Insights and Stories on Oilseeds

ICE weekly outlook: Canola waits for U.S. shutdown to end

Jan. 2, 2019 at 5:19 pm CST

CNS Canada — The ICE Futures canola market, like its fellow commodity markets, currently sits at the mercy of the U.S. government shutdown, according to one analyst. “It all has to do with the government shutdown in the States. Soybeans keep on rallying, than they lose ground towards the end […]

ICE weekly outlook: Cheaper canola could stir up export interest

Dec. 12, 2018 at 6:39 pm CST

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm

ICE weekly outlook: Canola at mercy of U.S. soy

Nov. 28, 2018 at 8:10 pm CST

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm

ICE weekly outlook: Canola corrects off lows, more losses possible

Nov. 21, 2018 at 7:25 pm CST

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Sunflower production seen beating StatsCan estimates

Oct. 18, 2018 at 2:39 pm CDT

By Terry Fries

World crop briefs: Black Sea’s oilseed yields seen larger

Oct. 17, 2018 at 5:05 pm CDT

CNS Canada — The Black Sea region’s oilseed crop for 2018-19 is estimated 160,000 tonnes higher, at 43.36 million tonnes, according to the latest estimates by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. In its October estimates, USDA estimated Ukraine rapeseed production would come in at 100,000 tonnes more than previous estimates […]

By MarketsFarm Team

Organic crops show strong quality as Prairie harvest drags on

Sep. 28, 2018 at 9:37 am CDT

By Terry Fries Commodity News Service Canada While many organic producers struggle to complete harvest in the wake of recent rain and snow, the overall crop quality appears good. While some downgrading due to weather may yet occur, the general consensus is that most growers are seeing good crops. Read […]

By OrganicBiz

Sunflowers look good overall, bumper crops for some

Sep. 20, 2018 at 3:12 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Luc Remillard expects to be one happy farmer next week. He’s expecting to get into sunflower fields on land he farms with his father in Manitoba’s southern Red River Valley. “It’s right up there with any bumper crop that we’ve had the valley here,” he said. Remillard, […]

By Terry Fries

ICE weekly outlook: Canola set to chop around bottom end of long-term range

Aug. 29, 2018 at 7:14 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Contracts on the ICE Futures canola market are bracing for turbulence in coming days as trade negotiations between Canada and the U.S. and a looming production report from Statistics Canada take centre stage. According to one analyst, these and other factors may play havoc with the Canadian […]

By Dave Sims

ICE weekly outlook: Canola futures brace for harvest pressure

Aug. 22, 2018 at 10:21 pm CDT

CNS Canada — ICE Futures canola contracts continued to hang above the psychologically-important $500 per tonne mark during the week ended Wednesday, but the real test could be in the coming weeks as harvest kicks into full gear. The front-month November contract rose $2.10 during the week to $506.90 per […]