Crops

Pulse seeding in Saskatchewan is expected to start on time this spring if the weather co-operates. Saskatchewan Pulse Growers executive director Carl Potts anticipates a 10 per cent decline in seeded area for peas, as well as a five per cent reduction for lentils, which he attributes to competition with other crops and root disease in some areas. […]

There’s a new chair at the Western Grains Research Foundation. Radisson, Saskatchewan farmer Laura Reiter was elected to the post at the first meeting of the new board following the organization’s 2023 annual general meeting. Reiter is a producer and trained agrologist who has spent time working in research and in the agriculture retail sector. She’s also […]

The Government of Saskatchewan welcomes the announcement that Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC) will expand its canola crushing facility at Yorkton. “This major investment by LDC is good news for Saskatchewan canola growers and good news for workers and the economy in Yorkton and right across the province,” Trade and Export Development Minister Jeremy Harrison said. […]

Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC), a leading global merchant and processor of agricultural goods, announced today the expansion of its canola processing complex in Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada, reinforcing its capacity to supply food, feed and energy customers. “This investment supports the Group’s strategic growth plans by reinforcing core merchandizing activities, in this case with additional capacity […]

We won’t know until the end of April at the earliest, what will become of Winnipeg pea- and canola-based protein processor Merit Functional Foods. Merit, whose major shareholders include Vancouver plant-based protein firm Burcon NutraScience, U.S. agrifood firm Bunge and former executives of Hemp Oil Canada, was placed into receivership on March 1st. According to the […]

A CN train loaded with grain derailed near Edmonton last week. The derailment occurred early Wednesday morning, just east of Sherwood Park. In all, seventeen cars derailed, and all were carrying grain. If all 17 derailed cars spilled all their grain, that’s about 64,328 bushels of wheat or 77,197 bushels of canola. Trains starting to move through […]

Canada is poised to play a big role in global food production as climate change makes farming more difficult and the world’s food supply chain is rendered fragile by political and economic uncertainty. That’s according to Nutrien CEO Ken Seitz. He says climate change is redrawing the map of global food production and Canada has […]

CN and CP Rail supplied a combined 93% of hopper cars ordered in grain week 34, an improvement from the previous week’s 91% and the best performance seen for the two railways combined since week 5 in late August. It reflects an improvement in performance for CN while CP performance was unchanged from the prior […]

The Global Pulse Confederation says that chickpeas are expected to be in short supply around the world over the next six months. Hot and dry weather in India cut production prospects for that country’s kabuli chickpea crop. Production out of Mexico also failed to meet expectations. As a result, the world kabuli market is out […]

According to the latest Commitments of Traders report from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, managed money fund traders are finally covering their bearish bets, after hitting the largest speculative short position in canola on record. As of March 28th, the net managed money short position in canola futures came in at 63,005 contracts, a decline […]