Insights and Stories on Canola

StatsCan canola stocks in line with expectations

Feb. 3, 2017 at 11:16 am CST

CNS Canada –– Canadian canola stocks may be tighter than a year ago and wheat stocks larger — but the updated numbers from Statistics Canada may also need more asterisks than normal. StatsCan, in a report released Friday, pegged Canadian canola supplies as of Dec. 31 at 12.159 million tonnes, […]

ICE weekly outlook: Canola pointed lower

Feb. 1, 2017 at 6:02 pm CST

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Anonymous midge appears in Prairie canola

Jan. 30, 2017 at 8:31 pm CST

By Staff

Canola crush margins tumble

Jan. 26, 2017 at 3:35 pm CST

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

ICE weekly outlook: Easy come, easy go for canola

Jan. 25, 2017 at 7:10 pm CST

By Jade Markus

ICE weekly outlook: Weather trumps Trump on canola

Jan. 18, 2017 at 6:08 pm CST

CNS Canada — ICE Futures Canada canola contracts posted substantial gains during the week ended Wednesday, taking strength from a rally in the soy complex. Both front-end contracts rose $17 on the week, with the March contract jumping from $498 at its Jan. 11 close to settle at $515 a […]

By Dave Sims

Canola acres seen rising on high prices

Jan. 17, 2017 at 5:53 pm CST

Brandon | Reuters — Canadian canola plantings may rise slightly in spring as farmers seek to cash in before an expected drop in vegetable oil prices as palm crops recover from drought that hit major Southeast Asian producers, German oilseed analysis firm Oil World said Tuesday. Plantings will rise by […]

By Rod Nickel

Clubroot arrives in Ontario canola

Jan. 12, 2017 at 5:41 pm CST

Ontario has its first case of clubroot disease in canola — and further testing has confirmed clubroot in canola fields across the province. During the 2016 growing season an agronomist in the Verner area of northern Ontario examined a canola field and found the distinctive clubbed roots, said Meghan Moran, […]

By John Greig

ICE weekly outlook: Canola watching South America

Jan. 11, 2017 at 7:23 pm CST

CNS Canada — ICE Futures Canada canola contracts moved lower during the week ended Wednesday, breaking below some chart resistance levels in the process. The chart pattern is turning flat, however, and further moves will likely depend on outside factors. Speculators have moved to the short side in the canola […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Tipping point seen for March canola

Jan. 10, 2017 at 4:10 pm CST

CNS Canada — ICE Futures Canada canola futures find themselves at a bit of a tipping point from a chart standpoint, with the most active March contract settling right at the $500 per tonne mark on Tuesday. In addition to being a psychological benchmark, $500 is also within 30 cents […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin