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Canola, Crops, Markets

Weekly canola crush hits best level in over two months

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CNS Canada –– Canada’s domestic canola processors are getting busier, with the latest crush data showing the most active week in two-and-a-half months. Capacity utilization during the week ended Wednesday climbed to 82.8 per cent, which compares with only 66.9 per cent the previous week, according to the latest report from the Canadian Oilseed Processors […] Read more
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Barley, Canola, Crops, Markets, Oats, Peas, Spring Wheat, Weather, Winter Wheat

StatsCan comes in at low end of expectations for canola

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CNS Canada — Despite an upward revision of nearly a million tonnes in Statistics Canada’s latest report, most analysts expect canola production will keep climbing further. StatsCan on Friday morning released its updated grain/oilseed production estimates, with data collected through surveys taken between Sept. 3 and 13. Canola production numbers came in at 14.3 million […] Read more
Canola straight cutting on the rise
Canola, Crops, Features

Canola straight cutting on the rise


Some growers are ditching their swathers in favour of straight combining in canola fields

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Straight cutting is common practice for cereal crops, but canola presents unique challenges, particularly the risk of pod shatter, that have kept growers from adopting the practice. But that may be changing. According to a recent BASF Canada survey, the number of growers straight cutting canola rose by 50 per cent from 2013 to 2014’s […] Read more
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Barley, Canola, Crops, Markets, Oats, Peas, Spring Wheat

Next StatsCan survey expected to show larger canola, wheat crops

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CNS Canada — Yields are generally beating earlier expectations as the harvest progresses across Western Canada, which should lead to upward revisions to canola and wheat when Statistics Canada releases its latest production survey results Friday. However, those numbers still may be underreported, and further revisions are expected in subsequent reports. “As the harvest is […] Read more
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Canola, Crops, Markets

Canola crush margins improve

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CNS Canada –– Canola crush margins have shown some improvement over the past week, despite rising futures prices, as strength in product values and a weakening Canadian dollar should be boosting the profitability of the domestic crush sector. Crush margins provide an indication of the profitability of the product values relative to the seed cost […] Read more
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Canola, Crops, Markets

Canola exports seen moving slower than expected

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CNS Canada –– Sales of canola out of the world’s top canola-exporting country are moving slower than merchants had anticipated — and market watchers attribute Canada’s sluggish pace to high prices and low global demand. “The export story right now is quiet,” said Peter Schutz, canola merchant at Richardson International, attributing it to a lack […] Read more
This photo and the one further down are of the canola on my “breaking” land — recently broken land (this is only the second time its been under a seed drill). The pictures were taken on July 27, 2015. In fall 2014 the soil test N in this field was only 20 lbs./acre to one foot but the zero to six inch level organic matter was 6.5 per cent. The “normal” areas in this field got 94 lbs. N/acre as anhydrous. This area got only the 20 lbs. N/acre as broadcast 21-0-0-24. Obviously, mineralization is providing much of the N. My zone fertilization plan involves telling the custom applicator to leave out the breaking and salty ground. It works!
Canola, Columns

Soil: Test the right pound of ground

If you don’t measure what you have, you can’t know what to add. Know the basics of taking soil tests

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First, some general tips around soil testing. The first thing to note about soil testing is that it is an index — it is not like a dipstick in a crankcase. A soil test (index) rates a soil as very low to excessive and is one piece of information to guide fertilizer use. But, use […] Read more
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Canola, Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Growers hanging onto supplies

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CNS Canada — ICE Futures Canada canola contracts chalked up gains for the week ended Wednesday, as farmers hung onto supplies in the quest to draw out better prices. The January canola contract was the most consistent mover, finishing higher for the seventh consecutive session on Wednesday. Either “producers are not selling it or the […] Read more

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