Insights and Stories on Canola

ICE weekly outlook: Canola nearing resistance

May. 22, 2014 at 2:39 am CDT

CNS Canada –– ICE Futures Canada canola contracts moved higher during the week ended Wednesday, with the biggest gains in the new-crop months as concerns over planting delays in parts of Western Canada provided some support and the spreads narrowed in. However, canola may be running into resistance to the […]

Richardson’s canola crushing expansion now on line

May. 21, 2014 at 10:58 am CDT

By Staff

ICE weekly outlook: Canola rally to ‘run out of gas’

May. 14, 2014 at 5:21 pm CDT

By Terryn Shiells

Canola crush margins easing

May. 12, 2014 at 6:14 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Minogue: In canola seed, smaller size a better value

May. 12, 2014 at 6:01 pm CDT

By Leeann Minogue

ICE weekly outlook: Canola rangebound, watching weather

May. 7, 2014 at 5:42 pm CDT

CNS Canada — ICE Futures Canada canola contracts moved lower during the week ended Wednesday, as the market retreated from nearby highs. However, canola is lacking any clear direction for the time being and is expected to remain rangebound overall until some fresh fundamental news comes forward. “The market is […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Internal trade panel rips Que. limits on edible oil products

Apr. 30, 2014 at 5:29 pm CDT

Quebec has been given until the end of the year to repeal provincial laws that have effectively banned sales in that province of edible oil dairy substitutes, such as some margarines and non-dairy creamers. The sections of Quebec’s Food Products Act and related regulations in question were shot down in […]

By Staff

Possible new clubroot strain seen beating resistant canolas

Apr. 28, 2014 at 4:54 am CDT

Higher-than-expected levels of clubroot infection, recently confirmed in some Edmonton-area canola fields seeded to clubroot-resistant seed varieties, may suggest a new pathotype of the disease in play. Stephen Strelkov, a professor and plant pathologist at the University of Alberta, said in a recent release that data from samples in the […]

By Staff

Lower canola acreage no surprise to farm groups

Apr. 24, 2014 at 7:23 pm CDT

CNS Canada — A slight decline in canola acres in Statistics Canada’s forecast Thursday may have come as a surprise to industry analysts — but farm groups closer to the situation agreed the crop was due for a bit of a pullback. StatsCan’s report indicated Canadian farmers intend on seeding […]

By Marney Blunt

ICE weekly outlook: Canola down, but still watching beans

Apr. 23, 2014 at 8:39 pm CDT

CNS Canada — ICE Futures Canada canola contracts moved lower during the week ended Wednesday, hitting their softest levels in a month as bearish technical signals and increased farmer selling weighed on values. While the technical bias has turned lower, the Canadian market could still find some spillover strength from […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin