Canola & Production Tips

Seeding canola into dry soils not out of question: CCC

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News May 5, 2016

Seeding now rather than waiting for rain may be a viable option for Prairie canola growers looking out on dry fields without much chance of precipitation, the Canola Council of Canada suggests. Facing temperatures in the mid-30s C, and soil moisture down at about the one- to two-inch mark, a few Prairie growers on social […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Canola hits $500, watching volumes

By GFM Network News May 4, 2016

CNS Canada — ICE Futures Canada canola contracts seem to have found a new range during the week ended Wednesday, with both the July and November contracts lifting around the $500 per tonne mark. Weakness in the Canadian currency and a dry weather premium in Western Canada were behind a lot of the support. As […] Read more

Canola seed, oil and meal. (Photo courtesy Canola Council of Canada)

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Weekly canola crush hits yearly low

By GFM Network News April 29, 2016

CNS Canada — Canada’s weekly canola crush dropped sharply over the week ended Wednesday, but some of the decline is likely tied to an overstatement of what was processed the previous week. The weekly canola crush came in at only 110,909 tonnes, which compares with 180,078 tonnes the previous week, according to data from the […] Read more

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ICE weekly outlook: Still room higher for canola

By GFM Network News April 27, 2016

CNS Canada –– ICE Futures Canada canola contracts moved higher during the week ended Wednesday, with the biggest gains in the front months. While the market ran into some resistance on Wednesday, there is still more room to the upside from both a chart and fundamental perspective. “We’re still in an upward trend; we haven’t […] Read more

There were giant plants among the canola crop. They were taller, stalkier and generally bigger than the rest of the plants in the fields. These rogue plants started flowering later than the rest of the canola and there were no pods with seeds being formed.

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Crop Advisor’s Casebook: Giant canola a puzzle

A Crop Advisor's Solution from the January 6, 2015 issue of Grainews

By Andrea Astleford April 21, 2016

Back in mid-July, I was contacted by two farmers in the Colonsay area southeast of Saskatoon, Sask. Tyler and Steve called to complain about essentially the same thing — both growers were seeing very large canola plants scattered randomly throughout some of their canola fields. “What are these rogue plants in my field?” asked Tyler, […] Read more

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ICE weekly outlook: Canola watching acreage numbers

By GFM Network News April 20, 2016

CNS Canada — ICE Futures Canada canola contracts rose during the week ended Wednesday, as strong advances in U.S. soy overpowered resistance cast on the market by the stronger Canadian dollar. The canola market “was able to get some support from the soy action but the Canadian dollar has taken most of it away… it’s […] Read more

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ICE weekly outlook: Canola wary of soybean rally

By GFM Network News April 13, 2016

CNS Canada — ICE Futures Canada canola contracts moved lower overall during the week ended Wednesday, as the bearish influence of the rising Canadian dollar countered any spillover support from gains in CBOT soybeans. CBOT soybeans climbed sharply over the course of the week. However, the Canadian dollar has also posted solid gains over the […] Read more

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China may pay more for canola if standard changes

By Rod Nickel, GFM Network News April 7, 2016

Winnipeg | Reuters –– Richardson International, one of Canada’s two largest grain handlers, may raise the price of canola shipments to China to reflect Beijing’s costly higher standard, its CEO said Thursday. The Chinese Embassy in Ottawa said in March that China had delayed to Sept. 1 its new standard for no more than one per […] Read more

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ICE weekly outlook: Canola ebbs, flows in wide range

By GFM Network News April 6, 2016

CNS Canada –– ICE Futures Canada canola contracts have moved steadily higher over the past month, but the market remains rangebound overall. “There are underlying supportive influences for canola, but it still comes down to the bigger trends in vegetable oils and oilseeds competing internationally,” said Mike Jubinville of ProFarmer Canada, adding that “there’s a […] Read more

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ICE weekly outlook: Canola watching USDA report

By GFM Network News March 30, 2016

CNS Canada — ICE Futures Canada canola contracts advanced during the week ended Wednesday, as weakness in the Canadian dollar and solid support from vegetable oil pushed prices higher. The front-month May contract started the period below technical resistance but soon climbed above $470 per tonne and at one point appeared ready to test the […] Read more

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U.S. livestock: Hog futures hit contract highs on shock herd decline

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Canola

Seeding canola into dry soils not out of question: CCC

ICE weekly outlook: Canola hits $500, watching volumes

Weekly canola crush hits yearly low

ICE weekly outlook: Still room higher for canola

Crop Advisor’s Casebook: Giant canola a puzzle

ICE weekly outlook: Canola watching acreage numbers

ICE weekly outlook: Canola wary of soybean rally

China may pay more for canola if standard changes

ICE weekly outlook: Canola ebbs, flows in wide range

ICE weekly outlook: Canola watching USDA report

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