canada is reviewing the timing of its traditional April seeding intentions report. The 2023 seeding intentions report, released last week, was based on a farmer survey conducted from December to January. In the past, the April acreage estimates were based on a survey done […]

the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food has approved changes to Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) regulatory guidance that, along with similar changes permitted by the Minister of Health in May of 2022, allow product developers to assess the safety of their own genetically modified (GM or genetically engineered) seeds and foods without government oversight. “This […]

Russia says it will keep talking to the United Nations about the future of a deal that allows the safe Black Sea export of Ukraine grain, but would not do anything to harm its own interests. A top UN trade official is due to travel to Moscow for talks tomorrow about UN efforts to help facilitate Russia’s grain […]

An analyst says the canola market is poised to push higher over the next couple of months, as better-than-expected weather across the Canadian Prairies is very likely to spur on farmers to begin their spring seeding. David Derwin, a commodity futures advisor with PI Financial in Winnipeg says as canola retreated prior to the beginning […]

Even as Mosaic Company sold higher volumes, the fertilizer maker missed Wall Street estimates for first-quarter profit on lower prices of potash and other crop fertilizers. Although prices of fertilizers such as phosphates and potash decreased during the reported quarter, it did not boost demand as farmers waited for pricing trends to stabilize. Higher prices […]

Wednesday, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) published guidance regarding plant breeding, which will facilitate innovation and development of improved plant varieties. This guidance supports the introduction of gene-edited products in the Canadian market. “This is an important step for ongoing canola innovation and Canada’s success,” says Jim Everson, president of the Canola Council of Canada […]