Insights and Stories on Canola

Bunge crush plant taking deliveries after fire

Aug. 11, 2016 at 11:47 am CDT

U.S. agrifood firm Bunge’s canola crushing plant at Nipawin in northeastern Saskatchewan is taking deliveries from farmers following an Aug. 2 fire. Bunge spokesperson Deb Seidel said via email Tuesday the plant is “partially operational” and the company expects it to be fully operational in about a month. Local media […]

Canada, China meet to solve canola spat as deadline looms

Aug. 10, 2016 at 3:25 pm CDT

By Rod Nickel

Proposed Chinese canola dockage rules worry Canadian industry

Jul. 26, 2016 at 3:50 pm CDT

By Dave Sims

Five reasons to hold off on swathing canola

Jul. 19, 2016 at 11:27 am CDT

By Julienne Isaacs

Cleavers not threatening exports, Canola Council says

May. 31, 2016 at 6:52 pm CDT

By Dave Sims

Newfoundland’s first canola field seeded

May. 20, 2016 at 8:11 pm CDT

Provincial crop researchers in Newfoundland and Labrador have scored a first for the province this spring by seeding its first-ever canola field. Dignitaries including Premier Dwight Ball and Christopher Mitchelmore, the minister responsible for the provincial Forestry and Agrifoods Agency, attended the seeding Friday near Pasadena, about 30 km east of […]

By Staff

Prairie canola weathers early frost test

May. 16, 2016 at 7:36 pm CDT

CNS Canada –– Despite freezing temperatures in some parts of Western Canada over the past few days, canola appears to be relatively healthy, according to crop watchers. While the true extent of freezing mornings that started last Thursday and stretched into the weekend isn’t yet completely known, two agronomy specialists […]

By Dave Sims

China may pay more for canola if standard changes

Apr. 7, 2016 at 4:57 pm CDT

Winnipeg | Reuters –– Richardson International, one of Canada’s two largest grain handlers, may raise the price of canola shipments to China to reflect Beijing’s costly higher standard, its CEO said Thursday. The Chinese Embassy in Ottawa said in March that China had delayed to Sept. 1 its new standard for […]

By Rod Nickel

China delays implementing Canadian canola standard

Mar. 29, 2016 at 10:57 am CDT

Winnipeg | Reuters –– China has delayed implementing a tougher standard on Canadian canola shipments, just days before it was to take effect, as a result of talks between the two countries, a Chinese government spokesperson said. China’s new standard for foreign material in canola shipments will take effect Sept. […]

By Rod Nickel

China, Canada in talks as tougher canola standard nears

Mar. 28, 2016 at 3:36 pm CDT

Winnipeg | Reuters –– Canada and China are in talks about Beijing’s plans to toughen its standard on Canadian canola imports, an industry official said on Monday, just days before the change takes effect. China’s quarantine authority, AQSIQ, notified the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) last month that it would […]

By Rod Nickel