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Legumex to sell processing plants, wind down company
Canola, Crops, Markets, Pulses, Reuters

Legumex to sell processing plants, wind down company

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Winnipeg | Reuters –– Prairie special crops firm Legumex Walker said Monday it has agreed to sell its pulse and special crop processing plants and expects to sell its U.S. canola-crushing facility, allowing it to wind down the company. Winnipeg-based Legumex plans to sell its special crops division, which includes 14 plants in Canada, the […] Read more
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Canola, Crops, Fruit/Vegetables, Reuters, Spring Wheat

U.S. court finds EPA wrong to approve sulfoxaflor over bee risks

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Reuters — A U.S. appeals court ruled on Thursday that federal regulators erred in allowing an insecticide developed by Dow AgroSciences onto the market, canceling its approval and giving environmentalists a major victory. The ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, in San Francisco, is significant for commercial beekeepers and others […] Read more
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Canola, Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Canola weak, but finding support

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CNS Canada — ICE Futures Canada canola contracts posted losses in most months during the week ended Wednesday, though the market uncovered some support to the downside and finds itself well off its nearby lows. The larger-than-expected old-crop stocks uncovered by Statistics Canada in its September 3 report remain a bearish influence overhanging the market. […] Read more
Troublesome weeds in canola include dandelions, Canada thistle (seen above), quackgrass, foxtail barley and winter annual cleavers.
Canola

Fall weed management in canola

If you have time for fall weed control in canola fields, make the most of it

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Canola is one of the higher value crops in Western Canada, but returns can be negatively impacted by poor weed control. Luckily, there are options for glyphosate-tolerant canola. Controlling weeds in the fall ensures that the crop suffers next to no yield loss due to competition in the following year. If pre-harvest control isn’t possible, […] Read more
(Photo courtesy Canola Council of Canada)
Canola, Crops, Markets

Canola cash basis levels weaken as harvest rolls along

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CNS Canada –– The cash market for Canadian canola continues to soften, with one commodity analyst pegging its range at $20-$30 under the price being paid for the near-term (November) contract. Last week’s bearish report from Statistics Canada put a damper on already-weak trade between farmers and companies, according to Errol Anderson, president of ProMarket […] Read more
a man grading wheat
Canola, Cereals, Pulses

Send your grain harvest samples in for free analysis

The CGC’s Harvest Sample Program gives farmers a valuable marketing tool

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Getting a free grain quality analysis at harvest not only puts farmers in a better bargaining position when they market their crops, but it also helps Canada sell grain, canola and pulse crops around the world. The ongoing Harvest Sample Program offered by the Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) gives a farmer more solid footing when […] Read more
November ICE canola for week of Aug. 28 to Sept. 4, 2015. (Barchart.com)
Canola, Crops, Markets

Canola charts pointed lower

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CNS Canada — ICE canola futures have posted large losses over the past week, but chart signals are still overwhelmingly bearish, with at least another $10 to go before the November contract should find support. November canola settled at $454.50 per tonne on Friday, down by over $20 from the previous week. However, trend lines […] Read more
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Canola, Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Canola may drop more

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CNS Canada — ICE Futures Canada canola futures drifted lower during the week ended Wednesday, chopping up and down amid volatile financial markets. “A lot of canola has to come to market, and there’s a lot of guys that are cash-poor and they don’t have storage, so they have to sell it,” said Wayne Palmer […] Read more
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Canola, Crops, Markets, Soybeans

East’s biggest oilseed crusher goes to Viterra

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Eastern Canada’s biggest oilseed processing plant is poised to become part of Canada’s biggest grain handler. Regina-based Viterra announced last week it has signed a deal to buy the shares of Twin Rivers Technologies-Entreprises de Transformation de Graines Oleagineuses du Quebec, or TRT-ETGO, whose main asset is its canola and soybean crushing and refining plant […] Read more

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