Insights and Stories on Canola

Tight seed supplies, storms could hamper canola reseeding

Jun. 1, 2015 at 6:04 pm CDT

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 […]

Some S. Manitoba canola ‘wiped out’ in weekend frost

Jun. 1, 2015 at 10:39 am CDT

By Terryn Shiells

Frost in weekend forecast for eastern Prairies

May. 29, 2015 at 5:53 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

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

May. 27, 2015 at 7:02 pm CDT

By Rod Nickel

ICE weekly outlook: Weather to make or break canola market

May. 27, 2015 at 6:28 pm CDT

By Terryn Shiells

Canola crush margins deteriorating

May. 21, 2015 at 6:10 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Canadian canola crush margins continue to drift lower and currently find themselves at some of their worst levels in over a year. Declining demand for canola oil, together with the fact that a lack of farmer selling is forcing processors to pay up to bring in canola […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

ICE weekly outlook: Canola bias points higher

May. 20, 2015 at 6:56 pm CDT

CNS Canada –– ICE Futures Canada canola contracts stayed mostly rangebound during the week ended Wednesday, before finishing $4 per tonne higher. “Funds are putting a long position on,” said Wayne Palmer of Agri-Trend Marketing in Winnipeg. The most-frequently-traded July contract tested the $460 per tonne mark before backing off […]

By Dave Sims

Study finds Manitoba ready for soy crushing

May. 16, 2015 at 9:54 am CDT

The rise of soybeans as a cash crop in and around Manitoba, and the availability of hogs to dine on soy meal, could support Western Canada’s first-ever soybean crushing plant, a new study finds. The feasibility study, run by Winnipeg-based Mercantile Venture Consulting and backed by the federal and Manitoba […]

By Staff

ICE weekly outlook: Canola watching weather

May. 13, 2015 at 5:43 pm CDT

CNS Canada –– ICE Futures Canada canola contracts held rangebound during the week ended Wednesday, with small losses in the front months and gains in the more deferred positions. While activity remains somewhat subdued for the time being, any future moves will be highly dependent on weather conditions heading into […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Canola program stacks genes against new clubroot

May. 13, 2015 at 4:51 pm CDT

Rather than send out a canola variety with a single source of resistance against clubroot — especially the disease’s most recent pathotype — Agrium’s CPS division has stacked several sources into the new hybrids it’s sending for testing this summer. Crop Production Services on Monday announced its “next generation” of […]

By Dave Bedard