Insights and Stories on Canola

ICE weekly outlook: Canola stabilizing, watching weather

Aug. 6, 2014 at 3:26 pm CDT

CNS Canada –– ICE Futures Canada canola futures saw only slight changes during the week ended Wednesday, as the market was stabilizing and watching weather ahead of harvest. “If you go back for the three-odd weeks, we haven’t really gone anywhere. We’ve sort of chopped around in a range but […]

W. Canada spring wheat, durum yields look second-biggest ever: crop tour

Jul. 31, 2014 at 3:18 pm CDT

By Rod Nickel

Western Canada wheat yields higher than average

Jul. 30, 2014 at 3:53 pm CDT

By Rod Nickel

ICE Canada canola drops following cash market sales

Jul. 30, 2014 at 3:49 pm CDT

By Reuters

Saskatchewan canola crop development variable: crop tour

Jul. 30, 2014 at 2:45 pm CDT

By Dave Sims

Southern Manitoba canola growth more varied than usual – scouts

Jul. 28, 2014 at 4:51 pm CDT

Canola crops in southern Manitoba are growing at a wider range of stages than usual, with many behind their normal development stage, scouts touring the fertile western Prairies found on Monday. Some canola was just beginning to flower, while other crops were in full bloom, canola’s critical development period. Other […]

By Rod Nickel

Grain drain — are carryover projections off the mark?

Jul. 28, 2014 at 4:02 pm CDT

Canada will carryover more grain than usual when the crop year ends July 31, but analysts say it may be less than some people think. That mountain of Western grain created from a record harvest last fall, combined with poor rail service until spring, is being whittled away. In […]

By Allan Dawson

Neonic insecticides widespread in Iowa waters

Jul. 25, 2014 at 3:59 pm CDT

Reuters — A class of insecticides popular with corn and soybean farmers in the U.S. Midwest but feared as a factor in the decline of U.S. honey bee colonies and other crop pollinators, has been found to be widespread through rivers and streams in Iowa, according to a government study […]

By Carey Gillam

Canola Watch — July 23

Jul. 23, 2014 at 5:36 pm CDT

The Canola Council of Canada has published its weekly Canola Watch. Visit the website for full text and images. Highlights Video: Begin your pre-harvest disease watch Tank hang ups and spraying mishaps Rescue treatment for hail, heat Fungicide for late and long-flowering crops How late can you top dress? Coming […]

By Staff

ICE Canada weekly outlook: canola under pressure, for now

Jul. 23, 2014 at 3:49 pm CDT

CNS — ICE Futures Canada canola futures moved lower in sympathy with the weakening Chicago soy complex during the week ended July 23. And, the canola futures market will likely remain under pressure if soybean and other oilseed futures move lower in the near term. “Until the (Canadian canola) production […]

By Terryn Shiells