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ICE weekly outlook: Canola in need of outside catalyst

By GFM Network News May 18, 2016

CNS Canada — Canola contracts on the ICE Futures Canada platform held within a rather narrow range during the week ended Wednesday, but moved higher overall. However, further gains will take an outside catalyst, according to a market analyst. “There’s a very firm tone to the market,” said Errol Anderson of ProMarket Communications. Fund traders, […] Read more

Canola at the cotyledon stage. (Photo courtesy Canola Council of Canada)

Canola, Crops, Weather

Prairie canola weathers early frost test

By GFM Network News May 16, 2016

CNS Canada –– Despite freezing temperatures in some parts of Western Canada over the past few days, canola appears to be relatively healthy, according to crop watchers. While the true extent of freezing mornings that started last Thursday and stretched into the weekend isn’t yet completely known, two agronomy specialists from the Canola Council of […] Read more

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ICE weekly outlook: Canola’s fate rests on fund buying

By GFM Network News May 11, 2016

CNS Canada — ICE Futures Canada canola contracts moved higher during the week ended Wednesday, following strength in CBOT (Chicago Board of Trade) soybeans, but one analyst says it could be hard for the market to hold onto those advances. CBOT soybeans rallied Tuesday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture released bullish supply and demand […] Read more

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Bullish canola futures hit new highs

By GFM Network News May 10, 2016

CNS Canada –– Both old- and new-crop canola contracts traded on the ICE Futures Canada platform climbed to new highs on Tuesday, with a bullish reaction to U.S. supply/demand data providing the catalyst for the rally. The most active July futures touched a session high of $544.60 per tonne, before settling Tuesday at $532.30. The […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Weather

Canola to get early test as Prairies brace for frost

By GFM Network News May 9, 2016

CNS Canada — Overnight lows of -2 or -3 C are expected across much of Saskatchewan by Wednesday or Thursday, according to Environment Canada forecasts. The colder temperatures are expected to make their way into Manitoba by Friday. That could put some stress on canola plants that have already emerged, according to industry watchers. “As […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Weather

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

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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.

Canola, Crops

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 in need of outside catalyst

Prairie canola weathers early frost test

ICE weekly outlook: Canola’s fate rests on fund buying

Bullish canola futures hit new highs

Canola to get early test as Prairies brace for frost

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

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