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Managed money adding to net short positions in canola

Canola at biggest net short position in months

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MarketsFarm — Managed money fund traders remain bearish canola, growing the net short position in the ICE Futures market to the second largest level of the past year, according to the latest Commitments of Traders report from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). As of Oct. 17, the net managed money short position in
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Crops

Seed regulation consultation results released

CFIA 'anticipates' more consultations this winter

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The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is getting closer to updating its seed regulations. On Monday, the agency released a “What We Heard” report summarizing the responses of 315 individuals and groups who participated in an online survey from Feb. 15 to May 1. The CFIA is looking to update seed regulations to “reduce complexity, protect
A symptomatic canola plant displays the telltale root galls of clubroot.
Crops, Oilseeds

Resistance not full answer to clubroot

Fall is the time to think ahead on clubroot management

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Glacier FarmMedia – Resistant canola varieties have played a major role in the war on clubroot, but they are not enough on their own, say agronomists. “Because clubroot is such a complex disease, it’s really important that we acknowledge that it will need a complex solution to manage it,” said Marissa Robitaille Balog, an agronomist
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Crops, Markets

Prairie cash wheat: Spring wheat bids rise with U.S. futures

Weaker loonie also offers support

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MarketsFarm — Spring wheat bids in Western Canada were mostly higher during the week ended Thursday, as gains in U.S. futures and weakness in the Canadian dollar provided support. Average Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS, 13.5 per cent protein) wheat prices were up by $5-$10.20 per tonne across the Prairies, according to price quotes from
File photo of locks on the Welland Canal at Allanburg, Ont. (Jimfeng/iStock/Getty Images)
Crops, Markets

Seaway workers’ strike underway

Management awaiting CIRB ruling on grain traffic

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Unionized workers on the St. Lawrence Seaway walked off the job just after midnight Sunday, shutting the waterway to all cargo vessels including grain traffic for now. Unifor, which represents about 360 Seaway workers across five locals in Ontario and Quebec, had served Seaway management with 72 hours’ strike notice on Wednesday. In a release
File photo of locks on the Welland Canal at Allanburg, Ont. (Jimfeng/iStock/Getty Images)
Crops, Markets

Seaway to seek order exempting grain traffic from strike action

Management, union say talks still ongoing

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Facing a strike that would shut down traffic on the waterway as early as Sunday, the St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corp. has asked for an order confirming that grain would need to continue moving. Unifor, the union representing over 360 seaway workers across five union locals in Ontario and Quebec, on Wednesday served the corporation
CBOT December 2023 corn with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)
Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Corn drops back below US$5

Soybeans down off one-month high

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade corn futures closed lower after hitting their highest price since August on Friday, while soybean futures retreated from a one-month high. Traders took profits after the markets rose earlier on concerns about a drought in Brazil disrupting grain shipments on rivers and slowing soy plantings, analysts said.
The McDougall Creek wildfire burns outside West Kelowna, B.C. on Aug. 18, 2023. (Photo: Reuters/Chris Helgren)
Crops, Livestock, Weather

AgriRecovery feed, freight, breeding herd aid set for Alberta, Saskatchewan, B.C.

Feds, provinces announce combined $365 million in aid programs

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The federal and Alberta, Saskatchewan and British Columbia governments are jointly putting up $365 million to support ranchers and farmers up against this summer’s drought and wildfire damage. The feds on Friday announced their 60 per cent, or $219 million, share of AgriRecovery program funding for the three westernmost provinces. “I’ve had the opportunity to
File photo of vessels on the Mississippi River south of New Orleans on Nov. 5, 2017. (Dave Bedard photo)
Crops, Weather

Low water on Mississippi to persist despite improved drought outlook

Risk of getting stuck mean less grain per barge

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Chicago | Reuters — Low water levels on the lower Mississippi River are likely to persist through at least January despite expected above-normal precipitation across the southern U.S. this winter, forecasters with the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said on Thursday. The severe to exceptional drought choking the lower Mississippi River valley is expected to
Sea surface temperature (SST) anomalies in degrees Celsius on Oct. 18, 2023. (NOAA.gov)
Crops, Weather

El Nino worries Brazil soy farmers as planting progresses, grain lobby says

Dry weather has pushed back planting

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Sao Paulo | Reuters — Soybean farmers in top growing state Mato Grosso worry that scarce rains and high temperatures will lead to replanting of some areas while lowering yields in others, local grain farmer lobby Aprosoja-MT said Thursday. The unusual heat and dryness has been linked to the El Nino weather pattern, which is

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