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Funds still holding large net short position in canola

By GFM Network News April 5, 2019

MarketsFarm — The large short fund position in ICE canola futures held relatively steady 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). According to the latest report, managed money and other […] Read more

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

Canola, Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Canola bearish with or without China

By GFM Network News April 3, 2019

MarketsFarm — ICE Futures canola contracts saw a modest correction off of major support over the week ended Wednesday, but the longer-term trend remains pointed lower with large old-crop supplies and uncertain export prospects overhanging the market. Canadian canola exports to China are effectively non-existent right now, with the absence of that major customer casting […] Read more

(Photo courtesy Canola Council of Canada)

Canola, Crops, Markets, Reuters

China has not escalated canola seed dispute with Canada, Ottawa says

By Reuters, GFM Network News April 3, 2019

Ottawa | Reuters — China has not escalated a dispute with Canada over the export of canola seeds and comments by the Canadian farm minister on the matter have been misunderstood, an agriculture ministry official said on Wednesday. China — embroiled in a major diplomatic dispute with Ottawa — has blocked imports from two major […] Read more

Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau, shown here visiting Cigi in Winnipeg on March 13, said a third unnamed canola exporter has run afoul of Chinese customs officials. (Dave Bedard photo)

Canola, Crops, Reuters

Third canola exporter runs into trouble in China

By GFM Network News April 2, 2019

Ottawa | Reuters –– Chinese authorities have filed a quality complaint against a third Canadian exporter of canola, Canada’s agriculture minister said on Tuesday, potentially deepening a trade and diplomatic dispute between Beijing and Ottawa. Early last month, China cited the discovery of pests as the reason for blocking shipments of canola seed from Richardson […] Read more

International Trade Minister Jim Carr (at podium) and Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau announce plans for a technical delegation and stakeholder working group to address China’s import bans on Canadian canola. (AAFC video screengrab via Facebook Live)

Canola, Crops, Markets

Canada to set up working group for China canola push

By GFM Network News April 1, 2019

Canola industry stakeholders and provincial officials are to join federal officials in a co-ordinated push to resolve China’s issues with Canadian canola, cabinet ministers said Monday. Speaking Monday in Ottawa, Canada’s Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau and International Trade Diversification Minister Jim Carr said they’ve set up a new working group including representatives from the Canola […] Read more

Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale, shown here speaking in Ottawa in March 2018, says no evidence has yet been supplied showing pests in Canadian canola shipped to China. (PublicSafety.gc.ca)

Canola, Crops, Reuters

Canada takes tougher line with China over canola ban, demands evidence

By GFM Network News March 28, 2019

Ottawa | Reuters — Canada on Thursday took a notably tougher line with China over its ban on Canadian imports of canola seed, saying Beijing had provided no scientific evidence to justify the move and was hurting its own reputation. China, citing the discovery of pests, expanded its ban on canola seed imports on Tuesday […] Read more

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

Canola, Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: China’s canola issues already well known

By GFM Network News March 27, 2019

MarketsFarm — To some who follow commodities markets, it was clear some other participants had overreacted to the news of China banning canola imports from Viterra. Bruce Burnett of MarketsFarm was one of those who saw Canadian exports of canola to China have pretty much dried up since January. That came a few weeks after […] Read more

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

Canola, Crops, Markets, Reuters

ICE: Canola weakens on fresh China concerns

By Reuters, GFM Network News March 26, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — ICE Canada canola futures dropped on Tuesday after China, the top buyer, expanded its ban on Canadian canola seed imports. China’s ban now includes shipments from Viterra, the latest development in a wider trade dispute between the two countries. May canola futures ended $5 lower at $451.70 per tonne. The contract […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Markets, Reuters

China’s ban on Canadian canola expands to Viterra

By GFM Network News March 26, 2019

Beijing/Ottawa | Reuters — China expanded its ban on Canadian canola seed imports on Tuesday to include shipments from Viterra, the latest development in a wider trade dispute between the two countries. Viterra is the second canola exporter to have its registration cancelled, after Beijing halted shipments from top exporter Richardson International earlier this month. […] Read more

Canola, Crops

Resistant to resistance?

If you don’t have clubroot, should you be planting clubroot-resistant canola?

By Sarah Hoffmann March 26, 2019

Should a farmer who regularly practises a one-in-four-year rotation of canola in an area without confirmed clubroot be growing clubroot-resistant (CR) cultivars of canola? This was a question I asked at a canola agronomy meeting last November. At that time, I was describing my own farm and I thought the answer would be straightforward, but I received conflicting responses. One canola company representative said […] Read more

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Funds still holding large net short position in canola

ICE weekly outlook: Canola bearish with or without China

China has not escalated canola seed dispute with Canada, Ottawa says

Third canola exporter runs into trouble in China

Canada to set up working group for China canola push

Canada takes tougher line with China over canola ban, demands evidence

ICE weekly outlook: China’s canola issues already well known

ICE: Canola weakens on fresh China concerns

China’s ban on Canadian canola expands to Viterra

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