Canola & Production Tips

November 2016 canola as of June 21, 2016. Chart includes 100-day (red) and 200-day (green) moving averages. (Barchart.com)

Canola charts turn bearish

By GFM Network News June 21, 2016

CNS Canada — ICE Futures Canada canola contracts have crashed hard the past few days, losing roughly $40 per tonne since hitting some of their highest levels of the past year the previous week, as speculators bailed out of long positions. The most active November contract settled at $493.60 per tonne on Tuesday, its weakest […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Canola establishes range

By GFM Network News June 15, 2016

CNS Canada –– ICE Futures Canada canola suffered small losses during the week ended Wednesday, with both the July and November contracts chopping around the $520 per tonne mark. Losses in the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) soy complex weighed on canola. However, it lagged the U.S. market while receiving support from declines in the […] Read more

Canola east of Livelong on June 8. Much of the canola in the area has outgrown the stage that it’s vulnerable to flea beetles, says a local ag retailer.

Canola, Cereals, Crops, Pulses

Guenther: Seeding is a wrap up, scouting now crucial

By Lisa Guenther June 9, 2016

Seeding is a wrap in Saskatchewan, according to the latest Saskatchewan Crop Report. While dry pockets remain, crop growth has generally been excellent due to recent moisture and warm weather. But while many farmers are relieved that rains quenched what was shaping up to be a dry year, ag retailers in northwest Saskatchewan urge farmers […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Canola gains depend on soybeans

By GFM Network News June 8, 2016

CNS Canada –– ICE Futures Canada canola contracts moved higher during the week ended Wednesday and may have more room to the upside, provided the market continues to see a boost from the U.S. soy complex. “Right now, this market does not want to go down,” said senior analyst Wayne Palmer of Agri-Trend Marketing, on […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Canola prices winding down

By GFM Network News June 1, 2016

CNS Canada — ICE Futures Canada canola markets were mixed in the week ended Wednesday, and as grower interest in selling ramps up, prices are likely to edge down. “Canola has been pushed up to some moderately high levels, and it’s been justified in being up there,” said Ken Ball of PI Financial Corp. “But […] Read more

Canola, Wheat & Chaff

Control volunteer canola with chemistry

Agronomy tips... from the field

By Sterling Mitchell May 31, 2016

You need to be aware of what you’ve seeded in the past to manage canola volunteers. Depending on the past canola system used, volunteers can come up with traits, including glyphosate tolerance, that you need to plan for when choosing a control option. It’s common to see several dozen volunteers per square foot emerge during […] Read more

Cleavers, in seedling form. (Photo courtesy Canola Council of Canada)

Canola, Crops, Markets

Cleavers not threatening exports, Canola Council says

By GFM Network News May 31, 2016

CNS Canada — Suggestions that canola shipments to China could be in jeopardy because of concerns over herbicide-resistant weeds are being refuted by the Canola Council of Canada. Great Northern Growers Inc., an agriculture service business in Saskatoon that sells herbicides and other products, said it has heard China doesn’t want pesticide-resistant weeds coming into […] Read more

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

Canola, Crops, Markets

Canola crush margins at best levels of year

By GFM Network News May 27, 2016

CNS Canada — Canola crush margins have improved considerably over the past few weeks, to sit at some of their best levels of the past year. Crush margins provide an indication of the profitability of the product values relative to the seed cost when processing canola, with exchange rates also factoring into the equation. As […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Canola looks set to stay above $500

By GFM Network News May 25, 2016

CNS Canada — ICE Futures Canada canola contracts don’t appear to be in much danger of falling below the $500 per tonne level anytime soon. Both front-month contracts spent much of the week ended Wednesday hanging around the $520 mark. Surging action from the U.S. soy complex has kept canola supported, even on days when […] Read more

Premier Dwight Ball, provincial grain research specialist Dr. Vanessa Kavanagh and Christopher Mitchelmore, minister for the Forestry and Agrifoods Agency, watch the seeding of Newfoundland and Labrador’s first canola field. (Gov.nl.ca)

Canola, Crops

Newfoundland’s first canola field seeded

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News May 20, 2016

Provincial crop researchers in Newfoundland and Labrador have scored a first for the province this spring by seeding its first-ever canola field. Dignitaries including Premier Dwight Ball and Christopher Mitchelmore, the minister responsible for the provincial Forestry and Agrifoods Agency, attended the seeding Friday near Pasadena, about 30 km east of Corner Brook. Agency researchers and […] Read more

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Canola

Canola charts turn bearish

ICE weekly outlook: Canola establishes range

Guenther: Seeding is a wrap up, scouting now crucial

ICE weekly outlook: Canola gains depend on soybeans

ICE weekly outlook: Canola prices winding down

Control volunteer canola with chemistry

Cleavers not threatening exports, Canola Council says

Canola crush margins at best levels of year

ICE weekly outlook: Canola looks set to stay above $500

Newfoundland’s first canola field seeded

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