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Canola net short position edges lower

April 29, 2024

The managed money net short position in canola futures edged lower in the latest reporting period, as fund traders covered some of their bearish bets, according to the latest Commitments of Traders report from the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).

Canola, Crops, Features

Machine learning may help get a leg up on blackleg

AI-backed research results may help growers better manage the risk of blackleg in canola crops

By Jim Timlick April 16, 2024

Results of a recent study by researchers in Manitoba and Alberta could help growers fight blackleg disease in canola more effectively. The study was done by a team of researchers at the University of Manitoba led by Dilantha Fernando, a professor in the school’s plant science department. They were joined by Michael Harding, a plant […] Read more

Crops, Features

Leafhoppers remain a cause for concern

Aster yellows can quickly wipe out canola and other crops

By Jim Timlick April 5, 2024

Aster leafhoppers may be small but they pose a huge risk to canola and other crops on the Prairies. The aster leafhopper (Macrosteles quadrilineatus) typically measures 3.5 to six millimetres in length. It is straw-coloured and is sometimes referred to as the four-lined leafhopper because of the four dark lines on its forehead. While aster […] Read more

Markets

ICE Weekly: Canola hitting highest levels since January

By GFM Network News March 20, 2024

Nearly seven months of price pressures and fund selling creating a lengthy downturn have given way to canola trending higher for the first time in 2024.

Crops, Markets

Tightening canola ending stocks for 2024/25: AAFC

By GFM Network News March 20, 2024

Canadian canola ending stocks will likely be tighter by the close of the upcoming 2024/25 marketing year, while the wheat carryout should rise, according to updated supply/demand estimates from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), released March 19.

Crucifer flea beetles, shown here on cabbage, are considered by growers to be among the greatest economic risks to canola crops.

Canola, Crops, Features

Canola’s least wanted

Experts discuss pests and pathogens canola growers will want to watch for in 2024

By Jim Timlick March 20, 2024

Flea beetles pose one of the greatest risks to yields for canola growers in Western Canada. A 2022 survey conducted on behalf of the Canola Council of Canada bore that out. Some 91 per cent of growers who participated in the survey identified flea beetles as the greatest economic risk to their crops. That’s likely […] Read more

Markets

Speculators finally backing away from bearish bets in canola

By GFM Network News March 18, 2024

Speculators were busy covering some of their large net short position in canola in early March, according to the latest Commitments of Traders report from the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).

Markets

ICE Canada Weekly: Look for canola to ease back

By GFM Network News March 14, 2024

At mid-March one broker said he expects canola prices on the Intercontinental Exchange to make their way lower for the balance of the month.

Markets

Canadian canola crush hit record in 2023: StatCan

By GFM Network News March 13, 2024

Oilseed processors in Canada crushed a record amount of canola during the 2023 calendar year, according to a report from Statistics Canada released March 13.

New CCC chair, Tessa Ritter. Photo: Canola Council of Canada

General

Canola Council of Canada elects Ritter chair

Two director seats change hands at CCC AGM

By Geralyn Wichers, GFM Network News March 8, 2024

Tessa Ritter, who is stakeholder relations manager with Viterra, has been elected chair of the Canola Council of Canada's board of directors.

Daily Network News

New strategies needed for Canadian agriculture to stand out in global trade

Feed Grains Weekly: Cash prices for wheat, barley largely flat

The Canadian GMO mustard wars: Dijon vs canola

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Canola net short position edges lower

Machine learning may help get a leg up on blackleg

Leafhoppers remain a cause for concern

ICE Weekly: Canola hitting highest levels since January

Tightening canola ending stocks for 2024/25: AAFC

Canola’s least wanted

Speculators finally backing away from bearish bets in canola

ICE Canada Weekly: Look for canola to ease back

Canadian canola crush hit record in 2023: StatCan

Canola Council of Canada elects Ritter chair

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