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Richardson International, one of three major oilseed processors, recently announced plans to boost domestic canola crush capacity.

Big jump in Canadian canola-crushing capacity coming

It follows several years of back-to-back record domestic crushing of half the country’s domestic production

By Allan Dawson May 10, 2021

Western Canada will soon be able to crush a lot more canola, and Chris Vervaet is confident the seed will be there to do it. “We believe there will be a supply response to this demand pull that we are seeing for canola and canola products,” Vervaet, executive director of the Canadian Oilseed Processors Association

(File photo courtesy Canola Council of Canada)

Crops, Markets

Canada left with very tight canola, barley stocks

'You can't find canola anywhere in the country'

By GFM Network News May 8, 2021

MarketsFarm — Statistics Canada’s grain stocks report leaves no question that canola stocks have been tight for some time in Canada and will continue to be unless demand is slashed, according to independent trader Jerry Klassen in Winnipeg. “You can’t find canola anywhere in the country and the stocks that are out there, a lot

The canola market is weighing the notion that commercial traders, by means of high prices, have bought as much from farmers as they possibly can.

Grain Markets, Markets

Grain markets: StatsCan’s acreage report a bit of a flop

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm May 6, 2021

Any upward bump from the long-awaited Statistics Canada report on projected plantings never really materialized after it was released April 27. It can be argued any benefit from the report came the day before, when the May canola contract finished at $894.40 per tonne after poking its head above $900 a tonne for the first

ICE July 2021 canola (candlesticks) with Bollinger (20,2) bands and November 2021 canola (black line). (Barchart)

Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Canola’s uptrend intact for now

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin May 6, 2021

MarketsFarm — The ICE Futures canola market continued its months-long upward trajectory during the week ended Wednesday, hitting fresh contract highs in many months as tight old-crop supplies and weather uncertainty for the new crop kept speculators on the buy side. While selling was starting to come forward to temper gains in the new-crop months,

Machinery, News, Other

Racing an analogy for battery-powered tractors

Producing renewable electricity from farm biomass would be the ultimate closed loop

By Geralyn Wichers May 5, 2021

For an analogy on the advancement of battery-powered machinery, Dennis St. George turns to car racing. Formula E is an all-electric car racing league formally known as the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship. Its first season began in 2014. Better battery technology will eventually find its way into farm equipment. Its cars bear great resemblance to

Columns, Markets, Other

What we know and what we don’t

Perfect information isn’t possible, which is why having a plan is so important

By David Derwin April 30, 2021

If you’ve ever read any Malcolm Gladwell books, you’ll know that he makes some very insightful connections across different topics. In the process, he uncovers some underlying fundamental truths about how people and our world really work. His most recent book, Talking to Strangers, makes you think about how we deal with the unknown and

Editorial, Op/Ed, Other

Guest Editorial: Carbon questions loom

By John Greig April 29, 2021

The march to some sort of agricultural carbon economy is on and it’s integral that we get it right if we go down this road. Policy can’t be driven by politics and ideology. Unfortunately, the science of carbon sequestration continues to be fuzzy, which leaves open the opportunity for opinion to guide the policy. There

Wheat was expected to be the big loser to canola in the battle for Prairie acres, ahead of StatsCan’s latest estimates.

Grain Markets, Markets

Canola’s underlying supports remain unshakeable for now

U.S. soy and corn values are also hitting multi-year highs

By Phil Franz-Warkentin April 29, 2021

Another week, another round of record highs in the ICE Futures canola market, as prices kept exploring uncharted waters. The last time canola rallied to the same extent was in 2008, but at that time the market topped out more than $100 per tonne below current levels. The 2008 rally was largely driven by speculative

ICE November 2021 canola (candlesticks) with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages (light yellow, dark yellow, dark green lines). (Barchart)

Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Challenging crop year ahead for canola

By GFM Network News, Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm April 28, 2021

MarketsFarm — With declines in canola following Statistics Canada’s bullish-leaning projections for acres, it’s becoming more difficult to determine which way prices will trend in coming weeks and months. “Where are prices going to go? In any given year that’s challenging, especially in this year,” said David Derwin, analyst for PI Financial in Winnipeg. “That

Letters, Op/Ed

Letters: Cold War with China costs Prairie farmers

By David Gehl April 28, 2021

According to a recently released report from the Canola Council of Canada, worsened relations with China since the December 2018 arrest of Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou have cost Prairie farmers $1 billion or more. During the period March 6, 2019 to July 31, 2020 the losses to Canadian canola growers are estimated at from $681

Daily Network News

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Canadian cattle herd sees first annual increase since 2018

Olymel parent company sees increased earnings in 2025

Canola

Big jump in Canadian canola-crushing capacity coming

Canada left with very tight canola, barley stocks

Grain markets: StatsCan’s acreage report a bit of a flop

ICE weekly outlook: Canola’s uptrend intact for now

Racing an analogy for battery-powered tractors

What we know and what we don’t

Guest Editorial: Carbon questions loom

Canola’s underlying supports remain unshakeable for now

ICE weekly outlook: Challenging crop year ahead for canola

Letters: Cold War with China costs Prairie farmers

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