Insights and Stories on Canola

Sep. 9, 2020 at 12:21 am CDT

MarketsFarm — Fund traders remain bullish on soybeans and canola, adding to their net long positions in the two oilseeds, according to the latest commitment of traders (CoT) report from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). Managed money fund traders were holding a net long position in ICE Futures […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Sep. 4, 2020 at 4:37 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Statistics Canada’s stocks of principal field crops report detailed tight ending stocks for lentils durum and canola. As of July 31, lentil stocks totalled just 61,000 tonnes, down by 91.5 per cent from last year. Exports were up by over 30 per cent year-over-year, which accounted for some […]

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

Sep. 2, 2020 at 8:23 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — ICE Futures canola contracts remained pointed higher during the week ended Wednesday, hitting some of their best levels in two years. However, its upside may be limited as harvest picks up over the next month. “Canola could go a little higher, but we’re probably pushing upper ranges for […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Aug. 31, 2020 at 11:45 am CDT

MarketsFarm — Canada’s farmers will have grown their second-largest wheat crop on record in 2020, according to the first production estimates of the year from Statistics Canada, as released Monday. The government agency pegged total wheat production in the country for 2020-21 at 35.74 million tonnes, up 10.5 per cent […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Aug. 26, 2020 at 7:55 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Canola on ICE Futures has continued to push higher over the last week largely due to the growing strength in soyoil on the Chicago Board of Trade. “We got soyoil at a seven-month high and that’s certainly a supportive factor in continuing to underpin our market,” said Keith […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm