Insights and Stories on Oilseeds

Canola crush of 2022 smallest in five years

Mar. 13, 2023 at 3:44 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Statistics Canada (StatCan) reported that 2022 had the smallest domestic canola crush for a calendar year since 2017. As well, 2022 marked the smallest canola oil production in five years and the least amount of canola meal produced in four years. The sharp reduction of canola being crushed […]

ICE weekly outlook: Canola drifts downward with soybeans

Mar. 1, 2023 at 6:47 pm CST

By Adam Peleshaty

Prices for organic grains steady to lower

Feb. 28, 2023 at 3:58 pm CST

By OrganicBiz

AAFC revises crop estimates

Feb. 17, 2023 at 6:11 pm CST

By MarketsFarm

China to plant more soy, speed up GMOs to ensure food supply

Feb. 13, 2023 at 8:18 pm CST

By Dominique Patton

ICE weekly outlook: March canola unchanged from last week

Feb. 8, 2023 at 4:25 pm CST

MarketsFarm — The ICE Futures canola market was once again trading rangebound for the week ended Wednesday, as the March contract was left unchanged from one week earlier at $828.20. The contract oscillated between a range of $819.40 and $837 per tonne during the week, all the while seemingly immune […]

By Adam Peleshaty

ICE weekly outlook: Choppy trading for canola, other oilseeds

Feb. 1, 2023 at 6:31 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Expect canola and other oilseed markets to remain choppy for the time being, according to trader Ken Ball of PI Financial in Winnipeg. “All of the markets are very choppy and erratic. They’re very nervous markets,” Ball emphasized, noting war in Ukraine and drought in Argentina are having […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Commodity merchant Louis Dreyfus creates food solutions unit

Dec. 13, 2022 at 5:59 pm CST

Paris | Reuters — Agricultural commodity merchant Louis Dreyfus Co. (LDC) has created a food and feed solutions business line as part of efforts to diversify its activities in step with consumer trends, the company said on Tuesday. The new unit will focus on developing LDC’s presence in the lecithin, […]

By Reuters

CBOT weekly outlook: Soy futures find support, but upside limited

Dec. 7, 2022 at 6:40 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Solid export demand, a short squeeze by fund traders and production uncertainty in South America have all propped up Chicago soybean futures over the past week, with more gains possible ahead of the year-end before correcting lower, according to an analyst. With the South American harvest still some […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

ICE weekly outlook: Canola’s sideways market nears low end of range

Nov. 23, 2022 at 5:48 pm CST

MarketsFarm — ICE Futures canola contracts slid lower during the week ended Wednesday but remain stuck in a sideways trading range overall. The January contract has held within a range from $800 to $900 per tonne for the past five months, with the market still well within that range despite […]