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Grower keen to see what canola can do
Canola, Crops, Features

Grower keen to see what canola can do

It wasn’t a 100-bushel crop, but Merle Klassen is getting closer and enjoying the challenge

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A fleet of new green machinery around the farm would probably look good, but Merle Klassen says if nothing else comes of the Canola 100 contest, at least he’s enjoying the challenge of trying to optimize canola yields on his south-central Alberta farm. Klassen who has been involved in both the 2016 and 2017 years […] Read more
(Dave Bedard photo)
Canola, Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Canola holds rangebound with bearish StatsCan data

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CNS Canada — Canola contracts on the ICE Futures Canada complex stayed mostly rangebound during the week ended Wednesday, even as sharp fluctuations in the Canadian dollar and a bearish Statistics Canada report impacted the market. StatsCan on Wednesday released its final production estimates of the year, projecting canola production in 2017-18 at 21.3 million […] Read more
Rob Saik says he is pleased with farmer participation in the Canola 100 challenge, and impressed with decent yields despite adverse growing conditions.
Canola, Crops, Features

Drumroll for the 2017 Canola 100 challenge results

Results of the second year of the contest to find a 100-bushel canola yield to be announced this week

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Is the “green” going home this year? That’s the question that will be answered this first week of December as the results of the 2017 Canola 100 challenge are revealed at the Agri-Trend Agrology Farm Forum conference in Calgary. This is the second year of the three-year Canola 100 contest challenging canola growers from across […] Read more
Canola, Crops, Features

Mother Nature shreds canola contest plans

Two major hail events takes 2016 yield leader out of the running

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Mike Nelson is all too familiar with the fact you can plan the best possible agronomy program for canola, but Mother Nature has to sign off first. Nelson, who farms with family members near Westaskiwin, Alta., was the yield leader in the 2016 Canola 100 challenge producing a verified yield of 81.6 bushels per acre […] Read more
(Dave Bedard photo)
Canola, Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Canola futures wait on report

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CNS Canada — ICE Futures Canada canola traders may already be looking ahead to the release of Statistics Canada’s next production estimates, as lacklustre trading amid the holiday season leaves investors searching for direction. StatsCan is scheduled to release its final principal field crop report of the year on Dec. 6. The report is usually […] Read more
Canola south of Ethelton, Sask. on Aug. 3, 2017. (Dave Bedard photo)
Canola, Crops, Markets, Reuters

China’s Cofco seeks larger Canadian canola volumes

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Winnipeg | Reuters — State-owned Chinese agribusiness Cofco Corp. looks to buy 2.5 million tonnes of Canada’s canola crop next year, a boost of more than one-third over its expected purchases this year as its Canadian office gets established, said the company’s global head of softseeds on Wednesday. Cofco opened its Canadian trading office in […] Read more

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