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USDA adjusts August supply and demand numbers

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm August 12, 2024

While the United States Department of Agriculture raised its yield projections for 2024/25 in its latest supply and demand report on Aug. 12, production varied from the July estimates due to changes in the amount of planted acres. The August edition of the USDA’s World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates is its first report in […] Read more

Domestic producers crushed 861,671 tonnes of oilseeds in June, an increase of more than 40,000 tonnes from June 2023. Photo: Canola Council of Canada

Crops, Markets

Oilseed crush, grain deliveries up year-by-year

By Adam Peleshaty July 25, 2024

The amounts of Canadian oilseeds crushed, as well as those for grains delivered, saw slight increases compared to the year before, according to Statistics Canada (StatCan). Domestic producers crushed 861,671 tonnes of oilseeds last June, more than the 821,292 crushed in June 2023. The June canola crush was reported to be 776,354 tonnes, with 334,909 […] Read more

Bayer’s “canola dream team” at Ag in Motion (l-r): panel moderator and DeKalb campaign marketing lead Nikki Vercaigne with Dale Burns, Liz Simpson, Xuehua Zhang, Tim Darragh and Tim Gardner. Photo: Dave Bedard

Canola, Crops

From AIM: New tech opens paths for canola’s next steps

By Dave Bedard July 18, 2024

After Bayer’s “dream team” panel of canola breeders and developers at Ag in Motion to discuss their work on “the highest-yielding DeKalb canola hybrid yet,” an audience member posed the inevitable question: What’s next?

Canola, Crops

From AIM: How many flowers in a canola field?

By Robert Arnason July 17, 2024

There's no debating the beauty of a canola field in bloom, but it's possible to have a more scientific debate about canola flowers. Such as, how many yellow flowers are there, in a canola field that's one section in size?

Markets

Short position in canola edges lower, while soybeans/corn rise

By Phil Franz-Warkentin July 15, 2024

The managed money short position in canola futures edged lower in the latest data, while bearish bets in soybeans hit their largest level in five years and the net short position in corn set a new record, according to the latest Commitments of Traders report from the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).

Canola, Crops

The march of the cabbage seedpod weevil

Cooler, wetter spring could favour the pests this year

By Don Norman June 28, 2024

The cool, damp spring the Prairies are experiencing could lead to a bad year for cabbage seedpod weevils, which is bad news for canola growers. “They seem to like it a little bit cooler, rather than very hot, and can suffer with great heat and very dry conditions,” Saskatchewan Agriculture entomologist James Tansey says. “That […] Read more

Canola, Features

How broccoli may give canola traits a bump

Traits from related brassica species may improve canola diversity

By Jeff Melchior June 25, 2024

Glacier FarmMedia – There’s little doubt that canola is a powerhouse crop. Nationwide, it covered nearly 22.1 million acres last year, more than 99 per cent of it on the Prairies. The Canola Council of Canada puts its economic contribution at nearly $30 billion a year. A University of Alberta researcher, backed by the Natural […] Read more

A canola crop in the RM of Fletts Springs, just northwest of the RM of Pleasantdale, in 2019.

Canola, Columns, Crops

Where the canola was: a history of Saskatchewan yields by soil climatic zone

Whether by nature, nurture or both, yields jumped in several zones around the turn of this century

By Les Henry June 16, 2024

Editor’s Note: Les Henry, the esteemed Prairie soil scientist and our longtime soils columnist, left us on June 14 at age 83. Up until the day before his passing, Les was working on and revising this column for the next (July 11) edition of Grainews. We’ll still have this on paper for you in a […] Read more

Canola, Markets

ICE weekly: Canola futures volatile amidst selling, rainy weather

By Adam Peleshaty June 12, 2024

Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) canola futures went on a rollercoaster ride during the week ended June 12. The July contract failed to record consecutive gains or losses during the week, with prices ranging from C$615.40 to C$641.80 per tonne. The November contract, which traded as high as C$662.90 earlier in the week, fell to its lowest […] Read more

Open interest in the canola market was down by 14,880 contracts on the week. Photo: File

Markets

Fund short position grows in canola

By Phil Franz-Warkentin June 10, 2024

Fund traders were back on the sell side of the canola market in early June, putting on fresh bearish bets and growing their net short position, according to the latest Commitments of Traders report from the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). As of June 4, 2024, the net managed money short position in […] Read more

GFM Network News

Large gap in canola ending stocks between AAFC, USDA

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hogs rally

U.S. grains: Corn, soybeans hit lowest prices since October on big supplies

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USDA adjusts August supply and demand numbers

Oilseed crush, grain deliveries up year-by-year

From AIM: New tech opens paths for canola’s next steps

From AIM: How many flowers in a canola field?

Short position in canola edges lower, while soybeans/corn rise

The march of the cabbage seedpod weevil

How broccoli may give canola traits a bump

Where the canola was: a history of Saskatchewan yields by soil climatic zone

ICE weekly: Canola futures volatile amidst selling, rainy weather

Fund short position grows in canola

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