Insights and Stories on Canola

AAFC lowers ending stocks estimates on crops

Sep. 27, 2021 at 4:13 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Canadian producers will see much tighter grain and oilseed stocks at the end of the current 2021-22 marketing year than what was expected last month, while those for pulse and special crops remain mostly steady. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s (AAFC) September supply/demand estimates, released Friday, project 2021-22 ending […]

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Sep. 24, 2021 at 10:43 am CDT

By Karen Freifeld Kenneth Li

ICE weekly outlook: Canola waiting on fresh news

Sep. 22, 2021 at 5:36 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

BASF warns on seeding choices for drought-hit imi-treated fields

Sep. 22, 2021 at 11:13 am CDT

By Dave Bedard

Grain exports running well behind year-ago pace

Sep. 17, 2021 at 6:33 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

ICE weekly outlook: Canola remains rangebound

Sep. 15, 2021 at 8:02 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — At least for the foreseeable future, ICE Futures canola is likely to remain rangebound, according to analyst David Derwin of PI Financial in Winnipeg. The November canola contract has support at $850 per tonne and when it bumps up to around $900 it’s quickly pulled back, he said. […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Prairie crops downgraded in latest StatsCan estimates

Sep. 14, 2021 at 12:16 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Drought conditions across Canada’s Prairies cut into yields throughout the region in 2021, with production of most of the major crops downgraded by Statistics Canada in updated crop estimates released Tuesday. Using satellite imagery, the government agency now sees total canola production for the 2021-22 crop year at […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Canada’s canola production likely to be cut further

Sep. 13, 2021 at 5:50 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Barely two weeks after Statistics Canada projected 2021-22 canola production to come in around 14.7 million tonnes, the U.S. Department of Agriculture forecast the Canadian oilseed crop to be about 14 million tonnes. Now, a few days after USDA’s supply and demand estimates, Statistics Canada is already set […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Canola ending stocks down on year, but beat expectations

Sep. 8, 2021 at 7:50 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Canadian canola ending stocks were down sharply at the end of 2020-21 compared to the previous marketing year, but still came out well ahead of trade expectations. Many other crops also saw larger-than-expected carryout numbers in Statistics Canada’s principal field crop stocks report as of July 31, 2021, […]

By Adam Peleshaty

Nexera canola seed to come with heat blast insurance

Sep. 2, 2021 at 1:40 pm CDT

Farmers can’t prevent canola flowers from aborting in hot weather resulting in lower yields, but one seed company is providing some insurance against it — as part of the price of the seed. Brevant’s Nexera canola seed comes with a “a first-of-its-kind” insurance policy worth up to $100 an acre […]

By Allan Dawson