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ICE May 2022 canola (candlesticks, right column) with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages (yellow, green and black lines) and NYMEX May 2022 WTI crude oil (grey line, left column). (Barchart)

ICE weekly outlook: Strong canola market to ‘see both sides of rainbow’

MarketsFarm — ICE Futures canola contracts climbed to their highest levels ever during the week ended Wednesday before running into some profit-taking resistance. Its general uptrend remains intact for the time being, but a downturn is also inevitable. The nearby May canola contract hit a session high of $1,177.80 per tonne on Wednesday, before backing

CCA president Bob Lowe speaks at a press conference in Ottawa on March 21, 2022, calling for federal back-to-work legislation to end a work stoppage at Canadian Pacific Railway. (CPAC video screengrab via YouTube)

Crops, Markets

Ag industry groups seek legislated end to CP stoppage

Feed, fertilizer traffic already way behind, groups say

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News March 22, 2022

Warning they don’t have time to wait on negotiation, representatives for cattle feeders, fertilizer producers and grain growers took to Parliament Hill on Monday to press for the federal government to instead legislate Canadian Pacific Railway’s engineers and conductors back to work. Traffic halted on CP lines just after midnight ET Sunday morning as the

Crops, Markets

AAFC warns of uncertainty in latest crop outlook

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin March 19, 2022

MarketsFarm — The supply/demand balance sheets for Canada’s major crops were largely left unchanged in the latest outlook Friday from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. While the March report only saw minor revisions, the government agency cautioned that “the economic outlook, for the world and Canadian grain markets, is particularly uncertain due to the Russian invasion

Grain Markets, Markets

Grain markets: Wheat values leap, drop in volatile trade

By Phil Franz-Warkentin March 17, 2022

North American grain and oilseed markets remained highly volatile in early March, with wheat seeing some of the largest price swings as traders reacted to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and tried to figure out what the situation might mean for global trade. Chicago soft wheat originally led the three U.S. wheat contracts to the upside,

ICE July 2022 canola (candlesticks) with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages (yellow, green and black lines). (Barchart)

Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Canola lower, but expected to climb

By GFM Network News, Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm March 16, 2022

MarketsFarm — Although canola prices closed lower on Wednesday, the Canadian oilseed is seen as still likely to grind higher in the coming weeks. “The charts and the patterns that have developed, and are still in place for canola, have been kind of the same for the past few months. The longer-term trends are still

Crops

Oil content of Canada’s canola well below average in 2021

By GFM Network News, Marketsfarm March 16, 2022

MarketsFarm — The average oil content of Canada’s canola crop came in well below normal in 2021-22, according to the final quality report for the year from the Canadian Grain Commission (CGC). The average oil content came in at only 41.3 per cent for the year, which compares with 44.1 per cent the previous year

Comment, Op/Ed

Comment: Biofuels are a fake climate change solution

There are too many costs of all types to make biofuels a solution to our problems

By Kenneth Sigurdson March 15, 2022

Biofuels in Canada cannot be produced without a subsidy or a government order called a mandate. The Canadian and various provincial governments are again increasing biofuel mandates as a simple solution to the serious climate change crisis we face. But are biofuels the solution politicians claim? Biofuels sound good and with mandates they cost government

News

Manitoba Crop Alliance launches 2022 Advanced Payments Program

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff March 15, 2022

The Manitoba Crop Alliance (MCA) is now accepting applications for the 2022 Advance Payments Program (APP), with funds to be issued starting April 1, 2022. MCA is one of the commodity groups that administers the AAFC program that provides no- and low-interest cash advances to ease cash flow on farms. “The APP is a valuable

ICE May 2022 canola (candlesticks) with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages (yellow, green and black lines). (Barchart)

Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Canola’s contract highs still underpriced

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin March 10, 2022

MarketsFarm — The ICE Futures canola market posted solid gains during the week ended Wednesday, hitting fresh contract highs in many months. The most active May contract hit a session high of $1,143.70 per tonne on Wednesday, but settled off that mark at $1,125.20 per tonne. While canola may be trading in uncharted territory, there

The Roquette pea protein plant near Portage la Prairie. Manitoba’s protein industry has grown significantly since the plant was announced in 2017.

Farmit Manitoba

HALFWAY THERE: Manitoba at midpoint of protein strategy goals

The province has rolled out Project ASPIRE to implement its sustainable protein action framework

By Geralyn Wichers March 9, 2022

The province is over halfway to meeting the investment and employment goals within its Protein Advantage Strategy, said Ag Minister Derek Johnson. “This is outstanding,” said Johnson as he opened the virtual Manitoba Protein Summit on February 22. Manitoba attracted around $73 million in new investment in 2021 for a total of $753 million in new protein

Daily Network News

Mosaic misses profit estimates on weak U.S. phosphate demand

Consultations open on expanded regulations for drone pesticide application

Pulse weekly: USDA to buy US$75 million in pulses as part of support package

Canola

ICE weekly outlook: Strong canola market to ‘see both sides of rainbow’

Ag industry groups seek legislated end to CP stoppage

AAFC warns of uncertainty in latest crop outlook

Grain markets: Wheat values leap, drop in volatile trade

ICE weekly outlook: Canola lower, but expected to climb

Oil content of Canada’s canola well below average in 2021

Comment: Biofuels are a fake climate change solution

Manitoba Crop Alliance launches 2022 Advanced Payments Program

ICE weekly outlook: Canola’s contract highs still underpriced

HALFWAY THERE: Manitoba at midpoint of protein strategy goals

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