The net speculative short position in canola continued to rise in the first trading days of March, according to the latest Commitments of Traders report from the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).
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Canola short position up again in early March
Canola Council of Canada elects Ritter chair
Two director seats change hands at CCC AGM
Tessa Ritter, who is stakeholder relations manager with Viterra, has been elected chair of the Canola Council of Canada's board of directors.
ICE canola showing signs of stabilizing
Expectations for slightly lower canola acres ahead of StatCan report
The ICE Futures canola market may finally be showing signs of stabilizing after its long downtrend, although the upside could be limited for the time being.
Australia wraps up winter wheat/canola harvest
Production beats earlier forecasts, but are still down on the year
Australia’s winter harvest has wrapped up, with wheat and canola production beating earlier forecasts but still down on the year, according to the latest crop report from the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES).
Alberta crop commissions name leadership
Cereal, canola, pulse organizations welcome new board members
Meeting season on the Prairies brings new leadership to Alberta’s merged wheat and barley commissions, along with new board members for the province’s canola and pulse groups. Alberta Grains on Jan. 31 announced Tara Sawyer, who farms near Acme, as the chair for its inaugural board of directors. Sawyer previously served as Alberta Barley’s chair, […] Read more
ICE weekly outlook: Canola seeking a catalyst
Soyoil has been weaker than expected, pressuring canola, analyst says
Canola prices on the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) went up during the week ended Feb. 28, but signs of upcoming extended rallies are hard to come by.
Managed money still adding to record large canola short position
Net short position in soybeans increased by about 2,300 contracts
Speculators continued to add to their record large net short position in canola in mid-February, showing little sign of moving to the other side of the market any time soon, according to the latest Commitments of Traders report from the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).
Researchers to put numbers to verticillium yield loss
The team behind blackleg and clubroot yield loss models tackles the newer canola disease
Glacier FarmMedia — Canola industry leaders have been worried about verticillium stripe and its impact on crop yields for several years. Reports out of Europe suggest the fungal disease could cause losses of 10 to 50 per cent on oilseed rape. However, extreme losses are usually confined to a small number of fields in England […] Read more
ICE Canada weekly outlook: Markets to react to Nvidia earnings report
Tech giant, while unrelated to crops, asserts gravitational pull on markets
The path canola as well as other commodities will very likely be determined by the latest earnings report from technology giant, Nvidia, according to analyst Errol Anderson of Errol’s Commodity Wire in Calgary, Alta.
MacAulay opens Indo-Pacific ag office
Moment 'pivotal' for the hog sector, Canadian Pork Council says
The Canadian Pork Council joined federal ag minister Lawrence MacAulay in Manila, Philippines, to open Canada's first Indo-Pacific agriculture office, it said today, calling the opening a "pivotal moment" for the Canadian pork sector.
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