Insights and Stories on Canola

China’s block on canola seen as blowback from diplomatic spat

Mar. 5, 2019 at 9:59 pm CST

Montreal — Canola industry leaders attending the first Canadian Crops Convention here this week say they don’t know why China has abruptly blocked imports of Canadian canola from Richardson International, Canada’s biggest grain company. But according to a senior Richardson official it’s in retaliation to the diplomatic spat between China […]

China blocks some Richardson canola shipments

Mar. 5, 2019 at 9:33 am CST

By Dominique Patton Rod Nickel

ICE weekly outlook: More losses likely for soft canola

Feb. 27, 2019 at 7:27 pm CST

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Input Capital to consider company sale, merger, cannabis

Feb. 27, 2019 at 12:14 pm CST

By GFM Staff

Canola exports still sluggish, but grains solid

Feb. 22, 2019 at 8:18 pm CST

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

DowDuPont’s Corteva arm buys Clearfield canola system

Feb. 20, 2019 at 8:23 pm CST

On the market since last summer, BASF’s herbicide-tolerant, non-GMO Clearfield canola business in Canada and the U.S. has landed at the door of Corteva Agriscience. Corteva, the merged seed and chemical business of Dow and DuPont, announced Wednesday it has closed a deal to buy the Clearfield system, including its […]

By GFM Staff

ICE weekly outlook: Oversold canola still fundamentally bearish

Feb. 20, 2019 at 6:16 pm CST

ICE canola futures are starting to look oversold after falling contract lows during the week ended Wednesday. While a short-term technical correction is possible, the underlying fundamentals remain bearish. “Canola might be a little bit short-term oversold,” said Ken Ball of PI Financial in Winnipeg. Signs that exports were perking […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Canadian canola runs into Chinese delays after Huawei arrest

Feb. 5, 2019 at 8:39 pm CST

Winnipeg/Beijing | Reuters — A political dispute between China and Canada over the arrest of a Huawei executive is slowing canola shipments through Chinese ports and causing some importers to hesitate to buy from their biggest supplier, according to interviews with a dozen traders. Since Canadian authorities arrested Huawei chief […]

By Dominique Patton Hallie Gu Rod Nickel

StatsCan canola stocks numbers point to big carryout

Feb. 5, 2019 at 7:43 pm CST

As two analysts looked at Statistics Canada’s latest report on total stocks of principal field crops, they immediately zeroed in on canola. Statistics Canada’s report, released Tuesday, shows canola stocks as of Dec. 31, 2018 were at 14.553 million tonnes, up 4.9 per cent from year-earlier levels, “The numbers are […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

ICE weekly outlook: Canola waits on trade talks, USDA reports

Jan. 30, 2019 at 5:29 pm CST

ICE canola futures are quiet at the end of January, but could see some movement from outside influences in the coming weeks, according to Exceed Grain senior marketing analyst Wayne Palmer. “Everybody is waiting to see what’s going to happen with the Chinese/United States (trade) talks,” he said. Two days […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm