Insights and Stories on Canola

Louis Dreyfus plant may resume canola crushing in 3-7 weeks

Oct. 31, 2014 at 11:27 am CDT

Winnipeg / Reuters – Louis Dreyfus Corp’s Canadian canola plant may resume receiving and crushing the oilseed in three to seven weeks, following last week’s explosion and fire, the president of the company’s Canadian unit said on Friday. Brant Randles, president of Louis Dreyfus Commodities Canada Ltd, said the company is working with […]

Few changes expected in Canadian crop area

Oct. 30, 2014 at 10:34 am CDT

By Dave Sims

Protein demand, fracking affecting grain prices

Oct. 30, 2014 at 10:22 am CDT

By Dave Sims

Prairie canola basis to continue improving

Oct. 29, 2014 at 2:17 pm CDT

By Terryn Shiells

Scoular to source canola, sell output for Legumex’s U.S. crusher

Oct. 29, 2014 at 12:38 am CDT

By Staff

Dreyfus’ Sask. canola plant offline indefinitely

Oct. 28, 2014 at 11:01 am CDT

Reuters — A canola-crushing plant owned by the Canadian unit of global grain trader Louis Dreyfus will be offline indefinitely after an explosion and fire on Friday, the company said. Firefighters are investigating the cause of the blast at the Yorkton, Sask. plant, and an assessment of the structural condition […]

By Reuters

CGC data suggest canola quality down slightly on year

Oct. 24, 2014 at 5:23 pm CDT

CNS Canada — The quality of Canada’s 2014 canola crop is down slightly on the year, according to early harvest data compiled by the Canadian Grain Commission (CGC). With 1,132 samples received as of Wednesday, approximately 88 per cent of the canola samples were graded as No. 1. That compares […]

Blast, fire hit Dreyfus’ Sask. canola plant

Oct. 24, 2014 at 3:01 pm CDT

Reuters — An explosion and fire on Friday morning rocked Louis Dreyfus Commodities’ canola-crushing plant at Yorkton, Sask., but the fire was later extinguished, a city official said. The explosion occurred around 9:30 a.m. CT and firefighters put it out later in the morning, City of Yorkton spokesman Roy Lanaway […]

By Rod Nickel

ICE weekly outlook: Canola still married to soybeans

Oct. 22, 2014 at 6:32 pm CDT

CNS Canada –– ICE Futures Canada canola futures were mostly higher during the week ended Wednesday, with some support coming from gains in the Chicago soy complex. Speculative-based short covering, after the January contract moved above the 30-day moving average at about $411 per tonne on Wednesday, was also bullish, […]

By Terryn Shiells

ICE weekly outlook: Canola choppy with outside markets

Oct. 15, 2014 at 4:57 pm CDT

CNS Canada –– ICE Futures Canada canola contracts were up and down during the week ended Wednesday, but managed to post gains overall as a weaker Canadian dollar and spillover from the advances in CBOT soybeans provided support. Whether strength in canola will continue remains to be seen. “All of […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin