Insights and Stories on Canola

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, […]

ICE weekly outlook: Canola choppy with outside markets

Oct. 15, 2014 at 4:57 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

ICE weekly outlook: Canola up but hitting resistance

Oct. 8, 2014 at 6:47 pm CDT

By Dave Sims

November canola back above 30-day average

Oct. 7, 2014 at 5:59 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Dow Agro to offer Nexera as ‘commodity’ canola

Oct. 2, 2014 at 7:15 pm CDT

By Staff

German farmers say rapeseed damaged by bugs after EU neonic ban

Oct. 2, 2014 at 3:23 pm CDT

Hamburg | Reuters — Rapeseed crops in Germany are suffering unusually high levels of insect damage this autumn following the European Union’s ban on a controversial insecticide previously used to protect the oilseed, German farming association DBV said Thursday. Some farmers may suffer lower yields in the upcoming 2015 rapeseed […]

Better cash prices expected for canola, post-harvest

Sep. 27, 2014 at 3:02 am CDT

CNS Canada –– Farmers in Western Canada have seen weaker prices on the cash market for canola recently, due to a tumbling futures market and an influx in supply as harvest progresses. Some panic-related farmer selling off the combine, as futures continue to drop, was also contributing to the weakness. […]

By Terryn Shiells

ICE weekly outlook: Canola due for corrective bounce

Sep. 24, 2014 at 4:05 pm CDT

CNS Canada — The November ICE Futures Canada canola contract broke below the key psychological level of C$400 per tonne during the week, but recovered Wednesday to settle just above that level. In the near term, the canola market is “due for a little bit of a reprieve,” said Errol […]

By Terryn Shiells

Join the club

Sep. 19, 2014 at 11:00 am CDT

As you drive throughout the region surrounding Edmonton, canola is inescapable. It’s absolutely everywhere. And looking at the crops, it’s easy to understand why. With long days, cool nights and adequate rainfall, this is canola country pure and simple, and in most seasons, the crop flourishes under nearly ideal conditions. Canola […]

By CG Associate Editor Gord Gilmour

ICE weekly outlook: Canola still pointed lower

Sep. 17, 2014 at 4:22 pm CDT

CNS Canada –– ICE Futures Canada canola contracts moved lower during the week ended Wednesday, and could be due for some more weakness as the Canadian harvest picks up and large U.S. soybean production prospects weigh on oilseeds in general. With expectations for a record-large U.S. soybean crop, there has […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin