Manitoba Agriculture experts at Manitoba Ag Days 2025 run down the weather, insect and other issues they saw producers fighting in the 2024 growing season.
Canola
Insects, weather top 2024 crop stories at Manitoba Ag Days
Manitoba Agriculture experts look back on 2024 and the crop issues they saw producers fighting
AAFC forecasts more Canadian wheat acres, less canola in 2025
Canadian farmers will plant more wheat and coarse grains in 2025 at the expense of oilseeds, according to the first supply/demand projections for the 2025/26 marketing year from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, released Jan. 20.
Canola prices swing
Canola markets in week ending Jan. 17 saw ups and downs in lead up to Trump inaugeration
Canola markets in week ending Jan. 17 saw ups and downs in lead up to Trump inaugeration
China’s Dec imports of Canadian canola decline
Anti-dumping probe more likely to affect 2025/26 exports, FCC says
China's imports of Canadian canola, which had been surging since June, plunged in December after Beijing opened an anti-dumping investigation into the oilseed, Chinese customs data showed on Monday.
Bunge-Viterra deal ‘effectively ends competition’ says NFU
Feds’ conditions not near enough to alleviate concerns
The National Farmers Union denounced the approval of the Bunge-Viterra merger in a statement released on Jan. 17. The NFU said the multi-billion dollar deal “effectively ends competition in Canada’s agricultural commodity sector,” as it creates the world’s largest agricultural commodity trader, and it will control 40 per cent of the Canadian grain market.
ICE canola weekly outlook: Outside forces supportive
ICE Futures canola market traded within a wide range during the week ended Jan. 15, hitting its strongest levels since November at one point before backing away from those highs.
Canadian canola exports surging in 2024/25
China top customer
Canadian canola exports continued to stay far above those in 2023/24, the Canadian Grain Commission reported earlier in January. In the CGC's monthly report those outbound shipments of canola from licensed facilities at the end of November reached 3.84 million tonnes which are up by more than 80 per cent from a year ago.
Winter canola looks to hybrid genetics for expansion
Winter canola still faces survivability challenges on the Prairies, but improved varieties are being bred in the U.S.
Winter canola still faces survivability challenges on the Prairies, but improved varieties are being bred in the U.S.
Canola futures off to sluggish start
Signs of strength are beginning to develop as we move further into January
Canola futures market off to sluggish start, although prices are starting to pick up for the oilseed.
China accelerates efforts to boost crop yields, ensure food security
China will accelerate the breeding of new soybean and corn varieties and prioritize yield improvements for key grains and oil crops, as part of broad efforts to ensure food security, the agriculture ministry said in a statement late on Wednesday.
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