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Alberta crop commissions name leadership

Cereal, canola, pulse organizations welcome new board members

By Grainews Staff March 2, 2024

Meeting season on the Prairies brings new leadership to Alberta’s merged wheat and barley commissions, along with new board members for the province’s canola and pulse groups. Alberta Grains on Jan. 31 announced Tara Sawyer, who farms near Acme, as the chair for its inaugural board of directors. Sawyer previously served as Alberta Barley’s chair, […] Read more

Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Canola seeking a catalyst

Soyoil has been weaker than expected, pressuring canola, analyst says

By GFM Network News February 28, 2024

Canola prices on the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) went up during the week ended Feb. 28, but signs of upcoming extended rallies are hard to come by.

Canola, Features

Researchers to put numbers to verticillium yield loss

The team behind blackleg and clubroot yield loss models tackles the newer canola disease

By Robert Arnason February 23, 2024

Glacier FarmMedia — Canola industry leaders have been worried about verticillium stripe and its impact on crop yields for several years. Reports out of Europe suggest the fungal disease could cause losses of 10 to 50 per cent on oilseed rape. However, extreme losses are usually confined to a small number of fields in England […] Read more

Markets

ICE Canada weekly outlook: Markets to react to Nvidia earnings report

Tech giant, while unrelated to crops, asserts gravitational pull on markets

By GFM Network News February 21, 2024

The path canola as well as other commodities will very likely be determined by the latest earnings report from technology giant, Nvidia, according to analyst Errol Anderson of Errol’s Commodity Wire in Calgary, Alta.

Markets

Record large fund short position grows in canola

Net short in soybeans, corn also grew

By GFM Network News February 20, 2024

Speculators added to their already record large net short position in early February, according to the latest Commitments of Traders report from the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).

Chris Vervaet, Executive Director of the Canadian Oilseed Processors Association speaking at the CropConnect conference in Winnipeg on February 14. Photo: Don Norman

Crops, General

‘Unprecedented’ growth possible for canola demand

Renewable fuels could propel canola demand into the stratosphere: speaker

By Don Norman, GFM Network News February 15, 2024

The biofuels industry could drive canola demand into unheard of territory in the coming decade, according to one industry expert. 

Markets

ICE canola weekly outlook: Market in search of demand

Farmers holding large amounts of unpriced canola waiting for future to move upward, analyst says

By GFM Network News February 14, 2024

A modest attempt at correcting higher was met by stiff resistance in the ICE Futures canola market, with a general downtrend still intact as the futures work to uncover some demand.

Markets

Canadian grain exports a mixed bag in December

Top three canola importers bought less, U.S. bought more

By GFM Network News February 7, 2024

While Canada’s canola exports fell back so far this marketing year compared to last year, those for wheat were up, according to the Canadian Grain Commission. Released on Feb. 7, the monthly export report took Canada’s exports for cereals, oilseeds and pulses to the end of December.

Sticky yellow traps like this one were used to conduct flea beetle counts and were replaced each week as part of the study.

Canola, Features

Seeding rate may help manage flea beetle populations

A recent study investigated the effect of plant density on flea beetle populations in canola crops

By Jim Timlick February 7, 2024

Flea beetles have become Public Enemy No. 1 when it comes to canola. Yield losses of 10 per cent are common and it’s estimated the troublesome pest costs growers in North America more than $300 million annually. Results of a study recently conducted in Western Canada could help growers better manage flea beetle populations in […] Read more

Markets

ICE Canada weekly outlook: Canola continues to be bearish

Keep close eye on upcoming stocks as of Dec. 31 Stat Can report, says analyst

By GFM Network News February 1, 2024

Despite farmer selling there remained little doubt that the canola market was bearish during the week ended Jan. 31, according to analyst Jerry Klassen of Resilient Commodity Analysis in Winnipeg.

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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Alberta crop commissions name leadership

ICE weekly outlook: Canola seeking a catalyst

Researchers to put numbers to verticillium yield loss

ICE Canada weekly outlook: Markets to react to Nvidia earnings report

Record large fund short position grows in canola

‘Unprecedented’ growth possible for canola demand

ICE canola weekly outlook: Market in search of demand

Canadian grain exports a mixed bag in December

Seeding rate may help manage flea beetle populations

ICE Canada weekly outlook: Canola continues to be bearish

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