Ontario farmers intended to grow more winter wheat and fall rye compared to 2020, to the tune of 8 per cent and 11 per cent, respectively. According to Statistics Canada’s spring 2021 seeding/planting intentions report, farmers planted over 1.1 million acres of winter wheat, though the estimated acres still in production sits just above 980,000… Read More
Statistics Canada says that the cow herd and ewe flock have declined as of January 1, 2021, year-over-year, while hog numbers are up slightly. As of the first of the year, StatsCan says the hog herd increased by less than one per cent — just 0.4% year-over-year — while cattle numbers dropped one per cent… Read More
Canola production in Western Canada this year dropped to a level not seen since 2015, according to Statistics Canada’s final crop report of the year, published on Thursday (Dec. 3). The agency said national canola production fell from 19.6 million tonnes in 2019 to 18.7 million tonnes in 2020, as the average yield decreased 3.1… Read More
Statistics Canada cut its wheat and pea production estimates — and raised its lentil and soybean projections — in its annual September satellite-based crop report, published on Monday morning. It’s the second satellite-based set of crop production estimates issued by the agency in the last two weeks. Due to COVID-19, StatsCan chose to employ its… Read More
Canola, durum, and pulse crop supplies in Canada were significantly tighter than a year ago heading into the 2020 harvest, according to Statistics Canada’s quarterly stocks report published September 4th. Total stocks of canola as of July 31 were down by over one-third (-34.3 per cent) year over year to 2.7 million tonnes, says the… Read More
The satellites say: more wheat and corn, less soy and canola are headed to farmers’ bins this fall. Statistics Canada released its preliminary crop production estimates on Monday, which are based on a model that includes satellite data, rather than farmer surveys. “To alleviate stress on farmers during the COVID-19 pandemic, Statistics Canada relied upon… Read More
New data on farm cash receipts for the second quarter of 2020 sheds some light on the early impact the pandemic has had on farm income across the country and across different commodities. Livestock receipts were down $629 million — nearly 10 per cent — from April through June of this year versus the same… Read More
There were few surprises in the June Statistics Canada acreage report, though there were significant acreage moves for several of the principal field crops, year over year. As expected, big winners in acreage versus 2019 were lentils, barley, and durum wheat, while canola and soybean total area fell in 2020, perhaps due to continued global… Read More
Across Canada, farmers, ranchers, and industry look to Statistics Canada to provide information on what is happening in the industry. Whether it is acre intentions, production reports, or export volumes, Stats Can provides another layer of market information to inform decisions being made up and down the agricultural value chain. This is not only the… Read More
Statistics Canada’s Farm Product Price Index (FPPI) increased 1.4 per cent in December compared with the same month a year earlier, mainly due to higher hog and cattle prices. This was the first increase after three consecutive monthly year-over-year decreases. The FPPI measures the changes in prices that farmers receive for the agriculture commodities they… Read More
As farmers pencil out close-to-final cropping choices for 2020, Statistics Canada has released the ending stocks of principal field crop figures as of December 31, 2019. StatsCan notes in the summary of the report that farmers were asked only for what was currently in storage, and not to include what was yet unharvested in the… Read More
Agriculture and Agri-food Canada (AAFC) released its Outlook for Principal Field Crops report this week, and is predicting a slight increase in both area seeded and overall yield of field crops for the 2020-21 cropping year, compared to 2019-20. Area Seeded: AAFC is expecting to see a slight increase in area seeded, as wheat and… Read More
Statistic Canada is out with its Principal Field Crop Estimates for the month of August, and the model-based analysis paints a bit of a different picture than the July report. According to its website, the estimates are calculated based on a model that incorporates coarse resolution satellite data from Statistics Canada’s Crop Condition Assessment Program,… Read More
Weather continues to be the main cause of concern for farmers across Canada. Statistics Canada’s Production of Principal Field Crops report is out for the month of July, and due to either wet and cold weather in the east, or hot and dry weather in the west, three of Canada’s major crops are down compared… Read More
The latest Statistics Canada field crop survey confirms what most in the farming community have been talking about non-stop for the last month: dry conditions in the west and wet conditions in the east have significantly impacted what crop mix is in the ground. According to the June Field Crop Survey, canola, durum, and winter… Read More
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