Seeding operations across Manitoba largely wrapped up during the week ended June 10, with 99 per cent of intended acres in the ground, according to the latest provincial crop report. That was up four points from the previous week and compares with the five-year average of 94 per cent done.
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Manitoba crops 99 per cent planted
Five points ahead of average

China seeks improved ties with Canada amid rising trade tensions
Carney and Li agreed to establish regular communication channels
China called on Friday for steps to improve bilateral ties with Canada, saying there were no deep-seated conflicts of interest, following a spike in trade tensions with many of Beijing’s Western trade partners this year.

China blocks Canada’s request for review of Chinese duties on agriculture, fish
Next meeting June 23
China has blocked Canada's request to set up a dispute panel to review additional import duties by China on certain Canadian farming products and fish, a Geneva-based trade official said on June 5.

ICE canola weekly outlook: Weather to drive market
Conditions range from too dry to too wet
Weather conditions across the Canadian Prairies will likely be a major driver of the canola futures market in the weeks ahead, as attention shifts from the tight old crop supply situation to the prospects for the new crop.

Australia forecasts wheat output down 10 per cent on dry conditions
Barley, canola also hit
Australia's wheat production is projected to drop 10 per cent this year to 30.6 million tonnes, with barley and canola output also expected to fall due to dry conditions across several cropping regions, the agriculture ministry, ABARES, said.

Future worries U.S. wheat growers
American producers are concerned that a number of problems facing the sector could end up chasing the crop into Canada
The National Association of Wheat Growers is concerned that U.S. wheat production could be migrating north.

ICE Canada Weekly: Canola to move with the weather
Announcement pending on 45Z biofuel tax credit
As May winds down the prospect of rain saw canola futures on the Intercontinental Exchange fall back on May 28, with the old crop July contract taking the biggest hit.

Canada’s canola supply grows tighter
Analysts say Agriculture Canada may have to cut its ending canola stocks estimate in half in response to booming exports
It is highly unusual to see a red number in the sea of black on Agriculture Canada’s monthly Grains and Oilseeds Supply and Disposition report.

Canola weighing its place in U.S. biofuel future
Where canola hopes stand on the U.S. biofuel market and whether Canadian crops will or will not benefit
Where canola hopes stand on the U.S. biofuel market and whether Canadian crops will or will not benefit.

Trade, biofuel policies continue to influence crop markets
Recent American trade and biofuel policy developments are moving agricultural markets, while producers on both sides of the 49th parallel hope forecasts for rain this week prove accurate.