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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 futures, with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

Canola, Crops, Markets, Reuters

Trudeau optimistic about making progress to end China canola ban

By GFM Network News March 22, 2019

Ottawa/Chicago | Reuters — Canada is optimistic it can make progress this year in talks to persuade China to allow imports of Canadian canola seed to resume, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Friday, even as tensions between Ottawa and Beijing reach new highs. Trudeau spoke hours after an industry group said Chinese importers had […] Read more

Canola, Crops

Syngenta exits canola seed business

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News June 13, 2017

Canola growers checking out Syngenta Canada’s 2018 seed guide for Western Canada will notice canola by its absence. Syngenta, which entered the Prairie canola seed market in 2013 and by this spring had six hybrid varieties on offer, said in a statement it has “recently taken the decision to exit the canola seed business.” The […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

Bayer, Monsanto start asset sale toward merger clearance

By Reuters, GFM Network News March 10, 2017

Frankfurt | Reuters — German drug and crop chemical maker Bayer and U.S. seeds company Monsanto are launching asset sales worth roughly US$2.5 billion as they seek regulatory clearance for their US$66 billion merger, people close to the matter said. To kick off an auction process, Bayer’s advisors will send out information packages next week […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Weather

Seeding canola into dry soils not out of question: CCC

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News May 5, 2016

Seeding now rather than waiting for rain may be a viable option for Prairie canola growers looking out on dry fields without much chance of precipitation, the Canola Council of Canada suggests. Facing temperatures in the mid-30s C, and soil moisture down at about the one- to two-inch mark, a few Prairie growers on social […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Markets, Weather

Canada’s canola crop woes cut crusher profits to two-year low

By Rod Nickel, GFM Network News June 30, 2015

Winnipeg | Reuters — Problems with Canada’s canola crop are driving up the oilseed’s price, cutting processors’ margins to their lowest levels in two years and threatening to boost the price of a key ingredient of salad dressings and potato chips. Frost and dry conditions on the Canadian Prairies have damaged the crop, which processors, […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Markets, Weather

Bayer postpones plant opening to meet canola seed demand

By Leeann Minogue, GFM Network News June 4, 2015

Frost, wind, moisture and even flea beetles have already devastated Prairie canola crops this season, leading to unprecedented reseeding — and seed companies are struggling to meet the extra demand. Bayer CropScience announced Thursday it will postpone Friday’s scheduled grand opening of its new Lethbridge, Alta. seed processing plant, so staff can focus on meeting […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Reuters, Weather

Prairie farmers scramble for canola seed after frost

By Rod Nickel, GFM Network News June 3, 2015

Winnipeg | Reuters –– Western Canadian farmers are scrambling to find scarce canola seed as they reseed crops snuffed out by frost and insects. Farmers in the region have until mid- to late June to plant ahead of insurance deadlines, but the later they sow canola, the higher the risk of damage later from heat […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Weather

Tight seed supplies, storms could hamper canola reseeding

By GFM Network News June 1, 2015

CNS Canada — Frosty late-May weather in parts of Western Canada means some farmers will need to reseed canola crops — but due to a seed shortage, some may have to wait. Temperatures dropped below freezing for a number of hours Saturday morning across a large area of Manitoba and into eastern Saskatchewan, according to […] Read more

Accumulated rain on the Prairies for the period of May 1 to 26, 2015. (WeatherFarm.com)

Canola, Crops, Markets, Weather

Light rain on way for Prairie crops, but ‘soaker’ needed

By Rod Nickel, GFM Network News May 27, 2015

Winnipeg | Reuters –– Rain looks to splash parched farms on Western Canada’s Prairies over the next week as concerns mount that soil is too dry for canola to grow normally. Offsetting the concern somewhat is the region’s brisk pace of planting, which may wrap up by the weekend. The southern Prairies will be lucky […] Read more

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Manitoba Crop Report: More scattered rains across the province

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GFM Network News

CBOT Weekly: Grain prices showing weakness

Manitoba Crop Report: More scattered rains across the province

MacDon shows new FD2 Plus FlexDraper at Ag in Motion

Tag Archives canola seeding

USDA lowers Canadian canola export forecast

Trudeau optimistic about making progress to end China canola ban

Syngenta exits canola seed business

Bayer, Monsanto start asset sale toward merger clearance

Seeding canola into dry soils not out of question: CCC

Canada’s canola crop woes cut crusher profits to two-year low

Bayer postpones plant opening to meet canola seed demand

Prairie farmers scramble for canola seed after frost

Tight seed supplies, storms could hamper canola reseeding

Light rain on way for Prairie crops, but ‘soaker’ needed

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