Insights and Stories on Canola

Alberta snow further delays canola harvest, boosts prices

Sep. 30, 2019 at 3:48 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Canola futures finished up at Monday’s close, boosted by a weather premium after a low-pressure system brought considerable snowfall to parts of Alberta over the weekend. Snow was mostly concentrated in the southern region of the province. Calgary and surrounding areas received around 30 centimetres of snow, according […]

Funds cover some shorts in grains, oilseeds

Sep. 30, 2019 at 2:59 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Canada’s canola crush down slightly in August

Sep. 27, 2019 at 8:13 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

ICE weekly outlook: Canola values stay rangebound

Sep. 25, 2019 at 5:44 pm CDT

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

Canola deliveries slow as Prairies’ harvest drags

Sep. 20, 2019 at 6:09 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Fund short position down in canola, beans

Sep. 20, 2019 at 4:20 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Fund traders covered some of their large net short positions in canola and soybeans during the week ended Tuesday, while adding to their bearish bets on corn, according to the latest commitment of traders (CoT) report from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). The net managed money […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

ICE weekly outlook: Uncertainty, lack of farmer selling lift canola bids

Sep. 18, 2019 at 6:00 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Over the last week or so canola prices have been largely supported by two factors, according to Errol Anderson of Pro Market Communications in Calgary. “To some degree it’s still crop uncertainty and growers aren’t selling.” Cash bids have varied widely, he said, while spot premiums have shot […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Funds’ canola short position up, for now

Sep. 16, 2019 at 7:41 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Fund traders added to their large net short position in canola during the week ended Tuesday (Sept. 10), according to the latest commitment of traders (CoT) report from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). The net managed money short position in canola came in Tuesday at 73,025, […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

ICE weekly outlook: Canola breaks out of week-long funk

Sep. 11, 2019 at 8:03 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — It’s unclear yet what effect Thursday’s satellite field crop estimates from Statistics Canada will have on markets. Canola broke out of a six-day funk Wednesday, trending just slightly higher for the first time since Wednesday last week. Technical biases remain to the downside, as prices hover around contract […]

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

Clubroot able to beat resistant canola reaches Manitoba

Sep. 10, 2019 at 3:01 pm CDT

A strain of clubroot able to club the roots of some resistant canola varieties has made its way east to Manitoba. Manitoba’s agriculture department reported Friday that clubroot pathotype 3A — a strain that can “overcome some first-generation sources of genetic resistance” in commercial canola — has been positively identified […]

By GFM Staff