Insights and Stories on Canola

Canada frets about potential Chinese crackdown on more exports

Jun. 6, 2019 at 6:12 pm CDT

Ottawa | Reuters — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Thursday he was concerned that China could broaden its crackdown on Canada’s exports, and that he might seek a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping later this month. China has already blocked imports of Canadian canola seed and looks […]

Canadian wheat sales to China hit 14-year high despite dispute

Jun. 6, 2019 at 5:58 pm CDT

By Karl Plume Rod Nickel

Cash advance boost to take effect next week

Jun. 3, 2019 at 2:43 pm CDT

By GFM Staff

Pence, Trudeau to discuss Huawei, China trade issues in Ottawa

May. 29, 2019 at 6:44 pm CDT

By Roberta Rampton

Canada’s realized net farm income way down in 2018

May. 28, 2019 at 7:12 pm CDT

By GFM Staff

Timing not yet set on expanded advance payments for canola

May. 24, 2019 at 8:32 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — With no clear end in sight to the dispute between China and Canada over Canadian canola, producers are anxious to know how and when they might access support programs to maintain cash flow. Since plans to help canola growers through expansions to the federal Advance Payments Program (APP) […]

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

Huge increase predicted in canola ending stocks

May. 21, 2019 at 6:35 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Canadian canola carryout stocks are forecast to rise to a record 5.3 million tonnes by the end of the 2019-20 marketing year, more than doubling the previous five-year average, according to updated estimates from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s market analysis division. While the department, in its estimates, expects […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

ICE weekly outlook: Little for canola bids to stand on

May. 8, 2019 at 8:19 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — There wasn’t much available to sustain a bounce in canola prices, from where David Derwin sits. “It’s really tough to say. We had canola drop so much over the last couple of months and sometimes it’s ‘buy the rumour, sell the fact,’” said Derwin, a commodities portfolio manager […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Canada needs ‘reset’ on China, Scheer says

May. 7, 2019 at 3:55 pm CDT

Ottawa | Reuters — Canada’s opposition leader on Tuesday attacked Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for being too soft on China and said there needs to be a “total reset” on relations with the Asian powerhouse. Conservative Party leader Andrew Scheer spoke amid an escalating diplomatic dispute that has followed Canada’s […]

By Steve Scherer

Fed-up Canada tells U.S. to help with China crisis or forget about favours

May. 6, 2019 at 11:22 am CDT

Ottawa | Reuters — Canada is leaning on the United States to help settle a dispute with China, which has started to block imports of vital Canadian commodities amid a dispute over a detained Huawei executive. In a sign of increasing frustration at what it sees as a lacklustre U.S. […]

By David Ljunggren