Insights and Stories on Palm Oil

Palm oil 101: Sought-after crop holds sway over oilseed trade

Dec. 31, 2019 at 2:25 am CST

MarketsFarm — Palm oil may be grown halfway around the world in conditions much different than on the Canadian Prairies, but the outsized influence of the crop on world oilseed markets makes it an important factor to watch when considering canola prices. Indonesia and Malaysia are the world’s largest producers […]

U.S. grains: Soybean futures set two-week high

Dec. 9, 2019 at 6:51 pm CST

By Tom Polansek

ICE weekly outlook: Palm oil shortage leads to canola rally

Nov. 20, 2019 at 4:32 pm CST

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Crude oil and canola part company, for now

Jul. 13, 2018 at 4:14 pm CDT

By Dave Sims

U.S. grains: Corn, soy up on short-covering

Dec. 22, 2017 at 3:33 pm CST

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Soybeans at three-month low

Dec. 21, 2017 at 5:46 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell to a three-month low on Thursday, the sixth straight session of declines, on pressure from easing vegetable oil prices and improving crop weather in South America. Wheat and corn futures both were the highest in more than a week, with prices notching […]

By Michael Hirtzer

Partially hydrogenated oils on the way out

Sep. 20, 2017 at 1:58 am CDT

The federal government has served a year’s notice on partially hydrogenated oils (PHOs) as ingredients in foods sold in Canada. Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor announced Friday that PHOs will be added to Canada’s List of Contaminants and Other Adulterating Substances effective Sept. 15, 2018, giving Canadian food processors and […]

By Staff

ICE weekly outlook: Canola pointed lower

Feb. 1, 2017 at 6:02 pm CST

CNS Canada — ICE Futures Canada canola contracts saw a bit of a corrective bounce on Wednesday but their overall trend remains pointed lower, with the winter highs possibly in for now, according to an analyst. “The technical and the fundamentals are pointing down,” said Errol Anderson of Pro Market […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Canola acres seen rising on high prices

Jan. 17, 2017 at 5:53 pm CST

Brandon | Reuters — Canadian canola plantings may rise slightly in spring as farmers seek to cash in before an expected drop in vegetable oil prices as palm crops recover from drought that hit major Southeast Asian producers, German oilseed analysis firm Oil World said Tuesday. Plantings will rise by […]

By Rod Nickel

ICE weekly outlook: Canola faces supply questions

Oct. 26, 2016 at 4:57 pm CDT

CNS Canada — ICE Futures Canada canola contracts moved higher during the week ended Wednesday, as persistent weather problems in Western Canada and gains in world vegetable oil markets provided support. “The most important variable for the canola market is trends in the global vegetable oil markets,” said Mike Jubinville […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

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