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Canola, Crops, Markets

Fund short position climbs in canola

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MarketsFarm — Fund traders were active in the ICE Futures canola market during the week ended Tuesday, adding to their large net short 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 reportable speculators increased their net […] Read more
Joe had been walking his early-planted corn fields and noticed purpling of the leaves at the three-leaf stage across the entire field.
Crops, Features

Crop advisor casebook: Purple corn leaves pose a puzzling problem

A Crop Advisor's Solution from the March 12, 2019 issue of Grainews

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In late May of last year, I received a call from Joe, who owns a 1,500-acre mixed grain and dairy farm near Stonewall, Man. He said he’d been walking his early-planted corn fields and noticed purpling of the leaves at the three-leaf stage across the entire field. I drove out to Joe’s farm and immediately […] Read more
Soybeans at market. (Lnzyx/iStock/Getty Images)
Canola, Crops, Markets, Reuters, Soybeans

China forecasts rising soy imports to make up for less canola

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Beijing | Reuters — China on Friday raised its forecast for soybean imports during the 2018-19 crop year to 85 million tonnes, up from 83.65 million in last month’s outlook, after the country’s customs agency suspended some imports of rival oilseed canola. China’s ministry of agriculture and rural affairs said in its monthly forecast on […] Read more
Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland told the Canadian Crops Convention March 6 the Canadian government is trying to restore Richardson International’s canola exports to China. (Allan Dawson photo)
Canola, Crops, Markets

Canada working to end China’s canola block, Freeland says

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Montreal — The Canadian government is working hard to reopen Richardson International’s Canadian canola markets in China, says Chrystia Freeland, Canada’s minister of foreign affairs. “We’re working closely with Canadian farmers and Canadian industry,” Freeland said in a brief interview after speaking at the Canadian Crops Convention (CCC) here Wednesday. “Our embassy is very focused […] Read more
ICE May 2019 canola with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)
Canola, Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: China worries keep market trending down

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MarketsFarm — Canola futures on the ICE Futures U.S. platform dropped sharply during the week ended Wednesday, hitting their lowest levels in 2-1/2 years. Concerns over declining Chinese demand sparked the latest selloff in canola amid news that the major canola-buying country had blocked shipments from Canada’s Richardson International. Canadian canola exporters have faced problems […] Read more
The canola field was exhibiting uneven germination and the plants that had germinated were stunted and purpling. Eric thought these symptoms could 
be attributed to the frost that occurred a few days prior to my visit.
Canola, Crops, Features

Crop advisor casebook: What caused this stunted and purpling canola?

A Crop Advisor's Solution from the March 5, 2019 issue of Grainews

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Eric, who farms 10,000 acres north of Assiniboia, Sask., asked me to visit his farm around mid-May, which was a couple of weeks after he seeded his canola crop. He wanted me to assess if it was necessary for him to reseed the field. The field was exhibiting uneven germination and the plants that had […] Read more
A rapeseed field in southern China’s Yunnan province. (YuenWu/iStock/Getty Images)
Canola, Crops, Reuters

Richardson disputes China claim of ‘hazardous pests’ in canola

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Beijing/Chicago | Reuters — Canadian agribusiness Richardson International said on Wednesday that canola it shipped to China met regulatory requirements after a Chinese official charged that “hazardous pests” were found in samples taken recently from Canadian canola imports. Beijing this month cancelled Richardson’s registration to ship Canadian canola to China, the world’s top importer of […] Read more
Canola Council of Canada president Jim Everson says China’s block on Canadian canola has now expanded beyond just shipments from Richardson International. (Co-operator file photo by Allan Dawson)
Canola, Crops, Markets

China’s block on canola seen as blowback from diplomatic spat

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Montreal — Canola industry leaders attending the first Canadian Crops Convention here this week say they don’t know why China has abruptly blocked imports of Canadian canola from Richardson International, Canada’s biggest grain company. But according to a senior Richardson official it’s in retaliation to the diplomatic spat between China and Canada over the arrest […] Read more
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Canola, Crops, Markets, Reuters

China blocks some Richardson canola shipments

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Beijing/Kabul | Reuters — China has canceled Canadian agribusiness Richardson International’s registration to ship canola to China, the company said on Tuesday, the latest sign of tensions between Ottawa and Beijing. It was not immediately clear why exports to China by Richardson, the world’s top importer of canola, had been halted. Canada and China are […] Read more

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