Insights and Stories on Canola

Rapeseed crop may not be as big as first thought in W.Europe

Jul. 23, 2014 at 9:33 am CDT

London/Reuters — Rapeseed production in Western Europe looks set to increase this season but early promise may not be fully realized, crop analysts said on Wednesday. Crops were sown in favourable conditions, enjoyed a safe passage through winter and had healthy growth in the spring but yields have failed to […]

Ag Canada tightens grain/oilseed stocks projections

Jul. 22, 2014 at 4:48 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Guenther: Wanted for science: Southern Alberta canola fields

Jul. 15, 2014 at 10:22 am CDT

By Lisa Guenther

Funds holding large short position in canola

Jul. 15, 2014 at 4:46 am CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

ICE weekly outlook: Canola to fall along with soybeans

Jul. 9, 2014 at 6:38 pm CDT

By Terryn Shiells

Prairie Pest Monitoring Network weekly update for July 2, 2014

Jul. 3, 2014 at 1:34 pm CDT

The Prairie Pest Monitoring Network has released its latest report. This week’s issue contains a review of weather for the season so far, and reviews of modelling and control procedures for wheat midge, diamondback moth, bertha armyworm, cabbage seedpod weevil, swede midge and flea beetles. Also provided is a weather […]

By Prairie Pest Monitoring Network

ICE weekly outlook: Canola down, despite weather

Jul. 2, 2014 at 5:15 pm CDT

CNS Canada –– ICE Futures Canada canola contracts dropped sharply in the most active months during the week ended Wednesday, as a selloff in the U.S. soy complex spilled over to weigh on values. Expectations for continued weakness in soybeans should remain bearish for canola overall, but mounting weather concerns […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Guenther: Scout now for flea beetles

Jun. 22, 2014 at 5:52 pm CDT

Flea beetles are on the march and Prairie farmers need to scout canola fields to keep them at bay. “I’ve seen some fields where flea beetles’ levels are high enough where it has warranted spraying. Again, like every year, it is spotty,” Lyndon Hicks said during an interview here during […]

By Lisa Guenther

ICE weekly outlook: Values head higher as inverse widens

Jun. 18, 2014 at 6:15 pm CDT

CNS Canada — ICE Futures Canada canola futures turned higher during the week ended Wednesday, with the biggest increases happening in the nearby months while prices stayed rangebound for the more deferred contracts. “The inverse has really widened out, compared to where it was,” said analyst Jonathon Driedger of Farm […]

By Dave Sims

Canola pest expert Lloyd Dosdall, 61

Jun. 18, 2014 at 5:32 pm CDT

Memorial services are to be held Thursday at Sherwood Park, Alta. for University of Alberta entomologist and researcher Lloyd Dosdall, hailed especially in the Prairie canola industry for his work against the crop’s insect pests. Dosdall, who’d been undergoing treatments for cancer over the past two years, died last Thursday […]

By Staff