Canola & Production Tips

ICE weekly outlook: Steady canola awaits acreage data

By GFM Network News April 5, 2017

CNS Canada — ICE Futures Canada canola contracts fell to their lowest levels in six months during the week ended Wednesday, but uncovered support to the downside and may be entering a period of consolidation. “On canola, we’re seeing a stabilization period after a sharp downward move,” said Jerry Klassen, manager of Canadian operations with […] Read more

Canola, Columns, Hart Attacks

How good or bad is that unharvested crop?

Hart Attacks: Farmers and processors won’t really know until quality is tested

By Lee Hart March 30, 2017

I am sensing a muffled drum roll in parts of Western Canada right now as a few thousand farmers across central and northern B.C., Alberta and Saskatchewan are waiting to see what this unharvested crop looks like, when they do have a chance to get it combined. There were several thousand acres — about 10 […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Canola along for ride with soybeans

By GFM Network News March 29, 2017

CNS Canada — While springtime canola supplies look favourable for prices, bearish oilseed situations elsewhere leave ICE Futures Canada prices straddled with downside, especially ahead of a key production report. “The supply and demand fundamentals on canola are all optimistic, better than they are on most oilseeds,” said Mike Jubinville of ProFarmer Canada. “But let’s […] Read more

Murray Hartman talks plant stand establishment during CanolaLAB at Lakeland College in Vermilion, Alberta

Canola, Crops

Lower canola target plant stands

With newer canola varieties, farmers can hit optimum yields with lower plant counts

By Lisa Guenther March 28, 2017

New canola varieties and changing economics have pushed target plant stands lower, says Murray Hartman, oilseed specialist with Alberta Agriculture. The “economic sweet spot” is now four to six plants per square foot, Hartman told farmers and agronomists at the Canola Council of Canada’s CanoLAB in Vermilion, Alberta. Hartman recently reviewed published trial data looking […] Read more

(Photo courtesy Canola Council of Canada)

Canola, Crops

Canadian canola crush sets new weekly record

By MarketsFarm Team, GFM Network News March 24, 2017

Canada’s canola crush hit a new weekly record during the week ended Wednesday, with processors across the country operating at nearly full capacity. The canola crush during the week ended March 22 came in at 208,268 tonnes, according to the most recent Canadian Oilseed Processors Association report. That puts the crush capacity utilization for the […] Read more

Plants in the affected areas had smaller, thinner leaves. The newest-formed leaves out of the growing point in the problem-area plants were slightly cupped and starting to yellow.

Canola, Crops

Crop Advisor’s Casebook: Irregular strips of struggling canola

A Crop Advisor's Solution from the April 4, 2015 issue of Grainews

By Spencer Mcarthur March 23, 2017

In early July I received a phone call from Dwane, a grain farmer at Davin, Sask., who was seeing a peculiar pattern forming in one of his canola fields. Dwane told me that despite some heavy June rains, his early canola establishment had been excellent — he had achieved his target plant density and the […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Markets

Sharp futures drop sees canola crush margins rise

By GFM Network News March 23, 2017

CNS Canada — The sharp break lower in Canadian canola futures prices on Thursday caused crush margins to rise to their widest levels since January, as the product values have not fallen to nearly the same extent. Canola Board Crush Margins calculated by ICE Futures Canada were at about $114 above the May contract as […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Canola looks for support from new crop

By GFM Network News March 22, 2017

CNS Canada — ICE Futures Canada canola contracts finished lower during the week ended Wednesday but attention in the market is turning to the new crop — and to North American acreage expectations. During the week, the dominant May canola contract fell $9.20, from $510.80 per tonne to $501.60. Large funds have now flipped to […] Read more

Cabbage seedpod weevils are attracted to the buds on early canola plants. They feed on the buds, migrating as the crop comes into bloom.

Canola, Crops

When to spray cabbage seedpod weevil

If you have to spray for the cabbage seedpod  weevil, get the timing right

By Melanie Epp March 21, 2017

The first time Alberta grain farmer Jay Schultz remembers hearing about cabbage seedpod weevil was in 2005 at the University of Alberta when Dr. Lloyd Dosdall warned that it could become a major pest in the province. Schultz, who farms 6,000 acres near Standard, Alta., said that he never really paid attention, that is, until […] Read more

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Canola, Crops, Features

New online calculators available from the Canola Council of Canada

By Leeann Minogue March 20, 2017

Just in time for spring seeding, the Canola Council of Canada has released new seeding rate and plant stand calculators. The Canola Council’s press release says,“growers often default to seeding rates of five lbs./ac. or lower, regardless of seed size or field conditions.” Using these new tools will make it easier for farmers to make […] Read more

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Canola

ICE weekly outlook: Steady canola awaits acreage data

How good or bad is that unharvested crop?

ICE weekly outlook: Canola along for ride with soybeans

Lower canola target plant stands

Canadian canola crush sets new weekly record

Crop Advisor’s Casebook: Irregular strips of struggling canola

Sharp futures drop sees canola crush margins rise

ICE weekly outlook: Canola looks for support from new crop

When to spray cabbage seedpod weevil

New online calculators available from the Canola Council of Canada

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