One of the factors that hasn’t been talked about is the impact that weather may have on planting area adjustments this spring.
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Weather to affect seeding plans more than tariffs
Continued dryness in the eastern Prairies may cause small seeded crops to be reduced in favour of cereal crops
Growers show flax interest amid canola turmoil
Statistics Canada forecasts an acreage drop, but a processor says farmers have been phoning since the U.S. trade war erupted
Statistics Canada has projected that flax acres will decline in 2025. That could happen, but with the trade and tariff uncertainty surrounding canola this winter, more growers are contacting Tyson Fehr and asking questions about the crop.
Politics may prompt producers to alter their seeding plans
How comfortable are you with your seeding plans? In the face of tariffs from the United States and now China, is it feasible to adjust seeding plans with spring fast approaching?
Analysts discount stale-dated seeding intentions report
Statistics Canada says it will release report earlier, but usefulness of a survey conducted in December is still questioned
The results of the December survey were released April 26, causing many market analysts to question the validity of the stale-dated findings. Chuck Penner, analyst with LeftField Commodity Research, said releasing the report in February would make it timelier, but no more useful.
StatCan seeding intentions survey called out-of-date
Chuck Penner, an analyst with LeftField Commodity Research, noted that the survey was conducted before 2023 crop insurance coverage levels were set.
Canola acres take hit in seeding plans
King Wheat will likely reign on the Prairies again this year, with farmers ready to return to the oft-disparaged crop. However, it’s not much of a triumph for wheat, but rather a defensive choice for farmers trying to cut risk and wait out market storms. “A lot of people are cutting back on their canola […] Read more
Early look at western Canada: major crop acres up, minors down
A few acres up in the major crops will appear as big reductions for pulses and some special crops this year. However, there are exceptions. Cereal and oilseed acres are expected to increase by about two percent, according to Agriculture Canada’s first seeding intentions analysis of the year. The effect on pulse and many specialty […] Read more
Three million & climbing
Prairie farmers appear to be getting a good start on their efforts to meet Soy Canada’s ambitious soybean targets. Statistics Canada’s first seeding intention survey of the year has found that farmers plan to grow almost three million acres of the crop in 2017.
Canadian farmers will be growing 10 million acres of soybeans by 2027 if Soy Canada has its way. The industry association has established a series of targets, including doubling production to 13 million tonnes. “We think these are aggressive targets but achievable,” said executive director Jim Everson. “We want to set out some goals that […] Read more
Less lentils, more flax: farmer survey
Flax acres are forecast to rise 19 percent, while a 25 percent drop in lentil acres surprised many analysts
Canadian pulse crop seeding intentions for 2017 are down more than analysts expected but in line with what the trade was thinking. According to Statistics Canada’s March survey of 11,600 farmers, growers plan to seed 4.39 million acres of lentils, down 25 percent from last year, and 3.99 million acres of peas, a six percent […] Read more
Canola, soybean acres surge in StatsCan seeding estimate
Somewhere, somehow, farmers have found more than two million extra acres for the 2017 crop production season, according to Statistics Canada. That will allow farmers to boost canola acres to a stunning 22.4 million, expand Manitoba soybean acres to 2.2 million, let oat acres jump 20.6 percent to 3.4 million — all while allowing them […] Read more
