Insights and Stories on Canola

Pea, canola protein processing plant planned for outside Winnipeg

Jul. 19, 2019 at 7:56 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Somewhere outside Winnipeg, a new pea and canola processing plant is scheduled to be in production by August 2020. The $65 million facility is expected to process up to 20,000 tonnes of yellow field peas annually and will be the world’s only commercial-scale food-grade canola protein production facility. […]

ICE weekly outlook: Choppy canola trade likely

Jul. 17, 2019 at 8:28 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Funds remain short canola and soybeans

Jul. 15, 2019 at 5:33 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

ICE weekly outlook: Not much faith in USDA’s WASDE

Jul. 10, 2019 at 7:26 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Fund short position grows in canola

Jul. 9, 2019 at 8:03 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

ICE weekly outlook: All eyes on King Corn

Jul. 3, 2019 at 6:33 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — ICE Futures canola contracts trended lower over the past two weeks and could have some more room to the downside before eventually returning higher with summer weather markets and expected strength in Chicago corn futures. The November canola contract settled at $450.40 per tonne on Wednesday. The contract […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

ICE weekly outlook: Weather, politics in focus for canola trade

Jun. 26, 2019 at 7:15 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — ICE Futures canola contracts fell to their lowest levels in a month during the week ended Wednesday as much-needed moisture also fell across much of Western Canada. While there are still plenty of areas of concern, the rain has taken some of the weather premium out of the […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

ICE weekly outlook: Weather the main factor in canola bids

Jun. 19, 2019 at 6:50 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Forecasts of rain for Western Canada will certainly help canola in terms of growing this year, said David Derwin of PI Financial in Winnipeg. “I spoke with several farmers from across the Prairies who said we got some good rains, a few who didn’t, but by in large, […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Visible Canadian canola stocks back above one million tonnes

Jun. 15, 2019 at 2:35 am CDT

MarketsFarm — Solid deliveries into the commercial pipeline and lacklustre export movement saw visible Canadian canola supplies climb back above one million tonnes during the week ended June 9, according to the latest grain handling report from the Canadian Grain Commission. Farmers delivered 422,500 tonnes of canola during week 45 […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Canada rejects idea of halting Huawei CFO’s extradition

Jun. 14, 2019 at 2:18 am CDT

Ottawa | Reuters — Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland on Thursday dismissed a suggestion that Ottawa block the extradition of a top executive from China’s Huawei Technologies to the United States, saying it would set a dangerous precedent. Huawei’s chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou, who was arrested on U.S. fraud […]

By Reuters