Insights and Stories on Canola Yields

Sep. 30, 2015 at 5:10 pm CDT

CNS Canada –– ICE Futures Canada canola contracts finished higher for the week ended Wednesday, posting gains of $9-$10 per tonne despite mounting harvest pressure and large world supplies of vegetable oil. The slumping Canadian dollar, which momentarily reached its lowest point in 11 years during the session, has been […]

By Dave Sims

Sep. 30, 2015 at 4:23 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Yields are generally beating earlier expectations as the harvest progresses across Western Canada, which should lead to upward revisions to canola and wheat when Statistics Canada releases its latest production survey results Friday. However, those numbers still may be underreported, and further revisions are expected in subsequent […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Aug. 20, 2015 at 11:15 am CDT

CNS Canada –– The ICE Futures Canada canola market moved lower during the week ended Wednesday, breaking below the key support level of C$480 per tonne in the November contract. With the technical bias pointed lower, further weakness is expected to be in store for the commodity. “I think the […]

By Terryn Shiells

Jun. 24, 2015 at 6:38 pm CDT

CNS Canada — ICE Futures Canada canola contracts climbed to their highest levels in two years during the week ended Wednesday, with mounting weather concerns across the Prairies the key driver in the market. “This thing will keep going until we get some rain,” said Jerry Klassen, manager of GAP […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin