Insights and Stories on Canola

U.S. canola crop also hurt by frost, likely off early estimates

Jun. 4, 2015 at 7:24 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Recent frost that forced farmers to reseed canola fields across a large portion of Western Canada also reached into canola-growing regions of the northern U.S., with production likely taking a hit south of the border as well. “We’ve had at least 200,000 acres that have been reseeded, […]

Lethbridge feed barley feels slight lift from canola

Jun. 3, 2015 at 6:46 pm CDT

By Dave Sims

Cutworm, flea beetle pressure piling on Prairie crops

Jun. 2, 2015 at 6:38 pm CDT

By Jade Markus

Tight seed supplies, storms could hamper canola reseeding

Jun. 1, 2015 at 6:04 pm CDT

By Jade Markus

Some S. Manitoba canola ‘wiped out’ in weekend frost

Jun. 1, 2015 at 10:39 am CDT

By Terryn Shiells

Canola crush margins deteriorating

May. 21, 2015 at 6:10 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Canadian canola crush margins continue to drift lower and currently find themselves at some of their worst levels in over a year. Declining demand for canola oil, together with the fact that a lack of farmer selling is forcing processors to pay up to bring in canola […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Canola program stacks genes against new clubroot

May. 13, 2015 at 4:51 pm CDT

Rather than send out a canola variety with a single source of resistance against clubroot — especially the disease’s most recent pathotype — Agrium’s CPS division has stacked several sources into the new hybrids it’s sending for testing this summer. Crop Production Services on Monday announced its “next generation” of […]

By Dave Bedard

ICE weekly outlook: Canola drifts downward in rangebound trading

Apr. 29, 2015 at 4:57 pm CDT

CNS Canada –– ICE Futures Canada canola contracts chopped around in sideways trading during the week ended Wednesday, before settling slightly lower. Activity was volatile with values generally staying within a $10 range, analysts said. Gains in the U.S. soy complex were responsible for much of the support canola saw […]

By Dave Sims

ADM to upgrade crush plants for soy

Apr. 27, 2015 at 3:03 pm CDT

Archer Daniels Midland plans to get ahead of increased soy acreage on the Prairies by upgrading two crushing plants to handle more soybeans. The U.S. agrifood firm said Monday it will upgrade its processing plant at Enderlin, N.D., about 80 km southwest of Fargo, to crush soybeans as well as […]

By Staff

ICE weekly outlook: Rangebound canola could go either way

Apr. 8, 2015 at 7:08 pm CDT

CNS Canada –– ICE Futures Canada canola futures moved lower during the week ended Wednesday, but remain stuck in the same wide range they’ve been in for the past month. The technical trend is starting to point lower, but the possibility of a seasonal bounce is also still there. From […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin