Insights and Stories on Canola

Appeal court overturns ruling against canola ‘streaming’ contracts

Aug. 19, 2019 at 4:26 pm CDT

A southeastern Saskatchewan farmer and canola company Input Capital are going back to court now that a ruling last year, which ripped the company’s “streaming” contracts with the farmer as “unconscionable,” has been overturned on appeal. The Saskatchewan Court of Appeal, in a ruling issued Friday, set aside a 2018 […]

Funds cover canola short positions

Aug. 16, 2019 at 5:23 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

ICE weekly outlook: Canola watching pre-harvest weather

Aug. 14, 2019 at 4:39 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Input Capital cuts costs as delayed sales lift Q3 profit

Aug. 13, 2019 at 8:17 pm CDT

By GFM Staff

Funds add to canola short position in early August

Aug. 12, 2019 at 1:48 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

ICE weekly outlook: Canola carryover looms ahead of harvest

Aug. 7, 2019 at 5:07 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — There’s a large canola carryover on farms and little of the soon-to-come 2019 crop has been sold, according to Winnipeg-based analyst Bill Craddock. “Farmers think the price is too cheap,” he said. However, the price has come down, from about $11 per bushel to around $9.50, he added, […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

ICE weekly outlook: Canola bids not moving much

Aug. 1, 2019 at 9:02 am CDT

Winnipeg | MarketsFarm – So far this summer, canola prices have continued to remain range-bound, said David Derwin of PI Financial in Winnipeg, Man. “On a week to week basis, we’re kind of at the low end of the range,” Derwin commented, noting C$450 per tonne has been near the […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Canadian canola exports a million tonnes off year-ago pace

Jul. 26, 2019 at 3:46 pm CDT

MarketsFarm – Canadian canola exports are running roughly a million tonnes behind the year-ago pace with only one week to go in the 2018/19 (July/August) marketing year, according to the latest Canadian Grain Commission data. However, solid wheat and barley exports mean that total grain and oilseed exports are up […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Is Canadian canola just a victim of China’s desire to be more food self-sufficient?

Jul. 26, 2019 at 1:34 pm CDT

Canada’s canola industry and the federal government were surprised when China abruptly stopped buying canola from two Canadian exporters in March. But a new report prepared for the Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute (CAPI) suggests they shouldn’t have been. China has, for socio-economic and political reasons, had been planning to reduce […]

By Allan Dawson

ICE weekly outlook: Keep an eye on soybeans, loonie

Jul. 25, 2019 at 8:58 am CDT

MarketsFarm – For canola prices, the key influences will be soybeans as well as the Canadian dollar, according to Errol Anderson of ProMarket Communications in Calgary, Alta. Anderson said soybeans on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) were higher, due to trade negotiations between United States and China resuming on […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm