ICE canola consolidates after recent losses

By Phil Franz-Warkentin, MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Sep. 9 – (MarketsFarm) – The ICE Futures canola market was holding onto small gains at midday Friday, seeing some consolidation to end the week after posting large losses in recent sessions. Gains in the Chicago soy complex contributed to the firmer tone in canola, although European rapeseed and Malaysian

ICE Canada Morning Comment: Comparable oils pull up canola

Losses in rapeseed weighing on values

By Glen Hallick, MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Sept. 9 (MarketsFarm) – Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) canola futures were higher on Friday morning, gleaning support from comparable oils. Upticks from the Chicago soy complex and Malaysian palm oil were spilling over into the Canadian oilseed, while modest losses in European rapeseed weighed on values. Increases in global crude oil


More cattle through the rings as fall begins

More cattle through the rings as fall begins

Higher- quality cattle are seen to be eastbound

More cattle went through the rings at Manitoba auction sites during the week ended Sept. 1. In total, 1,161 cattle were sold at four auction sites: Gladstone, Grunthal and the Heartland Livestock Services (HLS) sites at Brandon and Virden. For Gladstone, its sale on Aug. 29 was its first after taking a summer break. There

A cooking oil production line at Lianyungang in China’s Jiangsu province on Jan. 9, 2019. Concerns over COVID-19 have again raised uncertainty about vegetable oil demand.

Canola falls back

Flagging fortunes for crude and vegetable oils alike have added pressure

Canola continued to fall back during the week ended Sept. 1, pulled lower by a number of factors. Over the course of the week, the nearby November contract lost $21.70 per tonne, to close at $812/tonne on Sept. 1. The January 2023 contract was down pretty much the same amount, losing $21.30 at $821/tonne. In


North American Grain/Oilseed Review: Canola continues lower

By Phil Franz-Warkentin, MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Sep. 8 (MarketsFarm) – The ICE Futures canola market was weaker on Thursday, seeing follow-through selling after Wednesday’s drop below chart support. Wednesday’s close below C$800 per tonne in the nearby November contract was bearish from a technical standpoint, with the resulting speculative selling building on itself on Thursday. Losses

ICE canola continues downward slide

By Phil Franz-Warkentin, MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Sep. 8 – (MarketsFarm) – The ICE Futures canola market was weaker at midday Thursday, seeing follow-through selling after Wednesday’s declines. Wednesday’s close below C$800 per tonne in the nearby November contract was bearish from a technical standpoint, with the next target to the downside now seen at C$750 per


ICE Canada Morning Comment: Canola still in retreat

Contracts below C$800

By Glen Hallick, MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Sept. 8 (MarketsFarm) – Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) canola futures were lower on Thursday morning, with the most heavily traded contracts below the psychological level of C$800 per tonne. Losses in Chicago soyoil, European rapeseed and Malaysian contributed to that trend. While Chicago soybeans were a pinch higher along with gains



ICE canola retreats from early gains

By Phil Franz-Warkentin, MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Sep. 7 – (MarketsFarm) – The ICE Futures canola market was weaker at midday Wednesday, retreating from early gains as the initial buying interest faded. While Chicago soybeans were higher on the day, soyoil was lower which weighed on the canola market. Seasonal harvest pressure and relatively favourable Prairie weather

ICE Canada Morning Comment: Shrinking stocks leads canola higher

On-farm stocks fall 77 per cent

By Glen Hallick, MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Sept.7 (MarketsFarm) – Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) canola futures were making small gains on Wednesday morning, following the Statistics Canada (StatCan) stocks report. StatCan estimated on-farm canola stocks at 242,000 tonnes, 77.4 per cent less than a year ago. Commercial stocks were pegged at 633,000 tonnes, down 10.1 per cent from