Canola & Production Tips

Managed money backing out of bearish canola bets

By GFM Network News July 27, 2020

MarketsFarm – Fund traders were backing out of bearish bets in canola while actively putting on new longs during the week ended July 21, according to the latest Commitment of Traders (CoT) report compiled by the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). The net managed money short position in ICE Futures canola came in […] Read more

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Canola crush edges up, soybean crush falls

By MarketsFarm Team, GFM Network News July 25, 2020

MarketsFarm — As the amount of canola crushed in Canada increased slightly in June, the soybean crush was down significantly, according to the latest monthly report from Statistics Canada. The federal agency on Thursday released crushing statistics for major oilseeds, which showed 864,559 tonnes of canola crushed in June, up 1.12 per cent from the […] Read more

Canola plants that are highly infected with clubroot may have large galls.

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Steps to prevent and mitigate clubroot in your fields

Your guide to identification, risk reduction and disease control

By Melanie Epp July 23, 2020

Clubroot is a serious soil-borne disease. If conditions are right, it can cause up to 100 per cent yield loss in canola. And while yield loss can be low when conditions aren’t favourable, the pathogen is hardy and easily overwinters in the tough Canadian climate. Come spring, resting spores not only germinate where they overwintered, […] Read more

ICE November 2020 canola (candlesticks) with 20-day moving average (yellow line) and CBOT August 2020 soyoil (green line). (Barchart)

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ICE weekly outlook: Canola under pressure at midweek

By GFM Network News July 22, 2020

MarketsFarm — Canola contracts have received considerable pressure from outside sources, but held above $480 per tonne this week. Ken Ball of P.I. Financial in Winnipeg expected canola to be down by $6-$10, but nearby contracts closed lower by about a dollar at $483.60 per tonne. Ball referred to weakness in Chicago soyoil, along with […] Read more

Two plants infected with brown girdling root rot (right) and two uninfected plants (left).

Canola, Crops

How to identify and prevent root rots in canola

If you’re not scouting for root rots, that doesn’t mean they’re not there

By Melanie Epp July 21, 2020

Survey data from Western Canada’s provincial agriculture departments don’t have really good numbers when it comes to root rots. The difficulty is not many growers are scouting for them, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t there. The pathogens that cause root rot can impact yield severely, especially if infection occurs early in the season. The […] Read more

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Funds covering short positions in canola

By Phil Franz-Warkentin, GFM Network News July 18, 2020

MarketsFarm — Fund traders continued to bail out of short positions in canola during the week ended July 14, according to the latest commitment of traders (CoT) report from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). The net managed money short position in ICE Futures canola came in July 14 at 23,113 (9,650 long/32,763 short), […] Read more

ICE November 2020 canola with 100-day moving average (yellow line) and Canadian dollar (in US$, green line). (Barchart)

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ICE weekly outlook: Higher loonie, lower canola

By GFM Network News July 15, 2020

MarketsFarm — As the Canadian dollar pushes higher, canola prices could drop to the low end of its support or further, according to Errol Anderson of ProMarket Communications in Calgary. The loonie closed Wednesday at 73.89 U.S. cents, after stepping above 74 U.S. cents a number of times during trading. At the end of the […] Read more

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Canola fund short position smallest in six months

Net long up sharply in CBOT soybeans

By Phil Franz-Warkentin, GFM Network News July 14, 2020

MarketsFarm — The managed money net short position in canola tightened to its smallest level in nearly six months in the commitment of traders (CoT) report from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). The net managed money short position in ICE Futures canola came in Tuesday at 29,869 (9,349 long/39,218 short), a decrease of […] Read more

ICE November 2020 canola with 20-, 50- and 200-day moving averages. (Barchart)

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ICE weekly outlook: Canola nears resistance

By Phil Franz-Warkentin, GFM Network News July 9, 2020

MarketsFarm — ICE Futures canola contracts hit their strongest levels in three months during the first week of July, but appear to be running into resistance from a chart standpoint. The November contract hit an intersession high of $482 per tonne on Wednesday, but settled below the $480 mark. “You can’t discount at least the […] Read more

ICE November 2020 canola with 20-, 100- and 200-day moving averages. (Barchart)

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Canola futures testing chart resistance

November canola briefly topped $480 Monday

By Phil Franz-Warkentin, GFM Network News July 7, 2020

MarketsFarm — Recent price activity in the ICE Futures canola market has been bullish from a technical standpoint, with the futures poised for a break higher if the rally can be sustained. After trading at a low of $468.10 per tonne in late June, the November canola contract rallied to briefly trade above the psychological […] Read more

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U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn fall on harvest pressure

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Managed money backing out of bearish canola bets

Canola crush edges up, soybean crush falls

Steps to prevent and mitigate clubroot in your fields

ICE weekly outlook: Canola under pressure at midweek

How to identify and prevent root rots in canola

Funds covering short positions in canola

ICE weekly outlook: Higher loonie, lower canola

Canola fund short position smallest in six months

ICE weekly outlook: Canola nears resistance

Canola futures testing chart resistance

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