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ICE July 2022 canola (candlesticks, right column) with 20-day moving average (yellow line) and CME July 2022 crude palm oil (orange line, left column). (Barchart)

ICE weekly outlook: Canola books steep rise in prices

By GFM Network News April 28, 2022

MarketsFarm — Canola prices, along with other edible oils, received a strong boost on Wednesday due to sharp upticks in Malaysian palm oil values. Canola futures have also received support from a bullish forecast this week from Statistics Canada on planted acres for this spring. Despite the Indonesian government stating Monday its export ban on […] Read more

One way to gauge the severity of blackleg infection is to cut through the base of the stem and see how much blackening there is inside.

Canola, Crops, Features

Blackleg is still a threat for canola

Resistant hybrids may not be enough to keep your fields safe from this canola disease

By Mark Halsall April 26, 2022

One of the most common diseases in canola is blackleg. As a fungal disease, it needs moisture to spread but infections still occur in the dry years we’ve been seeing lately in the Prairies. Justine Cornelsen, who was an agronomy specialist with the Canola Council of Canada before joining BrettYoung as agronomic and regulatory services […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Weather

StatsCan predicts more Canadian wheat acres, less canola in 2022

Lentil, corn, soy acres are also expected up from 2021, barley down

By GFM Network News April 26, 2022

MarketsFarm — Canada’s farmers intend to seed more acres to wheat and less to canola in 2022, according to the first survey-based estimates from Statistics Canada for the upcoming crop year released Tuesday. Canola area is forecast at 20.9 million acres by the government agency, which would be down by seven per cent from the […] Read more

Major exporter wheat production in 2022 is expected to increase by only two million tonnes.

Editor's column, Wheat & Chaff

Editor’s Column: War, weather and wheat markets, Part 2

By Kari Belanger April 25, 2022

In my last column, I wrote about how world wheat markets are being affected by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the Prairie weather outlook and planting conditions. In this column, written on April 6, I’d like to look at the overall wheat outlook. As I mentioned in my last column, generally, wheat prices have strengthened […] Read more

EU flags in front of the headquarters of the European Commission in Brussels. (Jorisvo/iStock/Getty Images)

Canola, Crops, Markets, Soybeans

EU’s oilseed yields expected to decline in 2022-23

USDA's attaches predict uptick in EU's oilseed acres

By GFM Network News April 23, 2022

MarketsFarm — The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) attachés in Europe have projected oilseed production in the 27-member European Union to increase just slightly in 2022-23. The 18 attachés involved in the report expect about 31.07 million tonnes in total, for a 0.4 per cent bump in total oilseed output from 2021-22. The oilseeds included […] Read more

Crops, Markets

Drought fears, fertilizer may affect Canadian acreage estimates

By GFM Network News April 23, 2022

MarketsFarm — Traders and analysts awaiting Statistics Canada’s first survey-based acreage report for the 2022-23 crop year on Tuesday believe competition amongst crops — as well as their dependence on fertilizer, and the possibility of another drought this summer — will be determining factors. Canola stands as the best representation of traders’ concerns. Despite reaching […] Read more

File photo of fresh palm fruits and palm oil. (Slpu9945/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops, Markets, Reuters

Indonesia bans palm oil exports as global food inflation spikes

Government under pressure to control cooking oil prices

By GFM Network News April 22, 2022

Jakarta | Reuters — Indonesia, the world’s top palm oil producer, announced plans to ban exports of the most widely used vegetable oil on Friday, in a shock move that could further inflame surging global food inflation. The halting of shipments of the cooking oil and its raw material, widely used in products ranging from […] Read more

Emerging winter wheat plants. (File photo by Laura Rance)

Crops, Weather

Not warm enough yet for accurate read on Ontario winter crops

By GFM Network News April 22, 2022

MarketsFarm –– The crop report on Wednesday from Ontario’s ministry of agriculture, food and rural affairs (OMAFRA) notes a lack of temperatures warm enough to accurately assess winter crops and/or to begin spring planting. OMAFRA determined winter wheat that was seeded on time looks healthier than what was planted later in the fall. Also, water […] Read more

ICE July 2022 canola (candlesticks) with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages (yellow, dark green and black lines) and November 2022 canola (purple line). (Barchart)

Canola, Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Trend remains pointed higher for canola

By Phil Franz-Warkentin, GFM Network News April 20, 2022

MarketsFarm — The ICE Futures canola market climbed to fresh contract highs once again during the week ended Wednesday, although profit-taking at those highs did slow the advances. While additional corrections are possible, both the underlying fundamentals and technical remain supportive. “This is the bull market of all time in canola,” said analyst Mike Jubinville […] Read more

A farm worker unloads Ukrainian-made fertilizer from a truck on April 5, 2022 to use on a wheat field near the village of Yakovlivka, outside Kharkiv, after it was hit by an aerial bombardment. (Photo: Reuters/Thomas Peter)

Crops

Farming behind the lines: Ukraine’s farmers sow amidst wreckage

Despite their best efforts, however, famine looms as war rages

By GFM Network News April 19, 2022

In early April, Ukrainian soldiers expelled the Russian invaders from the northern regions of Ukraine: Kyiv, Chernihiv and Sumy regions. The wounded enemy left, leaving behind burned-out war machines and the unburied corpses of his soldiers. However, the invaders managed to do a lot of damage. Many of you are probably aware of the atrocities […] Read more

GFM Network News

CFIA says regulatory changes will cut agricultural red tape

U.S. livestock: Feeder cattle hit record high on tight supply, strong cash prices

ICE Canada Weekly: Canola poised to slip below C$600/tonne

Canola