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Net fund short position grows in canola

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin November 30, 2018

CNS Canada — Fund traders added to their net short positions in canola during the week ended Tuesday, according to the latest commitment of traders (CoT) report from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). According to the latest report, managed money and other reportable speculators increased their net short position to roughly 44,000 contracts

Grain Markets, Markets

Canola finds some support in thin, choppy trading week

Early planting in Brazil boosts the soy supply outlook

By Phil Franz-Warkentin November 29, 2018

ICE canola futures touched their lowest levels in more than a year on Nov. 20, but managed to uncover some support to the downside and were relatively steady on the week by Friday, Nov. 23. Activity, however, was thin and choppy, with markets in the U.S. closed for part of the week due to the

Crops, News

Doing the math on intercropping

Rocket science starts to look easy when farmers delve into the complexity of this system

By Alexis Stockford November 29, 2018

On the surface intercropping is a simple idea — grow two crops together in one field and take advantage of the synergies that result. Proponents say it helps build the farm’s bottom line and soil health while lowering dependence on expensive inputs. But underneath that simple idea is an array of complicated decisions and compounding

ICE January 2019 canola (yellow) and CBOT January 2019 soybeans (green). (Barchart)

Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Canola at mercy of U.S. soy

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm, GFM Network News November 28, 2018

CNS Canada — The ICE canola market is currently at the mercy of the soybean market as it awaits this week’s G20 meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Donald Trump. “We’ve got the big pop in the soybeans in anticipation of some positive developments at this weekend’s G20 meetings… we are getting

Crops, Markets

Long-awaited fund report still murky for canola

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin November 27, 2018

CNS Canada — The recent move to New York for the ICE Futures canola contract has brought with it fresh oversight from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). The weekly commitment of traders (CoT) report compiled by the CFTC provides details on who is trading canola and the size of their positions — but

Starbuck farmer Doug Livingston said the resolution he moved to ban glyphosate wheat research in Canada was triggered by the announcement in June that a few plants of glyphosate-tolerant wheat were found in Alberta.

Crops, Local news

KAP resolution says keep glyphosate-tolerant wheat out

Other resolutions call for flea beetle-tolerant canola and compensation to strawberry growers for wildlife damage

By Allan Dawson November 26, 2018

Monsanto shelved Roundup Ready wheat in 2004 but its spectre still haunts some Manitoba farmers. Delegates attending the Keystone Agriculture Producers’ (KAP) advisory council meeting here Nov. 12 passed a resolution for KAP to lobby the federal government to “disallow the testing, funding, importation and introduction of glyphosate-tolerant wheat in Canada.” The Canadian Food Inspection

One proposal is that an end point royalty would be collected when farmers sold their cereal crop.

Local news, News

Seed royalty consultation needs farmer engagement

KAP president Bill Campbell says farmers need to pay attention because the outcome will affect their bottom lines

By Allan Dawson November 23, 2018

Farmers need to get involved in the cereal seed royalty debate, says Bill Campbell. “This does affect our livelihoods down the road and for future generations so we have to get engaged,” the president of the Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) said in an interview following the first of four consultation meetings on the issue held

KAP general manager is leaving the general farm organization to pursue a venture in food processing.

Local news, News, Other

KAP seeking new general manager

James Battershill is pursuing a venture in food processing

By Allan Dawson November 23, 2018

Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) is looking for a new general manager. James Battershill is leaving the position at year’s end to pursue a venture in food processing, KAP president Bill Campbell told KAP’s advisory council here Nov. 12. “I did give the (KAP) board some assurance that I would stick around long enough to make

Crops, Weather

Alberta farmers try to wrap up ‘very unusual year’

By GFM Network News, Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm November 23, 2018

CNS Canada — As winter approaches, producers in Alberta are still in the fields trying to wrap up the last bit of the 2018 harvest. According to the final crop report issued by Alberta Agriculture and Forestry, about six per cent of all crops were still in the field at the end of October. The

Soyoil contracts were weaker on the week.

Grain Markets, Markets

Soy market pressure seen dragging canola lower yet

Traders may be realizing they can’t bank on tweets

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm November 22, 2018

It was a sad week for the ICE Futures canola market ending Nov. 16. The January contract dropped below the $480-per- tonne mark and while many may hope it will go back higher, they should also prepare for it to go lower still. January canola flirted with the $480-per-tonne mark all week; there were days

Daily Network News

Klassen: Feeder cattle market continues consolidation

Richardson International sells Matex Control Chemical brand

Saskatchewan, Alberta farmers get strychnine against gophers until late 2027

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