Insights and Stories on Canola

USDA lowers Canadian canola export forecast

Apr. 10, 2019 at 10:23 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — The slowing pace of Canadian canola exports, linked to the country’s trade dispute with China, saw the U.S. Department of Agriculture lower its forecast for Canadian canola exports in the current 2018-19 marketing year. In its latest Oilseeds: World Markets and Trade report, USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service said […]

ICE weekly outlook: Canola hinges on iffy U.S.-China deal

Apr. 10, 2019 at 8:08 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

CBOT weekly outlook: Weather, flooding are main focus

Apr. 3, 2019 at 1:57 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

China has not escalated canola seed dispute with Canada, Ottawa says

Apr. 3, 2019 at 1:27 pm CDT

By Reuters

Third canola exporter runs into trouble in China

Apr. 2, 2019 at 8:33 pm CDT

By David Ljunggren

Canada to set up working group for China canola push

Apr. 1, 2019 at 10:21 pm CDT

Canola industry stakeholders and provincial officials are to join federal officials in a co-ordinated push to resolve China’s issues with Canadian canola, cabinet ministers said Monday. Speaking Monday in Ottawa, Canada’s Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau and International Trade Diversification Minister Jim Carr said they’ve set up a new working group […]

By GFM Staff

BASF Ag Solutions to move Canadian head office west

Mar. 29, 2019 at 8:03 pm CDT

The Canadian arm of BASF Agricultural Solutions plans to relocate its head office to Calgary from Mississauga effective Oct. 1. The crop protection arm of the German chemical company said Wednesday it wants to move the Canadian head office “closer to customers” after closing its deals last year to buy […]

Canada takes tougher line with China over canola ban, demands evidence

Mar. 28, 2019 at 4:24 pm CDT

Ottawa | Reuters — Canada on Thursday took a notably tougher line with China over its ban on Canadian imports of canola seed, saying Beijing had provided no scientific evidence to justify the move and was hurting its own reputation. China, citing the discovery of pests, expanded its ban on […]

By David Ljunggren

China’s battle against Canadian canola looms over soy

Mar. 26, 2019 at 8:15 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — As headlines are transfixed with China’s ongoing dispute with Canada, some are concerned soybeans will receive the same treatment as canola. “We’ll still use quite a few soybeans in this country as it is,” said Dale McManus, a grain broker with Johnston’s Grain at Welwyn, Sask. However, he […]

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

ICE: Canola weakens on fresh China concerns

Mar. 26, 2019 at 6:52 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — ICE Canada canola futures dropped on Tuesday after China, the top buyer, expanded its ban on Canadian canola seed imports. China’s ban now includes shipments from Viterra, the latest development in a wider trade dispute between the two countries. May canola futures ended $5 lower at […]

By Reuters