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

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

Columns, Markets

Stuck in the middle of two

Canadian farmers face the fallout of trade disputes between China and the U.S. 

By Brian Wittal April 17, 2019

Many international events have taken place in the past year, such as the renegotiation of NAFTA, Trump imposing tariffs on Canadian and Mexican steel and aluminum and tariffs on Chinese imports, the arrest of Huawei’s CFO Meng Wanzhou for extradition to the U.S. and most recently China cancelling Richardson International’s import license for shipping canola […] Read more

Barley south of Ethelton, Sask. on Aug. 3, 2017. (Dave Bedard photo)

Barley, Crops, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: Barley bids soften as attention turns to new crop

By GFM Network News April 11, 2019

MarketsFarm — Feed barley bids in the key cattle feeding area of southern Alberta are coming under some pressure, as attention begins to turn to the new crop. “Demand is dropping off here a little bit,” said Allen Pirness of Market Place Commodities in Lethbridge. Feedlots have extended coverage through the spring and into the […] Read more

(Photo courtesy Canola Council of Canada)

Crops, Weather

Neonic-treated canola not an ‘unacceptable risk’ for pollinators

By GFM Network News April 11, 2019

Already facing federally mandated phase-outs from many major on-farm uses in Canada over risks to aquatic insects, neonicotinoids aren’t expected to pose “unacceptable risks” to pollinators when used on canola seed or hothouse vegetables in the meantime. Health Canada said as much Thursday as it released its final re-evaluation decisions for three neonic pesticides — […] 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

CBOT May 2019 corn (candlesticks) compared with May 2019 soybeans (green line). (Barchart)

Corn, Crops, Markets, Soybeans

CBOT weekly outlook: Weather, flooding are main focus

By GFM Network News April 3, 2019

MarketsFarm — This spring’s weather and flooding in the United States have become the main focus for traders at the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), said an analyst. “What kind of planting conditions, how much rain, how much flooding, and how cold things are,” listed Steve Georgy, president of Allendale Inc. at McHenry, Ill. The […] Read more

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

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Tag Archives canola

Less canola, more wheat expected from Statistics Canada

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

Stuck in the middle of two

Feed weekly outlook: Barley bids soften as attention turns to new crop

Neonic-treated canola not an ‘unacceptable risk’ for pollinators

USDA lowers Canadian canola export forecast

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

CBOT weekly outlook: Weather, flooding are main focus

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

Third canola exporter runs into trouble in China

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