Canola & Production Tips

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang in August 2016. (PM.gc.ca)

China, Canada resolve canola dispute until 2020

By GFM Network News September 22, 2016

Ottawa | Reuters — Canada and China have agreed on a solution to a trade dispute over $2 billion worth of annual canola sales, lasting to 2020, leaders of the two countries said on Thursday. The solution is “predictable, science-based and stable,” ensuring access for Canadian shipments to China, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said […] Read more

Taste-testing during a Canadian Beef Advantage Seminar in Shanghai in 2013. (Canada Beef via YouTube)

Beef Cattle, Canola, Livestock

China now taking Canadian bone-in beef

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News September 22, 2016

China’s premier has announced the country will accept bone-in Canadian beef from cattle under 30 months of age (UTMs) starting today, according to the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association. The expanded access is expected to add another $10 million per year in exports to China in the short term, the CCA said, given that Canada’s beef cattle […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Canola crop size watched closely

By GFM Network News September 21, 2016

CNS Canada — ICE Futures Canada canola contracts moved higher during the week ended Wednesday, although prices remain rangebound overall as market participants continue to try and get a better handle on the size of this year’s Canadian crop. While seasonal harvest pressure may be tempering the upside potential, that selling has not been as […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Export uncertainty dogs canola

By GFM Network News September 14, 2016

CNS Canada — Canola futures don’t appear ready to climb drastically higher anytime soon as uncertainty over Chinese buying weighs on the market, according to a Winnipeg trader and analyst. The recent grain stocks report compiled by Statistics Canada has become a source of pressure for canola, said Ken Ball of PI Financial. StatsCan’s report […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Stocks add softer undertone to market

By GFM Network News September 7, 2016

CNS Canada –– A stocks report from Statistics Canada has changed the dynamic of the canola market, one analyst says, though prices are not expected to plummet. Statistics Canada estimates canola stocks at 2.016 million tonnes as of July 31. The government agency also upwardly revised year-ago production numbers. “It causes a fairly significant shift […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Wheat & Chaff

Be ready for canola harvest

Agronomy tips... from the field

By Michael Hutton September 7, 2016

When planning your canola harvest this season, remember that it’s never a bad idea to seed hybrids with a mix of maturity timings. This will allow you to space out your harvest timing as fields are coming ready. From a risk management standpoint, those different-maturity varieties will not be at the same susceptible growth stages […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Canola sees ‘bump in a bear market’

By GFM Network News August 31, 2016

CNS Canada — News that China would delay its implementation of stricter dockage restrictions on Canadian canola shipments gave ICE Futures Canada contracts a boost on Wednesday, but values are still trending lower overall. “It’s a bump in a bear market,” said analyst Errol Anderson of Pro Market Communications in Calgary, on the initial reaction […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Reuters

China delays new canola rules in late reprieve for Canada

By GFM Network News August 31, 2016

Beijing | Reuters –– China agreed on Wednesday to delay introducing stricter rules on shipments of canola from Canada while both countries work to end a months-long trade spat over sales of the oilseed, offering an 11th-hour temporary reprieve for Canada’s farmers. Just a day before the new standards were due to go into force, […] Read more

(File photo courtesy Canola Council of Canada)

Canola, Crops, Markets, Reuters

Canadian canola exporters book sales to China

By Rod Nickel, GFM Network News August 26, 2016

Winnipeg | Reuters — Canadian exporters are making small sales of canola to China under Beijing’s stricter terms, an industry group and three sources said, possibly undermining Ottawa’s hardline negotiating stance with the world’s top market for the oilseed. The dispute over the new shipping standard, which industry groups in the world’s biggest canola exporter […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Reuters

China raps Ottawa as dispute over canola exports deepens

By GFM Network News August 25, 2016

Ottawa | Reuters — A dispute over $2 billion worth of Canadian canola exports to China intensified on Thursday when Beijing criticized Ottawa’s insistence that bilateral relations could not improve until the matter is settled. The situation threatens to mar Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s visit to China next week. “We oppose linking a concrete […] Read more

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Canola

China, Canada resolve canola dispute until 2020

China now taking Canadian bone-in beef

ICE weekly outlook: Canola crop size watched closely

ICE weekly outlook: Export uncertainty dogs canola

ICE weekly outlook: Stocks add softer undertone to market

Be ready for canola harvest

ICE weekly outlook: Canola sees ‘bump in a bear market’

China delays new canola rules in late reprieve for Canada

Canadian canola exporters book sales to China

China raps Ottawa as dispute over canola exports deepens

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