Insights and Stories on Canola

China’s ban on Canadian canola expands to Viterra

Mar. 26, 2019 at 11:13 am CDT

Beijing/Ottawa | Reuters — China expanded its ban on Canadian canola seed imports on Tuesday to include shipments from Viterra, the latest development in a wider trade dispute between the two countries. Viterra is the second canola exporter to have its registration cancelled, after Beijing halted shipments from top exporter […]

Monthly Canadian canola crush well below average

Mar. 22, 2019 at 12:19 pm CDT

By MarketsFarm Team

China stops buying Canadian canola

Mar. 21, 2019 at 5:02 pm CDT

By Allan Dawson

ICE weekly outlook: Little to sustain canola bids in bear market

Mar. 20, 2019 at 8:44 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Fund short position climbs in canola

Mar. 15, 2019 at 6:58 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

ICE weekly outlook: Trade among issues hurting market

Mar. 13, 2019 at 3:39 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — ICE canola futures are in trouble for a number of reasons, according to Exceed Grain senior marketing analyst Wayne Palmer. “We’re in a lot of trouble unless Trump signs this deal with China,” he said. Reports have stated the U.S. and China will sign a trade agreement at […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

China forecasts rising soy imports to make up for less canola

Mar. 8, 2019 at 1:20 pm CST

Beijing | Reuters — China on Friday raised its forecast for soybean imports during the 2018-19 crop year to 85 million tonnes, up from 83.65 million in last month’s outlook, after the country’s customs agency suspended some imports of rival oilseed canola. China’s ministry of agriculture and rural affairs said […]

By Reuters

Canada working to end China’s canola block, Freeland says

Mar. 7, 2019 at 8:41 am CST

Montreal — The Canadian government is working hard to reopen Richardson International’s Canadian canola markets in China, says Chrystia Freeland, Canada’s minister of foreign affairs. “We’re working closely with Canadian farmers and Canadian industry,” Freeland said in a brief interview after speaking at the Canadian Crops Convention (CCC) here Wednesday. […]

By Allan Dawson

ICE weekly outlook: China worries keep market trending down

Mar. 6, 2019 at 3:50 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Canola futures on the ICE Futures U.S. platform dropped sharply during the week ended Wednesday, hitting their lowest levels in 2-1/2 years. Concerns over declining Chinese demand sparked the latest selloff in canola amid news that the major canola-buying country had blocked shipments from Canada’s Richardson International. Canadian […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Richardson disputes China claim of ‘hazardous pests’ in canola

Mar. 6, 2019 at 1:16 pm CST

Beijing/Chicago | Reuters — Canadian agribusiness Richardson International said on Wednesday that canola it shipped to China met regulatory requirements after a Chinese official charged that “hazardous pests” were found in samples taken recently from Canadian canola imports. Beijing this month cancelled Richardson’s registration to ship Canadian canola to China, […]

By ben-blanchard Tom Polansek