Canada Markets

The most recent Statistics Canada estimates were incorporated into AAFC's supply and demand tables for 2018-19. Stocks of all principal field crops are expected to fall by 8%. Here is a look at the forecasts for selected grains.

The Canadian dollar finished lower this week for a third straight week, despite economists' views that Canadian interest rates will be increased next week. Technical signals suggest a possible retracement to $.75 CAD/USD, although various levels of potential support stand in the...

An annual survey in Ontario concludes that a record 25% of the samples tested are showing levels greater than five parts per million vomitoxin, up from the previous record of 8% in 2016.

This week's canola trade could result in the formation of the right shoulder of an inverted head-and-shoulders technical pattern on the November canola chart. Time will tell if trade will reach a test of the neckline to complete the pattern.

Canadian Grain Commission shows dry pea exports lagging as of week 10, while the historical pace of movement would suggest that current crop year export estimates reported by government could face lower revisions.

A graphic approximating the Canadian Canola Board Margin Index shows a stark improvement in the estimated canola crush margin after four consecutive days of gains.

Canada's wheat exports (excluding durum) are off to a good start, with the largest weekly volume shipped in over a year seen in week 10, while cumulative volumes are higher than last crop year and the five-year average.

Spring wheat continues to hold in range-bound trade, supported by commercial buying interest while gains are limited by technical selling. Futures spreads and the HRS/HRW spread suggest that this market bears watching.

While perhaps not struggling as much as the western Prairies, Manitoba's harvest is also dragged out far longer than wished for as producers fight to take off the final 20% of the province's crop.

While cumulative producer deliveries into licensed facilities has fallen only marginally from the previous crop year over the first nine weeks, the demand for hoppers for prairie shipments has fallen 6.1% from the previous crop year.

Canada reached a trade surplus with the world in August for the first time since December 2016, with lower imports and exports of all merchandise reported for the month. Here is a look at data reported for miscellaneous agriculture products.

Saskatchewan's weekly crop report included yield estimates as of Oct. 1, updating the last estimates released on Aug. 27. While yields for most crops are expected to fall below average, estimates for a few crops are reported higher than recent Statistics Canada findings.

December oats finished higher on Wednesday for the sixth consecutive session, while falling just short of a test of the contract's Aug. 9 high. U.S. 2018 production has been estimated below levels used in recent supply and demand reports, while over 40% of Canada's estimated...

December spring wheat reached a three-week high on Tuesday, leading all other grain markets to a higher close. A number of technical resistance levels lie in the contract's path, with the need to break above psychological resistance at $6/bushel.

The Canadian dollar surged 81 basis points on Monday, reaching its highest level in more than four months. Higher crude prices, the removal of uncertainty surrounding trade with the U.S. and expectations that rate hikes may take place sooner than expected are behind the...