Canola & Production Tips

CCGA now accepting upgraded cash advance applications

By GFM Network News June 7, 2019

Farmers can start applying for the new, higher cash advances from the Canadian Canola Growers Association (CCGA), starting Friday (June 7). “It’s three days earlier than we planned, but our team has been working very hard, along with program officials, to get this enhanced service in the hands of the hundreds of farmers who have […] Read more

Ag Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau speaks to media at Cigi in Winnipeg on March 13, 2019. (Dave Bedard photo)

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Cash advance boost to take effect next week

By GFM Network News June 3, 2019

Regulations permanently expanding loan limits under the federal Advance Payments Program — and temporarily boosting interest-free advances for canola growers — are in place for applications to begin next Monday at the earliest. Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau said Monday amendments to the Agricultural Marketing Programs Regulations are now in place to boost the APP loan […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Markets

Canola funds still short, despite active U.S. covering

By GFM Network News June 3, 2019

MarketsFarm — Speculators continue to sit on a large net short position in ICE canola futures, only reducing their holdings slightly in late May, according to the latest commitment of traders (CoT) report from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). Managed money and other reportable speculators had a net short position of 71,065 contracts […] Read more

ICE July 2019 canola with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

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ICE weekly outlook: Uncertain U.S. soy prospects boost canola

By GFM Network News May 29, 2019

MarketsFarm — ICE Futures canola contracts climbed sharply higher during the week ended Wednesday, hitting their best levels in more than a month as strength in the Chicago Board of Trade soy complex provided spillover support. “We have a bit of a short-covering rally going on in canola,” said Jerry Klassen, manager of Canadian operations […] Read more

Keith Gabert, Canola Council of Canada agronomist, uses a simple tub and bleach system to sterilize his work boots and avoid spreading disease from field to field.

Canola, Features

Disease-free boots and a testing tool

Spotted in the field: homemade ideas that don't cost a lot, but work

By Lee Hart May 28, 2019

They are two separate topics completely, but here are a couple of good ideas that western Canadian field specialists came up with for sanitizing rubber boots to reduce the risk of spreading clubroot (or any soil borne disease), and a handy homemade sample collection tool for measuring spray volumes when calibrating a field sprayer. Boot […] Read more

Ag Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau speaks at Cigi in Winnipeg on March 13, 2019. (Dave Bedard photo)

Canola, Crops

Timing not yet set on expanded advance payments for canola

By GFM Network News May 24, 2019

MarketsFarm — With no clear end in sight to the dispute between China and Canada over Canadian canola, producers are anxious to know how and when they might access support programs to maintain cash flow. Since plans to help canola growers through expansions to the federal Advance Payments Program (APP) were announced May 1, there […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Markets

Fund traders still sitting on large canola short position

By GFM Network News May 24, 2019

MarketsFarm — Speculators continue to sit on a large net short position in ICE canola futures, only reducing their holdings slightly over the past week, according to the latest commitment of traders (CoT) report from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). Managed money and other reportable speculators had a net short position of 72,844 […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Markets

Huge increase predicted in canola ending stocks

By GFM Network News May 21, 2019

MarketsFarm — Canadian canola carryout stocks are forecast to rise to a record 5.3 million tonnes by the end of the 2019-20 marketing year, more than doubling the previous five-year average, according to updated estimates from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s market analysis division. While the department, in its estimates, expects total canola production to decline […] Read more

(Photo courtesy Canola Council of Canada)

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Input Capital steps back from mortgage expansion plans

By Glacier FarmMedia staff, GFM Network News May 20, 2019

Up against the current canola market, “commodity streaming” firm Input Capital has put off plans to ramp up its mortgage business with canola growers. The publicly traded Regina company in February announced a “comprehensive review of strategic alternatives to enhance shareholder value” and said it was in “an ongoing search for appropriate scalable sources of […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Canola looking for more support

By GFM Network News May 15, 2019

MarketsFarm — ICE canola futures moved higher during the week ended Wednesday as a rally in the Chicago Board of Trade soy complex provided support. Whether there’s more room to the upside remains to be seen. “It looks like we’ve maybe turned a corner,” said Wayne Palmer, senior market analyst with Exceed Grain in Winnipeg. […] Read more

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Canola

CCGA now accepting upgraded cash advance applications

Cash advance boost to take effect next week

Canola funds still short, despite active U.S. covering

ICE weekly outlook: Uncertain U.S. soy prospects boost canola

Disease-free boots and a testing tool

Timing not yet set on expanded advance payments for canola

Fund traders still sitting on large canola short position

Huge increase predicted in canola ending stocks

Input Capital steps back from mortgage expansion plans

ICE weekly outlook: Canola looking for more support

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