Insights and Stories on Canola

Statistics Canada boosts crop production estimates

Sep. 12, 2019 at 8:40 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Updated model-based production estimates on Thursday from Statistics Canada expect larger yields for most of the major crops grown in the country — and while harvest operations are still ongoing, the actual crops may end up larger still. “All of the numbers are bigger, whether it’s durum, spring […]

ICE weekly outlook: Canola breaks out of week-long funk

Sep. 11, 2019 at 8:03 pm CDT

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

Frost strikes in numerous spots in Manitoba

Sep. 11, 2019 at 7:50 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Big Ag wants a cut of booming fake-meat market

Sep. 11, 2019 at 5:22 am CDT

By Rod Nickel Tom Polansek

Clubroot able to beat resistant canola reaches Manitoba

Sep. 10, 2019 at 3:01 pm CDT

By GFM Staff

Canada takes first step at WTO to challenge China’s canola ban

Sep. 6, 2019 at 7:05 pm CDT

Ottawa | Reuters — Canada, locked in a major dispute with Beijing, is taking the first formal step at the World Trade Organization to challenge China’s decision to block Canadian canola exports, Trade Minister Jim Carr said Friday. China, angry at Canada’s detention of a top Huawei Technologies executive last […]

By David Ljunggren

StatsCan confirms record-large canola ending stocks

Sep. 6, 2019 at 6:54 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Canadian canola ending stocks hit a new record for the 2018-19 crop year, according to updated data Statistics Canada released Friday. Canadian canola stocks as of July 31 came in at 3.9 million tonnes, up by 55 per cent on the year and about 800,000 tonnes above the […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Fund traders add to net short positions in canola, corn

Sep. 6, 2019 at 6:25 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Fund traders added to their large net short position in canola during the week ended Tuesday, according to the latest commitment of traders (CoT) report from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). The net managed money short position in canola came in Tuesday at 65,750, an increase […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Industry groups hail appointment of new China envoy

Sep. 5, 2019 at 3:27 am CDT

Ottawa | Reuters — Canada has appointed veteran business consultant Dominic Barton as ambassador to China, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Wednesday, as the government grapples with a major diplomatic and trade dispute between the nations. Barton, 56, a Ugandan-born Canadian who stepped down as global managing partner of […]

By David Ljunggren

ICE weekly outlook: Count on canola remaining rangebound

Sep. 4, 2019 at 8:25 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Despite three reports to be released between now and Thursday next week, canola is very likely to remain rangebound along with other oilseeds, said David Derwin of PI Financial in Winnipeg. Statistics Canada on Friday will release its report for grain stocks as of July 31; then the […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm