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Blackleg testing is relatively new and it can be difficult to understand or interpret the test results.
2023 Canola Guide, Canola, Canola Production Guide

Disease testing uptake low despite benefits

Canola disease tests help growers better manage their fields

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Canola disease testing is available free of charge in much of the Prairies, but uptake among growers and agronomists remains relatively low, according to industry officials. In Manitoba, the Pest Surveillance Initiative (PSI) lab has been offering free clubroot testing since 2014. The Manitoba Canola Growers Association lab also offers free blackleg and verticillium stripe […] Read more
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Canola, Crops, Markets

Numerous revisions to USDA’s data on Canadian canola

Outlooks raised for ending stocks, cut for domestic use

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MarketsFarm — Canola production numbers for Canada as estimated by the U.S. Department of Agriculture underwent several changes for the 2022-23 and 2023-24 crop years. The data for Canada was among the estimates USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) put in its monthly report, Oilseeds: World Market and Trade. The FAS dropped its production estimates on […] Read more
Canola grown at a Resilient Rotations test site in Swift Current, Sask., didn’t perform well in 2021. Severe drought at the flowering stage resulted in low yields and economic returns.
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Rotations and the bottom line

Prairie researchers examine how different crop rotations affect net economic returns

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When it comes to on-farm decision making, the bottom line for most farmers is often, well, the bottom line. A 2019 survey of Manitoba farmers bore that out. The survey, conducted on behalf of the Manitoba Pulse and Soybean Growers, asked farmers which factors were important to them when planning their crop rotations. Yield potential […] Read more
File photo of a federal office building in downtown Winnipeg. (Dave Bedard photo)
Crops, Markets

Canada’s canola carryout up on year, wheat down slightly

Barley, oats, peas also up on year

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MarketsFarm — Canadian canola ending stocks edged higher in 2022-23, while wheat carryout was slightly lower, according to the latest stocks data from Statistics Canada, released Friday. Barley, oats and peas also saw increases on the year, while lentil supplies tightened. Total wheat stocks as of July 31, at 3.58 million tonnes were down by […] Read more
ICE November 2023 canola with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)
Canola, Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Little downside for canola, trader says

'I wouldn’t look for a big collapse'

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MarketsFarm — After trading rangebound during the week before the Labour Day long weekend, canola started the month of September by taking a tumble. The November canola contract stayed between $800-$821 per tonne from Aug. 24 to Sept. 1, with closing prices between $809-$812/tonne. When ICE Futures resumed trading Tuesday, the price dropped $13.90, to […] Read more
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Canola, Crops, Markets

Fund long position edges higher in canola

Net long in CBOT soybeans down on week

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MarketsFarm — The managed money long position in canola edged slightly higher during the week ended Aug. 29, according to the latest Commitments of Traders report from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). As of Aug. 29, 2023, the net managed money long position in canola futures came in at 13,904 contracts (41,949 long, […] Read more
File photo of idled equipment in drought conditions on a farm in New South Wales, Australia. (f.ield_of_vision/iStock/Getty Images)
Crops, Markets, Weather

Australian crop estimates adjusted slightly lower

Crop seen down 34 per cent from last year

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MarketsFarm — Total 2023-24 winter crop production in Australia, at an estimated 45.2 million tonnes, is expected to be 34 per cent off the record highs hit last year but slightly above the June forecast as upward revisions to canola and barley counter a downward revision to the wheat number, according to the latest crop […] Read more
Rich Farrell says more than 2,200 grain and biomass samples from more than 300 commercial farms were used in the design of the Prairie Nutrient Removal Calculator.
Crops, Features

New tool for Prairie farmers to help with fertility decisions

U of S researchers create a nutrient removal calculator specifically for producers in Western Canada

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A new online tool developed by researchers at the University of Saskatchewan could help farmers in Western Canada make more accurate on-farm fertilizer decisions. The Prairie Nutrient Removal Calculator was officially released in early May. It provides up-to-date nutrient removal rates for 15 different crops commonly grown on the Canadian Prairies. The calculator is the […] Read more
ICE November 2023 canola with Bollinger bands (20,2). (Barchart)
Canola, Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Harvest pressure, farmer selling to guide canola

New StatCan figures 'right around expectations'

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MarketsFarm — Any fanfare from the long-awaited production estimates from Statistics Canada released on Tuesday was gone by the next day. ICE canola futures initially jumped by double digits that morning, but throughout that session the gains faded. By the end of Wednesday’s session, canola was down. “The StatCan report came in right around expectations. […] Read more
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Crops, Markets

Increases seen in most July grain deliveries

Oats deliveries more than double, canola near double

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MarketsFarm — Most July deliveries of major grains in the country were higher than those from the same period a year ago, Statistics Canada reported Thursday. Total grain deliveries this past month tallied 4.056 million tonnes for a jump of 43.8 per cent over the previous July. All wheat came in at 2.186 million tonnes, […] Read more

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