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ICE May 2019 canola with 20- and 50-day moving averages. (Barchart)

ICE weekly outlook: Acreage report halts canola skid

By GFM Network News April 24, 2019

MarketsFarm –– Statistics Canada’s acreage report has provided something of a much-needed bounce for canola bids. Canola hit a record low Tuesday, with the May contract at $437.80 per tonne and the July contract at $446.10 per tonne. The primary reason for the huge drop was the price of soybeans on the Chicago Board of […] Read more

Every second row unit can be raised to seed corn and  soybeans on 30-inch spacings.

Canola, Equipment, Machinery

Horsch introduces split-row planters

Two new models designed to plant large-seeded crops as well as canola

By Scott Garvey April 23, 2019

To say there has been ramped-up interest in planters from Prairie farmers in recent years might be an understatement. That’s because manufacturers have been blending the precision placement ability planters can achieve with features aimed at canola growers. This year Horsch introduced growers to its newest models, the Maestro SW 4715 and 4815, at the Ag in Motion farm show near Langham, Saskatchewan. […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Equipment

Are there cost savings to planting canola?

By Scott Garvey April 23, 2019

As Jeremy Hughes, product manager for Horsch Equipment, travels the country, he says he’s noticed a lot of variable maturity in canola crop fields across the Prairies. “What we see today are some very inconsistent fields,” he says. “It comes back to uniformity and consistency, seed placement, depth and control.” And all of that begins […] Read more

Any area lost to canola will likely go into spring wheat, according to pre-report forecasts. Photo: iStock

Canola, Cereals, Crops

Less canola, more wheat expected from Statistics Canada

By GFM Network News April 22, 2019

Winnipeg | MarketsFarm – Canadian farmers will likely seed less canola and more spring wheat in 2019, but the extent of any acreage shifts remains to be seen as market participants await Statistics Canada’s first seeded area estimates of the year on April 24. Canola prices in Western Canada have dropped over the past few […] Read more

A police officer gestures at the photographer outside Canada’s embassy in Beijing on Dec. 12, 2018. (Photo: Reuters/Thomas Peter)

Canola, Crops, Markets

Ottawa pressed to consider more options on China’s canola ban

By Glacier FarmMedia staff, GFM Network News April 19, 2019

With canola export issues still looming large, some Canadian ag industry groups want the federal government to boost its diplomatic presence on the matter. The Canola Council of Canada on Wednesday said a Canadian technical delegation “has not yet been accepted” to travel to China and address Beijing’s recent suspensions of canola imports from two […] Read more

ICE July 2019 canola (candlesticks) with CBOT July 2019 soybeans (green) and 20-day moving average (yellow). (Barchart)

Canola, Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Canola sideways, waiting for news

By GFM Network News April 17, 2019

MarketsFarm — ICE Futures canola contracts moved lower during the week ended Wednesday, but remain stuck in a sideways trading range overall waiting for some fresh market-moving news. “April is usually the quietest month of the year for us,” said Ken Ball of PI Financial in Winnipeg. In addition to large world oilseed supplies overhanging […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Markets

Canola fund short position edges down, but still large

By GFM Network News April 12, 2019

MarketsFarm — The large speculative short position in ICE Futures canola contracts only saw a minor adjustment during the week ended Tuesday, with only a small reduction in the net reportable position, according to the latest commitment of traders (CoT) report from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). Managed money and other reportable speculators […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Markets

USDA lowers Canadian canola export forecast

By GFM Network News April 10, 2019

MarketsFarm — The slowing pace of Canadian canola exports, linked to the country’s trade dispute with China, saw the U.S. Department of Agriculture lower its forecast for Canadian canola exports in the current 2018-19 marketing year. In its latest Oilseeds: World Markets and Trade report, USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service said actual Canadian exports could end […] Read more

ICE May 2019 canola with Bollinger (20,2) bands, a gauge of market volatility. (Barchart)

Canola, Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Canola hinges on iffy U.S.-China deal

By GFM Network News April 10, 2019

MarketsFarm — Canola contracts one the ICE Futures platform held within a narrow range during the week ended Wednesday, waiting for a catalyst to push futures one way or the other. To Errol Anderson of ProMarket Communications in Calgary, canola’s path is connected to a trade deal between the U.S. and China, which be a […] Read more

A file photo of rapeseed fields near Vouziers in France’s Ardennes department. (Photopixal/iStock/Getty Images)

Canola, Crops, Reuters

French rapeseed farmers destroy 18,000 hectares over GMO risk

By Reuters, GFM Network News April 5, 2019

Paris | Reuters — French farmers destroyed a total of 18,000 hectares of rapeseed, more than double the area initially expected, following the discovery of a non-authorized genetically modified organism (GMO) in seeds, German group Bayer said on Friday. Bayer had announced in February that farmers in France and Germany were turning over thousands of […] Read more

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Canola

ICE weekly outlook: Acreage report halts canola skid

Horsch introduces split-row planters

Are there cost savings to planting canola?

Less canola, more wheat expected from Statistics Canada

Ottawa pressed to consider more options on China’s canola ban

ICE weekly outlook: Canola sideways, waiting for news

Canola fund short position edges down, but still large

USDA lowers Canadian canola export forecast

ICE weekly outlook: Canola hinges on iffy U.S.-China deal

French rapeseed farmers destroy 18,000 hectares over GMO risk

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