Insights and Stories on Canola

Bearish chart signals keep canola pointed lower

Dec. 18, 2017 at 6:27 pm CST

CNS Canada — Canola contracts on the ICE Futures Canada platform have lost roughly $30 per tonne over the past month and have more room to the downside from a chart standpoint. The nearby January contract settled Monday at $491.20 per tonne, just above the September low of $489.50. A […]

Canola study on Alzheimer mice seen as ‘huge stretch’

Dec. 14, 2017 at 1:19 pm CST

By Staff

ICE weekly outlook: Canola sliding lower

Dec. 13, 2017 at 6:15 pm CST

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Study finds canola oil unhelpful against Alzheimer’s in mice

Dec. 8, 2017 at 6:12 pm CST

By Staff

ICE weekly outlook: Canola holds rangebound with bearish StatsCan data

Dec. 6, 2017 at 6:48 pm CST

By Dave Sims

ICE weekly outlook: Big canola supply counters big demand

Nov. 29, 2017 at 7:34 pm CST

CNS Canada — ICE Futures Canada canola contracts fell to their lowest levels in a month earlier this week, but appear to have found some support from a chart standpoint. Solid demand on the one hand is being countered by large supplies on the other. “The demand component is powerfully […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

ICE weekly outlook: Canola futures wait on report

Nov. 22, 2017 at 5:25 pm CST

CNS Canada — ICE Futures Canada canola traders may already be looking ahead to the release of Statistics Canada’s next production estimates, as lacklustre trading amid the holiday season leaves investors searching for direction. StatsCan is scheduled to release its final principal field crop report of the year on Dec. […]

By Dave Sims

Chinese protein preference becoming big obstacle for canola

Nov. 17, 2017 at 4:52 am CST

Winnipeg | CNS Canada — As China’s consumption of higher-protein foods continues to grow, so too does its selectiveness for which oilseeds it will pursue on the open market. So far, it’s a race canola does not seem to be winning. “The big demand factor in China is protein, rather […]

By Dave Sims

ICE weekly outlook: Canola looks to soyoil wildcard

Nov. 16, 2017 at 7:07 pm CST

CNS Canada –– ICE Futures Canada canola bounced around within a rather wide range over the course of the week ended Wednesday, but could head higher if it gets help from U.S. soyoil. “The wildcard here is the (soy)bean oil market,” said Ken Ball of PI Financial in Winnipeg. While […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

China’s Cofco seeks larger Canadian canola volumes

Nov. 15, 2017 at 6:41 pm CST

Winnipeg | Reuters — State-owned Chinese agribusiness Cofco Corp. looks to buy 2.5 million tonnes of Canada’s canola crop next year, a boost of more than one-third over its expected purchases this year as its Canadian office gets established, said the company’s global head of softseeds on Wednesday. Cofco opened […]

By Rod Nickel