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Canola most sensitive to potential trade disruption

A long list of pesticide residues and other issues have the potential to derail canola exports

By Allan Dawson September 13, 2016

Few Canadian crops rely on exports as much as canola so making sure they don’t contain pesticides customers prohibit is critical to protecting markets, the Canola Council of Canada (CCC) says. “Canada exports 90 per cent of the canola we produce, and shipments containing even the smallest amount of unacceptable residues or deregistered varieties can

Editorial, Opinion

Editorial: Called out on our dirty little secret

By Laura Rance-Unger September 2, 2016

The world is full of customers who think they are special. They are the people who send their meal back in a restaurant if it isn’t cooked to their liking, or the ones who brag about never paying full price for anything. If truth be told, even a few farmers have used their scale or

Crops

China delays new canola rules in late reprieve for Canada

By Ben Blanchard, GFM Network News August 31, 2016

Beijing | Reuters –– China agreed on Wednesday to delay introducing stricter rules on shipments of canola from Canada while both countries work to end a months-long trade spat over sales of the oilseed, offering an 11th-hour temporary reprieve for Canada’s farmers. Just a day before the new standards were due to go into force,

(File photo courtesy Canola Council of Canada)

Crops, Markets

Canadian canola exporters book sales to China

By GFM Network News, Rod Nickel August 26, 2016

Winnipeg | Reuters — Canadian exporters are making small sales of canola to China under Beijing’s stricter terms, an industry group and three sources said, possibly undermining Ottawa’s hardline negotiating stance with the world’s top market for the oilseed. The dispute over the new shipping standard, which industry groups in the world’s biggest canola exporter

Crops

China raps Ottawa as dispute over canola exports deepens

By David Ljunggren, GFM Network News August 25, 2016

Ottawa | Reuters — A dispute over $2 billion worth of Canadian canola exports to China intensified on Thursday when Beijing criticized Ottawa’s insistence that bilateral relations could not improve until the matter is settled. The situation threatens to mar Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s visit to China next week. “We oppose linking a concrete

Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Canola watching China before harvest

By Dave Sims, GFM Network News August 24, 2016

CNS Canada — The canola market continues to watch and wait for the Chinese and Canadian governments to resolve a dispute over the amount of dockage allowed in imports of Canadian canola. Until that happens, canola may face growing pressure between now and next week. On Sept. 1, China is scheduled to lower the amount

(Photo courtesy Canola Council of Canada)

Crops, Markets

No resolution on canola dockage rules from talks in China

By GFM Network News, Jade Markus August 16, 2016

CNS Canada — Canadian and Chinese officials met in Beijing last week to discuss potential solutions for an upcoming canola trade policy change, but were not able to find a solution ahead of a looming deadline. China’s quarantine authority is set to impose a standard that would allow just one per cent organic waste material

Crops

Canada, China canola talks end without deal

By GFM Network News, Rod Nickel August 12, 2016

Winnipeg | Reuters — Talks between Canadian and Chinese officials ended in Beijing without China backing down from plans to toughen its inspection standard for canola, threatening $2 billion in Canadian exports of the oilseed ahead of a visit by Canada’s prime minister. Discussions will continue between the two governments, and resolving the issue is

Crops

Canada, China meet to solve canola spat as deadline looms

By GFM Network News, Rod Nickel August 10, 2016

Winnipeg | Reuters — Canadian officials are in Beijing this week to try to convince China to back off a plan to toughen its standard for Canada’s canola shipments, which has stalled $2 billion in trade, government and industry officials said on Wednesday. China’s quarantine authority AQSIQ told Ottawa in February that it would impose a

Crops, Oilseeds

Five steps to market-ready canola

International buyers are testing like never before — but meeting their standards is easy

By Jennifer Blair August 3, 2016

Growing a good canola crop isn’t just about high yield or quality — it’s also about getting that crop ready to market on a global scale. “We export about 90 per cent of what we produce in Canada, so being able to meet the requirements of our export customers is really important for having open

Daily Network News

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U.S. grains: Soybeans bounce as Chinese demand assessed, wheat drops

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