Insights and Stories on Canola

ICE weekly outlook: Canola can’t crack resistance

Oct. 14, 2015 at 6:17 pm CDT

CNS Canada — ICE Futures Canada canola futures ended slightly higher for the week ended Wednesday. All of the contracts eked out minor gains, but it was largely seen as a frustrating session for the near-term November contract, which again failed to settle above its technical resistance point of $480 […]

Three young Alta. sisters lost to grain truck mishap

Oct. 14, 2015 at 4:00 pm CDT

By Jennifer Blair

Three Alta. girls smothered in truckload of canola

Oct. 14, 2015 at 11:39 am CDT

By Staff

Weekly canola crush hits new record

Oct. 9, 2015 at 4:44 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Monsanto slashing 2,600 jobs, buying back shares as sales fall

Oct. 7, 2015 at 4:42 pm CDT

By Carey Gillam

ICE weekly outlook: Canola poised to test resistance

Oct. 7, 2015 at 4:22 pm CDT

CNS Canada — ICE Futures Canada canola futures tried and failed to break higher on numerous occasions over the past two weeks, but could be poised to finally see a bounce, according to a market analyst. A rebound in palm oil is supporting soyoil, which in turn is supportive for […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Dawson: Ag exporters applaud historic TPP deal

Oct. 5, 2015 at 5:43 pm CDT

Export-oriented Canadian farmers are giving the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement reached in Atlanta on Monday two thumbs up. The deal, which remains to be debated in Canada’s House of Commons and could take more than a year to be ratified by all 12 member countries, will see tariffs on Canadian […]

By Allan Dawson

Market access, income supports come with Trans-Pacific pact

Oct. 5, 2015 at 4:24 pm CDT

Canada’s federal government has pledged a suite of compensation programs for supply-managed dairy, poultry and egg sectors, against what it promises will be a mousehole in Canada’s tariff wall. Federal officials on Monday confirmed negotiations have concluded on the multilateral Trans-Pacific Partnership, now billed as “the largest, most ambitious free […]

By Staff

Huge weekly canola deliveries in latest CGC report

Oct. 2, 2015 at 7:36 pm CDT

CNS Canada — A “lack of significant farmer selling” has been a common talking point from analysts when they’ve had to account for some unexplained strength in the canola market in recent weeks. That line may now need to be retired, however, as the official data tells a different story. […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Weekly canola crush hits best level in over two months

Oct. 2, 2015 at 4:41 pm CDT

CNS Canada –– Canada’s domestic canola processors are getting busier, with the latest crush data showing the most active week in two-and-a-half months. Capacity utilization during the week ended Wednesday climbed to 82.8 per cent, which compares with only 66.9 per cent the previous week, according to the latest report […]

By MarketsFarm Team