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Canola fund short position continues to grow

MarketsFarm — Fund traders remained on the short side in the ICE Futures canola market during the week ended Tuesday, adding to their large net short position, 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

CBOT May 2019 corn with Bollinger (20,2) bands, a gauge of market volatility. (Barchart)

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U.S. grains: Corn up on China buying, flood worries

By GFM Network News, Karl Plume March 22, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures rose to a 3-1/2-week high on Friday as China booked its largest purchase of the grain in more than five years and as flooding in the western U.S. Midwest raised concerns over spring planting. Technical selling and profit-taking later pulled corn from the highs, although the market closed

ICE May 2019 canola futures, with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

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Trudeau optimistic about making progress to end China canola ban

By David Ljunggren, GFM Network News, Mark Weinraub March 22, 2019

Ottawa/Chicago | Reuters — Canada is optimistic it can make progress this year in talks to persuade China to allow imports of Canadian canola seed to resume, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Friday, even as tensions between Ottawa and Beijing reach new highs. Trudeau spoke hours after an industry group said Chinese importers had

Canola seed, oil and meal. (Photo courtesy Canola Council of Canada)

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Monthly Canadian canola crush well below average

By GFM Network News, MarketsFarm Team March 22, 2019

MarketsFarm — Canada’s monthly canola crush hit its lowest level in 1-1/2 years in February, according to the latest crushing data from Statistics Canada. The agency reported that 635,526 tonnes of canola were crushed in February 2019. That was down by nearly 200,000 tonnes from the January level and compares with the monthly average over

Crops, Markets, Weather

Feed weekly outlook: Spring weather may swing Prairie feed markets

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin March 22, 2019

MarketsFarm — Weather conditions have the potential to swing feed grain markets in Western Canada over the next few weeks, although prices generally remain steady for the time being. “Spring is here, and as the snow melts it creates mud, road bans and all that lovely stuff,” said Brandon Motz of CorNine Commodities in Lacombe,

Crops, Markets, Weather

Grain markets walled off from flood impacts by mountains of supplies

By GFM Network News, Mark Weinraub March 22, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — A massive supply of grains has shielded the futures markets from the impact of flooding in the U.S. Midwest so far, with traders largely shrugging off this week’s reports of destroyed storage bins, swamped elevators and questions about if waters will recede in time for planting. The problem is grain glut

The AltEn ethanol plant at Mead, Neb. on March 21, 2019. (Photo: Reuters/Humeyra Pamuk)

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Floods shut nearly a sixth of U.S. ethanol production

By GFM Network News, Humeyra Pamuk, Jarrett Renshaw March 22, 2019

Mead, Neb./New York | Reuters — Massive flooding in the U.S. Midwest has knocked out roughly 13 per cent of the nation’s ethanol production capacity, as plants in Nebraska, Iowa and South Dakota have been forced to shut down or scale back production following the devastation. Production facilities owned by large companies like Archer Daniels

CBOT May 2019 corn with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

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U.S. grains: Corn rises as Midwest floods fuel planting concerns

By GFM Network News, Karl Plume March 21, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures jumped more than one per cent on Thursday to their highest level in 2-1/2 weeks as concerns about delayed planting in the western U.S. Midwest sparked buying and fund short-covering. Soybeans followed corn higher, although gains were restrained by lower-than-expected weekly export sales data and concerns about trade

Canola Council of Canada president Jim Everson says China’s block on Canadian canola has now expanded beyond just shipments from Richardson International. (Co-operator file photo by Allan Dawson)

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China stops buying Canadian canola

By Allan Dawson, GFM Network News March 21, 2019

China has stopped buying any Canadian canola, says Canola Council of Canada president Jim Everson. “The Chinese are unwilling to purchase Canadian canola (from any company) at this time,” he said Thursday. “Trade that was executed earlier is continuing. New sales are what appears to be affected.” Earlier this month China blocked canola imports from

News, Oilseeds

Canola council moving on without Richardson

Outgoing chair optimistic about the future of canola and the CCC

By Allan Dawson March 21, 2019

When Richardson International, Canada’s largest grain company, ceased being among the Canola Council of Canada’s (CCC) core funders last year, it raised questions about the group’s future. But after a lot of hard work in 2018 reviewing its operations and setting new priorities, the CCC is in good shape, outgoing chair David Dzisiak told reporters

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Canola fund short position continues to grow

U.S. grains: Corn up on China buying, flood worries

Trudeau optimistic about making progress to end China canola ban

Monthly Canadian canola crush well below average

Feed weekly outlook: Spring weather may swing Prairie feed markets

Grain markets walled off from flood impacts by mountains of supplies

Floods shut nearly a sixth of U.S. ethanol production

U.S. grains: Corn rises as Midwest floods fuel planting concerns

China stops buying Canadian canola

Canola council moving on without Richardson

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