Insights and Stories on Canola

Record weekly canola exports reported

Nov. 10, 2017 at 4:59 pm CST

Winnipeg | CNS Canada – Canada exported the most canola in a single week ever during the week ended November 5, according to the latest Canadian Grain Commission report. The CGC pegged weekly canola exports at 470,200 tonnes of canola during the reporting period. That compares with average weekly exports […]

ICE weekly outlook: Canola trending higher

Nov. 1, 2017 at 4:57 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

ICE weekly outlook: Canola enjoying broad-based support

Oct. 25, 2017 at 5:38 pm CDT

By Dave Sims

ICE weekly outlook: Seasonal uptrend possible for canola

Oct. 18, 2017 at 8:50 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

BASF’s new Canadian stake to include three plants, 300 staff

Oct. 17, 2017 at 3:55 pm CDT

By Leeann Minogue

Canada’s weekly canola crush tops 200,000 tonnes

Oct. 13, 2017 at 6:47 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Canadian canola crushers saw their second busiest week ever during the week ended Wednesday, according to the latest data from the Canadian Oilseed Processors Association. The canola crush in the latest weekly reporting period came in at 204,820 tonnes, only slightly off the record of 208,268 tonnes […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

ICE weekly outlook: Canola looks to USDA for direction

Oct. 11, 2017 at 7:11 pm CDT

CNS Canada — The canola market continues to chop around in its recently-established range of $490-$500 per tonne, but a looming U.S. Department of Agriculture report could change that, according to an industry analyst. “That (USDA supply and demand report) is going to be the driver,” said Keith Ferley of […]

By Dave Sims

Unilever spreads business whets private-equity appetite

Oct. 6, 2017 at 3:20 am CDT

London | Reuters — Anglo-Dutch consumer group Unilever has invited private-equity bidders to submit tentative offers for its US$8 billion margarine and spreads business by a deadline of Oct. 19, two sources close to the matter told Reuters. The business includes the brands Stork and Flora, the latter of which […]

By Clara Denina Dasha Afanasieva Pamela Barbaglia

ICE weekly outlook: Canola flat, awaiting spark

Oct. 4, 2017 at 6:55 pm CDT

CNS Canada — ICE Futures Canada canola contracts held within a narrow $5 range over the past week, lacking any significant fundamental news one way or the other as market participants look for direction. “There’s just no news in the market,” said analyst Wayne Palmer of Agri-Trend. He thought prices […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Canola crush margins half of year-ago level

Oct. 2, 2017 at 5:12 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Canola crush margins in Western Canada are at about half the level as seen at the same point a year ago. As of Monday, the Canola Board Crush Margin calculated by ICE Futures Canada was about $56 above the November contract, which compares with levels a month […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin