Insights and Stories on Canola

ICE weekly outlook: Canola looks set to stay above $500

May. 25, 2016 at 5:35 pm CDT

CNS Canada — ICE Futures Canada canola contracts don’t appear to be in much danger of falling below the $500 per tonne level anytime soon. Both front-month contracts spent much of the week ended Wednesday hanging around the $520 mark. Surging action from the U.S. soy complex has kept canola […]

Newfoundland’s first canola field seeded

May. 20, 2016 at 8:11 pm CDT

By Staff

ICE weekly outlook: Canola in need of outside catalyst

May. 18, 2016 at 6:13 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Prairie canola weathers early frost test

May. 16, 2016 at 7:36 pm CDT

By Dave Sims

ICE weekly outlook: Canola’s fate rests on fund buying

May. 11, 2016 at 4:42 pm CDT

By Jade Markus

Bullish canola futures hit new highs

May. 10, 2016 at 5:24 pm CDT

CNS Canada –– Both old- and new-crop canola contracts traded on the ICE Futures Canada platform climbed to new highs on Tuesday, with a bullish reaction to U.S. supply/demand data providing the catalyst for the rally. The most active July futures touched a session high of $544.60 per tonne, before […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Canola to get early test as Prairies brace for frost

May. 9, 2016 at 5:05 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Overnight lows of -2 or -3 C are expected across much of Saskatchewan by Wednesday or Thursday, according to Environment Canada forecasts. The colder temperatures are expected to make their way into Manitoba by Friday. That could put some stress on canola plants that have already emerged, […]

By Dave Sims

Seeding canola into dry soils not out of question: CCC

May. 5, 2016 at 4:56 pm CDT

Seeding now rather than waiting for rain may be a viable option for Prairie canola growers looking out on dry fields without much chance of precipitation, the Canola Council of Canada suggests. Facing temperatures in the mid-30s C, and soil moisture down at about the one- to two-inch mark, a […]

By Staff

ICE weekly outlook: Canola hits $500, watching volumes

May. 4, 2016 at 5:25 pm CDT

CNS Canada — ICE Futures Canada canola contracts seem to have found a new range during the week ended Wednesday, with both the July and November contracts lifting around the $500 per tonne mark. Weakness in the Canadian currency and a dry weather premium in Western Canada were behind a […]

By Dave Sims

Weekly canola crush hits yearly low

Apr. 29, 2016 at 7:11 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Canada’s weekly canola crush dropped sharply over the week ended Wednesday, but some of the decline is likely tied to an overstatement of what was processed the previous week. The weekly canola crush came in at only 110,909 tonnes, which compares with 180,078 tonnes the previous week, […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin