Insights and Stories on Canola

Canola Cereals Reuters Spring Wheat Weather

Sask. crops get soaked, but may take yield hit

Jul. 29, 2015 at 3:01 pm CDT

(Reuters) – Two days of rainstorms in Saskatchewan, Canada’s biggest wheat- and canola-growing province, may have done more harm to crops than good, even though farms were parched, a Saskatchewan government official said on Wednesday. Much of the province received rain on Monday and Tuesday, with the capital, Regina, collecting […]

CWB tour pegs wheat at 38.9 bushels

Jul. 24, 2015 at 12:13 pm CDT

By Rod Nickel

CWB pegs canola production at 12.18 mln tonnes

Jul. 22, 2015 at 11:52 am CDT

By Terryn Shiells

Farmers offered a prize for 100-bushel canola

Jul. 21, 2015 at 3:15 pm CDT

By Agri-Prize release

Prairie cash wheat prices down but durum bids up

Jul. 20, 2015 at 1:20 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Canola replanting may hinder winter wheat seeding

Jul. 17, 2015 at 8:01 pm CDT

CNS Canada — With canola as the preferred stubble choice into which to seed winter wheat in Western Canada, it’s possible farmers will run into problems seeding this fall due to vast canola reseeding in early June. “The crop insurance said there was over a million acres reseeded (in Manitoba), […]

By Terryn Shiells

Genetically modified diamondback moth offers pest control hope

Jul. 15, 2015 at 11:48 pm CDT

London | Reuters –– Scientists in Britain say they have developed a way of genetically modifying and controlling an invasive species of moth that causes serious pest damage to cabbages, kale, canola and other similar crops worldwide. In what they said could be a pesticide-free and environmentally-friendly way to control […]

By Kate Kelland

ICE weekly outlook: Canola faces resistance

Jul. 15, 2015 at 6:09 pm CDT

CNS Canada — ICE Futures Canada canola contracts traded within a wide range during the week ended Wednesday, but settled mixed as the market reacted to conflicting outside factors. While the nearby bias has shifted lower in the most active months, ongoing production uncertainty in Western Canada should remain supportive […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Minogue: Biotech gets its due at international rapeseed forum

Jul. 8, 2015 at 7:37 pm CDT

Saskatoon — How important is biotechnology to Prairie farmers? On his farm, Saskatchewan farmer Maurice Delage says, the net profit from canola is about $100 per acre, making it his most profitable crop most years. Delage, who now farms at Indian Head and was CEO of Aventis Crop Sciences (now […]

By Leeann Minogue

ICE weekly outlook: Weather still key for canola

Jul. 8, 2015 at 5:10 pm CDT

CNS Canada –– The ICE Futures Canada canola market moved lower during the week ended Wednesday, as speculators took profits on a recent rally that saw values hit fresh contract highs. Spillover pressure from the declines in Chicago soybean futures was also bearish for values. There were some reports of […]

By Terryn Shiells