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Edible oil market analyst bullish on global outlook for canola and soybeans

By Daniel Winters January 27, 2012

When filling up their seeders this spring, Canadian farmers should have canola and soybeans coming down the spout, but not sunflowers and flax. That was the advice from Thomas Mielke, executive director of Oil World, a global edible oil market research firm based in Germany. “Unlike 2008, the price decline has been moderate, and there

Crops, Oilseeds

Australia, Canada To Hike Rapeseed Sales

November 17, 2011

hamburg / reuters A growing global rapeseed import requirement following poor crops in the European Union and China will open the door to larger sales of canola by Australia and Canada, Hamburg-based oilseeds analysts Oil Worldforecast Nov. 8. The global dependence on Canadian and Australian canola exports will rise to new highs in the 2011-12

News, Oilseeds

Canadian Canola Gains U.S. Approval

By Rod Nickel October 6, 2011

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency approved the use of Canadian crops such as canola and corn in U.S. biofuels Sept. 29, a move that lifted Canadian canola prices and may help the U.S. meet its ambitious targets for biofuels. The EPA s designation of Canadian crops as a renewable biomass will allow U.S. biofuel makers

Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets

EU Barley Quantity And Quality Down From Last Year

By Nigel Hunt September 15, 2011

Barley harvests in Western Europe are winding down with an overall slight fall in the size of the crop and quality also expected to decline, particularly in Germany, crop analysts said Sept. 8. Winter barley in Germany suffered major damage from the triple blow of a very cold winter, springtime drought and summer rain, according

Crops, Oilseeds

Scientists A Step Closer To Better Canola

By Daniel Winters September 15, 2011

Canadian scientists have helped crack the genetic code of Brassica rapa, but there s still more work to be done before canola s entire genome is sequenced. Canola was formed from a hybridization event between two founder species and so now geneticists are focusing on the other species, a cabbage-like cousin used to create the

Crops, Oilseeds

Canola Council’s Promotion Funds Doubled

By Allan Dawson August 4, 2011

The Canola Council of Canada will have twice as much money to promote Canadian canola oil and meal exports this year thanks to $1.16 million from the federal government’s AgriMarketing program. “It enhances our ability to work in our existing markets, but it also frees up dollars to allow us to investigate and look at

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Agriculture Hall Of Fame – for Jul. 28, 2011

July 28, 2011

Vernon McIntyre was born in 1919 in Neepawa, Man. and was raised in Kelwood along with his brother and sister. In 1930, the family moved to a farm near Elphinstone. Due to his father’s poor health, Vernon took over the farm duties while still in his teens. Vernon completed his schooling by correspondence. In 1950

Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

EU’s Rapeseed Woes May Boost Canadian Canola

By Phil Franz-Warkentin June 2, 2011

ICE Futures Canada canola contracts surged higher during the week ended May 27, hitting their strongest levels in months as persistent weather issues in the Prairies, along with activity in outside markets, provided support. Without any fresh weather news, canola could be running out of steam to the upside, but any profit-taking setbacks should be

Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Canola Industry’s Eyes On Calendar

By Commodity News Service May 5, 2011

Canola futures on the ICE Futures Canada trading platform suffered declines during the week ended April 29. Outright liquidation by speculative and commodity fund accounts fuelled the downward price slide. The losses were exaggerated by the triggering of sell-stop orders on the way down. Losses in CBOT (Chicago Board of Trade) soyoil and new-crop CBOT

Crops, Oilseeds

Canola Acres Could Decline In Manitoba

By Ron Friesen April 21, 2011

Oilseed acres may be nearing their maximum in Manitoba and could decline over the next six years, according to projections from the provincial Agriculture Department. Total canola, flaxseed, sunflower and soybean acres will peak at 4.6 million acres in 2011 and fall slightly to 4.5 million acres by 2017, predicts Anastasia Kubinec, a Manitoba Agr

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Edible oil market analyst bullish on global outlook for canola and soybeans

Australia, Canada To Hike Rapeseed Sales

Canadian Canola Gains U.S. Approval

EU Barley Quantity And Quality Down From Last Year

Scientists A Step Closer To Better Canola

Canola Council’s Promotion Funds Doubled

Agriculture Hall Of Fame – for Jul. 28, 2011

EU’s Rapeseed Woes May Boost Canadian Canola

Canola Industry’s Eyes On Calendar

Canola Acres Could Decline In Manitoba

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