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MARKET UPDATE – CHINA

Canada en route to doing 1 million tonnes of barley to China this year China imported a record 8.3 million tonnes (mln T) of barley in 2014-15, 4.9 mln T from Australia and 895,000 tonnes (T) from Canada, while most of the balance came from France. However the majority of the barley imports were feed […]

2015 Growing Season and Harvest Update

Conditions across much of western Canada were extraordinarily dry during the spring and the first part of the summer of 2015.  Higher than normal temperatures in April and dry conditions during April and May resulted in rapid planting progress.However the dryness and cooler temperatures during May slowed crop growth and development, and frost at the […]