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Michael Eskin is a professor in the department of food and human nutritional sciences at the University of Manitoba.

Pioneer canola researcher awarded the Order of Manitoba

Faces of Ag: He sings, he raps and his scholarship helped make canola what it is today

By Geralyn Wichers June 15, 2021

Michael Eskin has a career in biochemistry and food science going back more than 50 years, but last time he was in the news it was for something different: music. His song commemorating the centenary of the discovery of insulin, as reported by CBC, got picked up by the American Oil Chemists’ Society, and Eskin

News

MCGA contributes $100,000 to Prairie Innovation Centre

The money will support an industry-education ‘Collaboration Zone’

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff June 14, 2021

The Manitoba Canola Growers Association (MCGA) has committed $100,000 to sponsor an industry collaboration area, the Collaboration Zone, within Assiniboine Community College’s Prairie Innovation Centre for Sustainable Agriculture. “Working with industry is an integral piece of the vision for the centre,” said Tim Hore, dean of the School of Agriculture and Environment, in a media

Market participants are banking on new-crop canola production to help relieve glaring supply shortages.

Grain Markets, Markets

Traders largely abandon old-crop July canola

New-crop crush margins imply canola is still relatively cheap

By Phil Franz-Warkentin June 10, 2021

The ICE Futures canola market moved higher during the first week of June, as a heat wave heightened dryness concerns across the Prairies. With North American seeding operations nearing completion, attention in the agricultural futures should be squarely on weather forecasts heading into the summer months. Environment Canada issued heat warnings across all of Western Canada, while

Just a few years ago, many thought their acreage could beat out canola as the province’s top crop.

Crops, News

Where are Manitoba’s soybeans?

Although predictions of three million acres haven’t been reached, there are signs of resurgence

By Allan Dawson June 10, 2021

[UPDATED: June 14, 2021] According to some old forecasts Manitoba would be growing close to three million acres of soybeans annually by 2018 — challenging canola as this province’s top crop. But last year Manitoba farmers grew just 1.04 million insured acres of soybeans marking the third year of decline since plantings peaked at a

ICE November 2021 canola (candlesticks) with Bollinger bands (20,2) and July 2021 canola (yellow open/high/low/close). (Barchart)

Crops, Markets, Weather

ICE weekly outlook: Canola market pits weather against supplies

By GFM Network News, Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm June 9, 2021

MarketsFarm — As dry conditions remained prevalent across the Canadian Prairies and U.S. northern Plains, despite recent precipitation, the markets were in a struggle between the weather and tightening supplies, according to Winnipeg analyst Wayne Palmer of Exceed Grain. So far for the week of June 7, central and northern Alberta received rain, followed by

Crop Report, Crops, News

Crop recovery good after late-May frost, flea beetle pressure on canola sees reseeding

Manitoba Crop Report and Crop Weather report for June 8

By Manitoba Agriculture June 8, 2021

Southwest Region Daytime temperatures across the Southwest region reached the mid- 30 C mark; average temperatures ranged from 18 to 21 C. The 37 C high over the weekend came with damaging winds. In general, most of the southern parts of the Southwest region received 2 to 10 mm. The majority of the northern districts

Corn seedlings on the rebound after frost damage in a field near Ste. Rose du Lac.

Crops, News

Slow crop emergence may have averted worst of late-May frost damage

Reseeding claims fewer than expected after long period of frigid temperatures, says MASC

By Geralyn Wichers June 7, 2021

Slow crop emergence may have saved the lives of a few canola plants after a hard frost hit most of agro-Manitoba on May 26 to 27. “We maybe feared the worst, and I would say we’re pleasantly surprised to this point,” said David Van Deynze, Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation’s (MASC) chief product officer. Between May

News

Ceres Global latest to build Canadian canola plant as oilseed demand spikes

The Prairies have already seen three major canola-crushing announcements earlier this year

By Arunima Kumar, Rod Nickel June 4, 2021

Reuters – U.S. agriculture company Ceres Global Ag Corp. said May 25 it will build a $350-million canola-crushing facility near the U.S.-Canadian border in Northgate, Sask., the latest project to capitalize on surging oilseed demand. Canada is the biggest global producer and exporter of canola. Plans for North American refineries to produce renewable diesel, a

Grain Markets, Markets

Canola’s pullback snaps in a big way

Expect further significant swings in coming weeks

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm June 3, 2021

When the downturn in ICE Futures canola finally gave way, it did so with a measure of gusto. The old-crop July contract touched its daily trading limit of $30 per tonne on May 27, before it eased back to increase by $24.40 on the day. New-crop positions also experienced jumps of more than $20. This

ICE July 2021 canola (candlesticks) with CBOT July 2021 soybeans (gold line). (Barchart)

Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Bare shelves keep all eyes on weather

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin June 3, 2021

MarketsFarm — Hot and dry Prairie growing conditions helped ICE Futures canola contracts move higher to start the month of June, with weather forecasts likely to dictate where values move over the next few weeks. “We’re going into some very hot temperatures, and we’ll need another dose of rain in a week or two to

Daily Network News

China suspends some agricultural tariffs on Canada

Wheat breeding system no longer works, Canadian Wheat Research Coalition report says

Feed grain weekly: Barley steady in late February

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