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Canola, Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Nearby canola trending lower

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CNS Canada –– ICE Futures Canada canola contracts were mixed during the week ended Wednesday, with the nearby January contract hitting its weakest levels in two months, but the more deferred positions seeing some relative strength as the intermonth spreads saw some adjustment. Traders increased their net short positions in the front month from about […] Read more
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Canola, Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Canola drops below range

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CNS Canada — ICE Futures Canada canola contracts finished the week ended Tuesday below their recent range, pressured there by a bearish U.S. Department of Agriculture report that sent grain and oilseed markets tumbling across North America. “Technically the chart looks like it is breaking down, we’re underneath the 50-day moving average in the January […] Read more
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Canola, Crops

ICE Canada Weekly Outlook: Canola Stuck In Sideways Range

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Winnipeg/Commodity News Service Canada – ICE Futures Canada canola contracts moved higher during the week ended November 4, bouncing off of nearby support levels. However, the market remains range-bound overall with little to indicate a break outside of that range. “These are just choppy markets,” said Ken Ball, of PI Financial in Winnipeg pointing to […] Read more
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Canola, Crops

Huge weekly canola deliveries In latest CGC report

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Winnipeg/Commodity News Service Canada – ‘A lack of significant farmer selling’ has been a common talking point from analysts whenever they’ve had to account for some unexplained strength in the canola market in recent weeks. However, that line may need to be retired, as the official data tells a different story. According to Canadian Grain […] Read more
The low-down on new canola hybrids
Canola, Wheat & Chaff

The low-down on new canola hybrids

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When making your seed buying decision for 2016, do your homework and check out the latest canola performance data and look at a variety’s entire agronomic package on top of the yield numbers. For my money, your best source is going to be the CPT (Canola Performance Trials), available online and through provincial seed guides, and […] Read more
Canola, Markets

Canola testing chart support

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CE Futures Canada canola contracts settled at their weakest levels in over a month on Oct. 29, and could be poised for further losses from a chart standpoint. The most active January contract settled at $471.20 per tonne on Oct. 29, which was below all of the major moving indicators and the weakest level for […] Read more
Canola, Crops

Scorching heat delays India’s rapeseed sowing

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Mumbai / Reuters – Above-normal temperatures have delayed rapeseed sowing in India’s top producing region by more than a fortnight and restricted acreage expansion, even though prices are trading near record highs, industry officials said. The delays are helping support rapeseed prices and could force the world’s biggest edible oil importer to increase overseas purchases of […] Read more
Although it will still appear green, once infected, the stem of the plant will have a vertical yellow or brown band extending up its side.
Canola, Crops

Verticillium wilt found in Manitoba

Be on the lookout for this canola yield-stealer at the end of the season, when the plant begins to ripen

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Verticillium wilt, caused by Verticillium longisporum, was detected in canola in Manitoba last summer. While verticillium wilt is common in northern Europe — it’s the number one disease in oilseed crops in Sweden — this was the first case of the disease in an oilseed crop in North America. What is verticillium wilt? Verticillium longisporum […] Read more
New canola varieties for 2016
Canola, Crops

New canola varieties for 2016

With 16 new varieties ready for ordering, 
farmers have a lot of choices to make


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Get out your pencils. (Or iPads. It’s going to be 2016.) There are 16 new canola varieties available for next spring. Add these new choices to the strong varieties that have come out in the past few years, and western Canadian farmers have some tough decisions to make. This list is a quick roundup of […] Read more

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