Insights and Stories on Canola

ICE weekly outlook: Canola weak, but finding support

Sep. 9, 2015 at 5:08 pm CDT

CNS Canada — ICE Futures Canada canola contracts posted losses in most months during the week ended Wednesday, though the market uncovered some support to the downside and finds itself well off its nearby lows. The larger-than-expected old-crop stocks uncovered by Statistics Canada in its September 3 report remain a […]

Canola cash basis levels weaken as harvest rolls along

Sep. 8, 2015 at 5:15 pm CDT

By Dave Sims

Canola charts pointed lower

Sep. 4, 2015 at 6:07 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Jimsonweed not a threat to canola oil, meal safety

Sep. 4, 2015 at 3:19 pm CDT

By Allan Dawson

ICE weekly outlook: Canola may drop more

Sep. 3, 2015 at 12:20 am CDT

By Dave Sims

East’s biggest oilseed crusher goes to Viterra

Sep. 2, 2015 at 8:25 pm CDT

Eastern Canada’s biggest oilseed processing plant is poised to become part of Canada’s biggest grain handler. Regina-based Viterra announced last week it has signed a deal to buy the shares of Twin Rivers Technologies-Entreprises de Transformation de Graines Oleagineuses du Quebec, or TRT-ETGO, whose main asset is its canola and […]

By Staff

Monsanto, rivals eye next step after Syngenta deal collapse

Aug. 27, 2015 at 10:01 am CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Monsanto, having ditched an audacious US$46 billion offer for Syngenta, may downshift to a humbler strategy of beefing up its crop protection portfolio through other acquisitions, partnerships and licensing agreements. The deal’s collapse leaves Monsanto, Syngenta and other agrochemical sector companies facing a bleak landscape of […]

By P.J. Huffstutter

ICE weekly outlook: More losses in store for canola

Aug. 26, 2015 at 8:07 pm CDT

CNS Canada — ICE Futures Canada canola contracts were mixed during the week ended Wednesday, with losses in the most active November contract but a slightly firmer tone in the more deferred positions. With harvest pressure only beginning in Western Canada, and the U.S. soy complex looking bearish, the front […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Canola basis levels seen hanging steady

Aug. 25, 2015 at 7:55 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Despite a turbulent start to the week for most commodities due to China’s stock market crash, basis levels for canola remain relatively attractive in Manitoba and much of the Prairies, according to an industry watcher. Canola growers have been receiving cash prices of roughly $10.50 in Manitoba […]

By Dave Sims

Canola exports to feel pinch of Chinese market crash

Aug. 24, 2015 at 4:36 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Canada’s canola exports will likely get dragged down by the sea of red ink flowing from Chinese markets, according to an analyst. “It will slow the export market. The whole canola engine has shrunk a little bit. Production will be down about 15 per cent or thereabouts,” […]

By Dave Sims