Canola & Production Tips

ICE weekly outlook: ‘Toppy’ canola could still go higher

By GFM Network News December 7, 2016

CNS Canada — Canola futures have trended higher in the most active nearby contracts in recent weeks, but still remain underpriced compared to soybeans. From a chart perspective, ICE Futures Canada’s January contract is trading at the highest levels for the front month in two and a half years. However, while “the charts may be […] Read more

A canola field in northwestern Saskatchewan on Oct. 5, 2016 after the area was blanketed by wet snow. (Lisa Guenther photo)

Canola, Cereals, Crops

Focus on quality, not quantity following StatsCan report

By GFM Network News December 6, 2016

CNS Canada –– This year’s Canadian wheat production was up considerably from last year, according to updated estimates from Statistics Canada — but the quality of that crop remains questionable. All-wheat production (spring, winter and durum wheat combined) was pegged at 31.7 million tonnes in 2016-17, which compares with 27.6 million in 2015-16. Of that […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Reuters, Spring Wheat

Canadian wheat, canola crops seen weathering snow

By Rod Nickel, GFM Network News December 1, 2016

Winnipeg | Reuters — Canada’s wheat and canola crops withstood wintry weather that stalled the autumn harvest, and production topped last year’s output, according to Reuters’ industry survey of 13 analysts and traders. Statistics Canada on Tuesday will issue its final crop production estimates for the 2016-17 marketing year. The industry expects, on average, all-wheat […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Farmers look for rallies

By GFM Network News November 30, 2016

CNS Canada — As the last remaining days of harvest tick down, farmers are beginning to look for rallies to sell into, according to an analyst in the market. “The farmer continues to struggle out there, but seems content to sell into the rallies. I don’t think they’re selling into the breaks,” said Keith Ferley […] Read more

Dr. Jim Radtke, Cibus’ senior vice president, product development, explains that Cibus’ breeding method results in SU-tolerant, non-GMO canola.

Canola, Crops, Features

SU-tolerant canola from Cibus

Cibus’ sulfonylurea-tolerant

By Dilia Narduzzi November 30, 2016

Cibus, a U.S. company, is bringing a new sulfonylurea-tolerant canola to the market. Cibus developed SU-tolerant canola using non-transgenic breeding technologies. That is, breeding, without introducing foreign genetic material. As Dr. Jim Radtke, Cibus’ senior vice president, product development, says, we are “making changes in plants without incorporating foreign DNA and thus the plants are […] Read more

January 2017 canola, including 20-day moving average and (in separate graph at bottom) RSI, from June through to Nov. 24, 2016. (Barchart.com)

Canola, Crops, Markets

Canola nearing chart resistance

By GFM Network News November 24, 2016

CNS Canada –– ICE Futures Canada canola contracts have trended higher for the past two weeks, with a rally in Chicago Board of Trade soyoil providing an added boost on Wednesday. While the nearby technical signals may be pointing higher, canola is also nearing major chart resistance. The January contract closed Thursday at $527.40 per […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Traders look to StatsCan, U.S. veg oil

By GFM Network News November 23, 2016

CNS Canada — With questions about the size of Western Canada’s canola crop remaining, ICE Futures Canada traders are looking to an upcoming Statistics Canada report for indications on where to move next. Sharp advances in the Chicago Board of Trade soyoil market underpinned canola on the week, and investors are waiting to see if […] Read more

(Photo courtesy Canola Council of Canada)

Canola, Crops

Canola crush hits new weekly record

By GFM Network News November 21, 2016

CNS Canada — Canadian canola crushers hit a new weekly record during the second week of November, processing more than 200,000 tonnes of canola for the first time ever. The canola crush during the week ended Wednesday came in at 203,951 tonnes, according to the most recent Canadian Oilseed Processors Association report. The previous record […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Rangebound canola watches U.S., China

By GFM Network News November 16, 2016

CNS Canada –– ICE Futures Canada canola contracts find themselves trading within a rather narrow range, with a downturn more likely than a move higher in the near term. “We have a bull and a bear that are yanking each other right now, and (canola) is quite flat,” said analyst Errol Anderson of ProMarket Communications […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Markets, Reuters

Canada’s canola meal sales to China at five-year high

By Rod Nickel, GFM Network News November 14, 2016

Winnipeg/Beijing | Reuters –– Canadian canola meal shipments to China have jumped to their highest level in five years, boosting profits of crush plants and firming prices as farmers slog through a difficult harvest. Canada shipped 415,000 tonnes of canola meal to China from January through August, the most since 2011 and following zero shipments […] Read more

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Canola

ICE weekly outlook: ‘Toppy’ canola could still go higher

Focus on quality, not quantity following StatsCan report

Canadian wheat, canola crops seen weathering snow

ICE weekly outlook: Farmers look for rallies

SU-tolerant canola from Cibus

Canola nearing chart resistance

ICE weekly outlook: Traders look to StatsCan, U.S. veg oil

Canola crush hits new weekly record

ICE weekly outlook: Rangebound canola watches U.S., China

Canada’s canola meal sales to China at five-year high

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