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Unharvested canola under snow in October 2016. (Lisa Guenther photo)

Heavy canola deliveries despite harvest delays

By GFM Network News October 12, 2018

CNS Canada — Canadian farmers made heavy deliveries of canola into the commercial pipeline during the first week of October, according to the latest Canadian Grain Commission data. The active movement came despite persistent reports of harvest-delaying weather in many areas. While snow continued to keep farmers off of their fields in parts of the […] Read more

ICE November 2018 canola, with 20-day moving average. (Barchart)

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ICE weekly outlook: Canola backs away from nearby highs

By GFM Network News October 10, 2018

CNS Canada — ICE canola futures hit their best levels in a month and a half earlier this week on the back of concerns over harvest delays, but ran into resistance and looked bearish once again by Wednesday. While cold, wet conditions continued to cause harvest delays, as noted in the weekly provincial crop reports, […] Read more

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Canola speculators cover shorts

By GFM Network News October 6, 2018

CNS Canada — Large speculators covered short positions in the ICE Futures canola market during the week ended Tuesday, cutting their net short position roughly in half, according to the latest Commitment of Traders (CoT) report from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). Managed money and other reportable speculators reduced their net short position […] Read more

University of Alberta researcher Victor Manoli tours International Clubroot Workshop delegates through his research work at Alberta’s Crop  Diversification Centre North. Manoli has infected these plants with clubroot spores to enable future study.

Canola, Features

No silver bullet for international disease

Scientists from around the globe met in Edmonton to discuss the latest on clubroot

By Leeann Minogue October 5, 2018

The world’s top canola researchers and agronomists met in Edmonton in early August to talk about their work on the pathogen that’s lowering canola yields throughout Alberta and spreading to the rest of the Prairies. While researchers at the International Clubroot Workshop discussed the scientific research underway, farmer delegates were disappointed to hear there is […] Read more

ICE November 2018 canola (candlesticks) and October 2018 soybean oil (green line). (Barchart)

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ICE weekly outlook: Soyoil, not weather, main influence on canola

By GFM Network News October 4, 2018

CNS Canada — Wet and snowy weather now plaguing the Prairies isn’t to blame for the canola market’s recent upswing, according to one trader. “Canola’s been firm but it really hasn’t shown any reaction whatsoever to the weather; it’s going up because bean oil’s going up and it’s lagging the bean oil gains by quite […] Read more

ICE’s ticker symbol on display at the ICE-owned New York Stock Exchange in March 2016. (Photo: Reuters/Brendan McDermid)

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Speculative short position grows in canola

By GFM Network News September 28, 2018

CNS Canada — Large speculators continued to add to their net short positions in the ICE Futures canola market during the week ended Tuesday, according to the latest Commitment of Traders report compiled by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). Managed money and other reportable speculators grew their net short position in canola to […] Read more

(Photo courtesy Canola Council of Canada)

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Canadian canola could make its way into Australia

By GFM Network News September 28, 2018

CNS Canada — A potential shortage of canola on Australia’s east coast has the oilseed industry there musing about the potential of importing Canadian canola to keep processing plants going. A story Tuesday on the Australian website Farm Online quoted Australian Oilseeds Federation CEO Nick Goddard as explaining the potential for Canadian canola to make […] Read more

ICE October 2018 canola, with Bollinger (20,2) bands. (Barchart)

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ICE weekly outlook: Canola still watching soy, weather

By GFM Network News September 26, 2018

CNS Canada — ICE Futures canola contracts moved off their nearby lows over the week ended Wednesday as persistent harvest delays provided support. Additional strength, however, may be dependent on movement in the Chicago soybean market. “Soybeans will be the driving force behind which way canola futures go,” said commodities investment advisor David Derwin of […] Read more

Plant density was low in some areas. The plants in these patchy regions were also much smaller than those in the rest of the field.

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Crop advisor casebook: Patchy problems in a canola field

A Crop Advisor's Solution from the September 25, 2018 issue of Grainews

By Samantha Marcino September 24, 2018

On June 11, while spraying his canola plants with an in-crop herbicide, Wade noticed regions of the crop had uneven emergence, causing some patchy areas. Wade farms 10,000 acres of canola, wheat and barley near Yorkton, Sask. He thought he might have an insect problem in his canola crop. “My guess is it’s flea beetles or cutworms,” he said. […] Read more

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Speculators grow net short position in canola

By GFM Network News September 23, 2018

CNS Canada — Large speculators added to their net short positions in the ICE Futures canola market during the week ended Tuesday, according to the latest commitment of traders (CoT) report from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). Managed money and other reportable speculators grew their net short position in canola to 27,709 contracts […] Read more

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Canola

Heavy canola deliveries despite harvest delays

ICE weekly outlook: Canola backs away from nearby highs

Canola speculators cover shorts

No silver bullet for international disease

ICE weekly outlook: Soyoil, not weather, main influence on canola

Speculative short position grows in canola

Canadian canola could make its way into Australia

ICE weekly outlook: Canola still watching soy, weather

Crop advisor casebook: Patchy problems in a canola field

Speculators grow net short position in canola

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