Canada Markets

Ahead of this week's Statistics Canada seeded acre estimates, with pre-report estimates indicating that the area seeded to canola will be pared from the March estimate, noncommercial selling is weighing heavily on new-crop futures.

Here we look at the trend in revisions made between the June preliminary estimates of seeded acres for select crops and the final December estimates, based on 2018 data and the five-year average. Ahead of the June 26 report, we also look at some of the largest potential...

Alberta Agriculture's June 18 Crop Report points to continued dry conditions and detrimental effects on crop development. The driest areas remain in the furthest south region and the furthest north region, while rains since this report and a wet seven-day forecast should lead...

As of Saskatchewan Agriculture's June 17 Crop Report, crops continue to face a lack of the widespread rains needed and a significant percentage of crops remain behind normal growth stages. The crop condition index, as of June 17, points to deteriorating conditions as crops...

Manitoba Agriculture's weekly crop report points to a need for warmer weather, both daytime highs and overnight lows, to promote faster plant growth. The same concern is noted in DTN's daily Midwest weather commentary, with the five-day forecast pointing to below-normal highs...

December spring wheat closed lower for a third day on Tuesday, breaking certain levels of chart support while holding above others. It appears a combination of commercial and noncommercial selling interests may be behind the move.

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada's June supply and demand revisions would indicate that 2019-20 ending stocks for all principal field crops will grow by 1.9 million metric tons, down from 2.9 mmt estimated last month. Four major crops are forecast to see stocks increase from...

December oats reached a contract high on Friday, while balance sheets continue to reflect a tight situation for oats in 2019-20, jeopardized even further by uncertainty surrounding yield potential.

While new-crop winter wheat futures have run on weather concerns, concerns have eased over the spring wheat crop with the new-crop trade battling technical resistance.

Each week DTN asks producers for their thoughts on timely issues affecting the industry. Here is a look at some of the most recent results.

November canola futures remain range-bound with stochastic momentum indicators on the daily chart pointing sideways. While conditions on the Prairies remain dry, bearish arguments remain for both canola and soybeans.

Saskatchewan came up mostly short in terms of precipitation received during the past seven days. Here we look at both the 1988 and 2002 droughts and the effects they had on yields for selected crops.

Canada's trade deficit with the world fell to the lowest level seen in six months in April, with a favorable combination of higher exports and lower imports. Canada's wheat exports are a positive factor and received a mention in Statistics Canada's monthly commentary. Here is a...

The Saskatchewan government's first look at crop conditions shows the crops ranging largely from poor to good overall, with widespread rain needed soon.

The Canadian Grain Commission's April export data shows Canada's cumulative wheat shipments up 15.9% from the same period in 2017-18. Cumulative sales place Indonesia as the largest customer, while China is second, with cumulative volumes shipped well-ahead of recent years.

The first 2019 release for the Crop Condition Assessment Program shows the vegetative index lower to much lower than normal for the Prairies as well as Ontario and Quebec, as of May 26, although for much different reasons.

Weeks 42 and 43 saw close to a combined 1 million metric tons of wheat exported, the largest volume shipped in any two consecutive weeks for several crop years. The five-year average pace of movement for both wheat and durum point to the potential for Agriculture and...