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Left to right: Mario Tenuta (University of Manitoba), Curtis Rempel (Canola Council of Canada), Lawrence MacAulay, federal agriculture minister, University of Manitoba dean Martin Scanlon. The men spoke during a funding announcement at the Bruce D. Campbell Farm and Food Discovery Centre at Glenlea, Man.
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Canola sector gets research funds boost

The federal government and canola sector team up for another five-year research cluster

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The federal government is putting up $9 million in funding to drive sustainable growth of the canola sector. The money will support a new canola cluster, said Lawrence MacAulay, federal agriculture minister, at a Nov. 14 media event at the University of Manitoba’s Glenlea Research Station. The 2023–2028 Canola AgriScience Research Cluster follows a similar
Funds, weather chop oilseed prices
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Funds, weather chop oilseed prices

Massive selloff of managed money positions drives oilseed prices down

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All was going well for canola early in the week of Nov. 14, with the oilseed continuing on its path to recovery. Then things were shaken by speculative funds. Although those funds drove canola prices lower over much of the last month, managed money was also responsible for bringing things largely back to where they
Toby checks out a southern Manitoba sunflower field in this file photo. (Glen Hallick photo)
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Manitoba sunflower yields better than anticipated

Some crops may be left over winter

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MarketsFarm — With most of Manitoba’s sunflower harvest believed to be almost complete for 2023, yields have proven to be better than expected, according to Dennis Lange at Manitoba Agriculture. “I’ve heard good comments from some in the industry that the sunflower crop looks pretty good this year,” Lange said, noting Manitoba yields were estimated
ICE January 2024 canola with 20- and 200-day moving averages and nine-day exponential moving average. (Barchart)
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ICE weekly outlook: Purely technical canola market trending up

Activity expected thin until next week

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MarketsFarm — The ICE Futures canola market moved within a wide range during the week ended Wednesday, hitting some of its best levels in a month before running into resistance at the highs. With traders in the United States moving to the sidelines for the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday, activity should be thin and choppy until
CBOT January 2024 soybeans with Bollinger bands (20,2). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets, Weather

U.S. grains: Soybeans tumble on downpours in drought-stricken Brazil

Wheat rises after Russian attack on Ukraine port; CBOT corn eases

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago soybean futures lost more than one per cent on Wednesday as rain fell in Brazil, easing worries over the persistent dryness and heat that has plagued crops in the top exporting nation, analysts said. Wheat rose on shipping concerns in the Black Sea after Russia’s strike on port infrastructure, while
File photo of a desk in Canada’s Senate. (Dougall_Photography/iStock/Getty Images)
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Internal dispute over privilege, bullying allegations ties up C-234

New amendment to farm fuel bill now under debate

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A proposed amendment, and a dispute over senatorial behaviour, further geared down progress Tuesday of a federal private member’s bill to carve out a carbon tax exemption for grain drying and heating of barns and greenhouses. Bill C-234, which passed the House of Commons in late March, remained on the Senate’s order paper for debate
Crops, Markets

AAFC tweaks crop supply/demand estimates in November report

Estimates hold for most exports

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MarketsFarm — Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada has slightly adjusted its supply/demand estimates for November. AAFC published its latest Outlook for Principal Field Crops on Tuesday. Of Canada’s major crops, the department left the 2023-24 ending stocks for canola at one million tonnes and all wheat at 3.6 million, while all other reported crops were left
File photo of a pea crop south of Ethelton, Sask. on Aug. 1, 2019. (Dave Bedard photo)
Crops, Markets

Pulse weekly outlook: Pea prices beginning to weaken

'Increased export competition' seen

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MarketsFarm — With increased export competition, pea prices in Western Canada have slipped back, according to Levon Sargsyan of Johnston Grains in Calgary. “We are hearing that China slowed their imports down from Canada, which is driving the current decrease in prices,” Sargsyan said. “They have increased their imports from countries like Russia, which is
File photo of sunset over port facilities at Odesa. (Mixarde/iStock/Getty Images)
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Ukraine could fail to meet future wheat demand if attacks continue, UN agency warns

Report shows 31 attacks on grain facilities since mid-July

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United Nations | Reuters — The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Tuesday that Ukraine’s wheat production may be unable to meet domestic and export demand in the years to come if Black Sea export routes remain blocked and attacks on food infrastructure continue. WFP’s Ukraine director, Matthew Hollingworth, said a forthcoming report
CBOT January 2024 soybeans with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)
Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Chicago soybeans rise on Brazil’s weather woes

Wheat up more than two per cent on Russian strike in Ukraine; corn finishes slightly higher

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Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures ended higher on Tuesday as Brazil’s torrid, crop-threatening weather conditions remained a prime worry for the market, despite rains over the last couple of days. Wheat futures also rose more than two per cent after a Ukrainian official said that Russian forces struck port infrastructure on one of

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