Insights and Stories on Canola

Ceres plans southern Saskatchewan canola crush plant

May. 25, 2021 at 7:24 am CDT

U.S. ag commodities firm Ceres Global Ag, which in recent years has built up a Prairie grain and oilseed origination hub near the North Dakota border in southeastern Saskatchewan, now plans to crush canola there also. The Minneapolis company said Tuesday it plans to spend US$350 million to build an […]

Dry weather may cut into Canadian crop prospects, AAFC says

May. 21, 2021 at 9:25 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Net long position in canola edging down

May. 21, 2021 at 9:07 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Forecast, flea beetles complicate canola timing

May. 14, 2021 at 7:20 pm CDT

By Alexis Stockford

ICE weekly outlook: Rain needed to bolster canola crop

May. 12, 2021 at 6:02 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Canada left with very tight canola, barley stocks

May. 7, 2021 at 9:11 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Statistics Canada’s grain stocks report leaves no question that canola stocks have been tight for some time in Canada and will continue to be unless demand is slashed, according to independent trader Jerry Klassen in Winnipeg. “You can’t find canola anywhere in the country and the stocks that […]

By MarketsFarm

ICE weekly outlook: Canola’s uptrend intact for now

May. 5, 2021 at 10:00 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — The ICE Futures canola market continued its months-long upward trajectory during the week ended Wednesday, hitting fresh contract highs in many months as tight old-crop supplies and weather uncertainty for the new crop kept speculators on the buy side. While selling was starting to come forward to temper […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

ICE weekly outlook: Challenging crop year ahead for canola

Apr. 28, 2021 at 5:21 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — With declines in canola following Statistics Canada’s bullish-leaning projections for acres, it’s becoming more difficult to determine which way prices will trend in coming weeks and months. “Where are prices going to go? In any given year that’s challenging, especially in this year,” said David Derwin, analyst for […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

StatsCan’s projected canola area on low side of expectations

Apr. 27, 2021 at 12:10 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — As the market grapples with new planting projections from Statistics Canada, one thing was abundantly clear to MarketsFarm Pro analyst Mike Jubinville: this canola forecast isn’t enough to rectify tight ending stocks. In StatsCan’s survey-based principal field crop areas report, released Tuesday, the federal agency pegged canola acres […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Viterra plans major canola crusher for Regina

Apr. 26, 2021 at 4:58 pm CDT

Grain handler and processor Viterra is taking its plans to build the world’s biggest canola crusher to its Prairie home town. The North American arm of Rotterdam-based Viterra said Monday it’s in the “feasibility” stage of designing and finalizing plans for what it bills as the “world’s largest integrated canola […]

By Dave Bedard