Insights and Stories on Canola

Clubroots beating all resistant canolas across Alta.

May. 8, 2015 at 6:24 pm CDT

A study of 27 canola fields across Alberta has found 16 infected with clubroot pathotypes able to cause “high levels” of the disease — in canola plants with clubroot-resistant genetics. What’s more, the clubroot pathogen isolated from “many” of the infected fields in the study was virulent on all clubroot-resistant canola cultivars, […]

ICE weekly outlook: Canola to divorce from CBOT soy complex

May. 6, 2015 at 6:52 pm CDT

By Terryn Shiells

Small canola acreage puts more emphasis on March 31 stocks

May. 4, 2015 at 3:54 pm CDT

By Terryn Shiells

Declining canola crush margins start to be felt

May. 1, 2015 at 4:44 pm CDT

By MarketsFarm Team

Bunge resumes canola crushing after fire, soy line down

May. 1, 2015 at 11:19 am CDT

By Rod Nickel

Fire damages Bunge’s Hamilton crush plant

Apr. 30, 2015 at 7:13 pm CDT

Fire officials in Hamilton, Ont. estimate a fire in a soybean drying unit at Bunge’s oilseed crush plant has caused about $20,000 in damages. The city’s fire department on Thursday said multiple fire crews responded to a report of a fire at the Bunge plant at about 12:40 p.m. The […]

By Staff

ICE weekly outlook: Canola drifts downward in rangebound trading

Apr. 29, 2015 at 4:57 pm CDT

CNS Canada –– ICE Futures Canada canola contracts chopped around in sideways trading during the week ended Wednesday, before settling slightly lower. Activity was volatile with values generally staying within a $10 range, analysts said. Gains in the U.S. soy complex were responsible for much of the support canola saw […]

By Dave Sims

ADM to upgrade crush plants for soy

Apr. 27, 2015 at 3:03 pm CDT

Archer Daniels Midland plans to get ahead of increased soy acreage on the Prairies by upgrading two crushing plants to handle more soybeans. The U.S. agrifood firm said Monday it will upgrade its processing plant at Enderlin, N.D., about 80 km southwest of Fargo, to crush soybeans as well as […]

By Staff

ICE weekly outlook: Canola rangebound, watching acreage

Apr. 22, 2015 at 4:23 pm CDT

CNS Canada — ICE Futures Canada canola contracts moved lower during the week ended Wednesday, but finished the week well off of their nearby lows as some support was uncovered to the downside. Barring a surprise in Statistics Canada’s planting intentions report, due out Thursday, canola futures are looking rangebound […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. regulators may recommend testing food for glyphosate residues

Apr. 18, 2015 at 11:46 am CDT

Reuters — U.S. regulators may start testing food products for residues of the world’s most widely used herbicide, the Environmental Protection Agency told Reuters on Friday, as public concern rises over possible links to disease. Glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup herbicide, has come under intense scrutiny since a research […]

By Carey Gillam