Insights and Stories on Canola

ICE weekly outlook: Canola treads water waiting for news

Apr. 15, 2015 at 6:06 pm CDT

CNS Canada — ICE Futures Canada canola futures moved slightly higher during the week ended Wednesday, as values stayed mostly rangebound amid a dearth of fresh fundamental news. “The open interest is going down because the funds have been liquidating their positions; down under 10,000 contracts,” said analyst Wayne Palmer […]

ICE weekly outlook: Rangebound canola could go either way

Apr. 8, 2015 at 7:08 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

ICE weekly outlook: Canola moving into choppy spring pattern

Apr. 1, 2015 at 4:57 pm CDT

By Terryn Shiells

Dreyfus’ commodities business posts higher 2014 profit

Mar. 26, 2015 at 12:59 pm CDT

By Reuters

New Alta. canola crush capacity online soon

Mar. 20, 2015 at 2:33 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

ICE weekly outlook: Canola rangebound, for now

Mar. 18, 2015 at 4:12 pm CDT

CNS Canada –– ICE Futures Canada canola futures moved lower during the week ended Wednesday, but managed to find some support to the downside and are looking rangebound overall. Canola is still looking firm relative to Chicago (CBOT) soybeans, said broker Ken Ball of PI Financial in Winnipeg. While solid […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Long liquidation looms in canola futures

Mar. 17, 2015 at 4:40 pm CDT

CNS Canada –– Fund traders are still holding large long positions in canola, but could be poised to start liquidating some of those positions as prices near key chart support. Funds are sitting on a long position in “the mid-40,000 area”, according to a canola broker. “Further technical weakness would […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Legumex Walker puts sale, merger options on table

Mar. 16, 2015 at 2:57 pm CDT

Pulse, canola and special-crop processing firm Legumex Walker has declared itself open to “strategic alternatives” for its future, including a sale or merger. The publicly-traded Winnipeg company said Monday its board of directors has set up a review committee to “identify and consider strategic and financial alternatives… with the ultimate […]

By Staff

Decisions on new-crop canola acres still pending

Mar. 12, 2015 at 7:43 pm CDT

CNS Canada — With the 2015-16 growing season fast approaching in Western Canada, decisions on how many acres will be seeded to canola remain up in the air. “I think a lot of people aren’t getting a lot of feedback from growers, as they haven’t really indicated a lot of […]

By Terryn Shiells

ICE weekly outlook: Canola’s trading range moving higher

Mar. 11, 2015 at 5:52 pm CDT

CNS Canada — The ICE Futures Canada canola market was stronger during the week ended Wednesday, and is expected to stay in a higher trading range going forward. “For the front month May, C$448 per tonne is the support area. And right now we’re more than $20 above that,” said […]

By Terryn Shiells