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Canola market dips to rally, heat stress hits wheat crops

CNS Canada – The ICE Canada canola market had a bit of a wild ride during the week ended July 28, with the November contract falling to its lowest level of the past month at one point before the brakes were hit on the drop and the market rallied $25 in three days. Fund traders

Markets, Oilseeds

Trade’s focus shifts to new-crop canola prospects

Facing tight old-crop supply, demand remains strong

By Phil Franz-Warkentin May 5, 2017

The ICE Futures Canada canola market went in two directions during the week ended April 28, with the July/November spread narrowing in considerably. Speculators, adjusting positions, accounted for much of the activity during the week, especially in the May contract as traders exited that month before expiry. The old-crop July contract lost roughly $5 per

Space is at premium at the Port of Vancouver and expensive.

News, Oilseeds

Lack of meal capacity could be costing canola growers

One global analyst says meal sales are being lost, but the domestic industry  says so far the system has kept up

By Allan Dawson February 2, 2017

Insufficient export capacity is costing western Canadian canola growers money in lost canola meal sales and farmers should be complaining loudly, says Thomas Mielke. Meilke is executive director of the widely read food oil publication Oil World, based in Hamburg, Germany. “You could do more, but the logistics are not in place,” Mielke said here

Richardson International’s canola crushing facility at Lethbridge, shown here in July 2016. (Photo courtesy Richardson International)

Crops, Markets

Canola crushers running at full steam

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin January 6, 2017

CNS Canada — Canadian canola crushers showed no signs of slowing down their record pace over the Christmas and New Year’s holidays, with the weekly crush topping 200,000 tonnes for only the second time ever. The canola crush during the week ended Wednesday came in at 200,294 tonnes, according to the most recent Canadian Oilseed

Crops, News, Oilseeds

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

Crops, News

Deadlines loom for grain-monitoring programs

Associations say tracking railway performance must continue

By Allan Dawson February 22, 2016

Grain farmers and shippers have their eye on a couple of other deadlines. The federal government’s grain monitor’s contract ends in July 2017, while federal funding that helps the Ag Transport Coalition track railway performance ends in March 2017. “We need the data and so does the government so we can say, ‘Here’s what we

Crops, Markets

Weekly canola crush hits best level in over two months

By GFM Network News, MarketsFarm Team October 2, 2015

CNS Canada –– Canada’s domestic canola processors are getting busier, with the latest crush data showing the most active week in two-and-a-half months. Capacity utilization during the week ended Wednesday climbed to 82.8 per cent, which compares with only 66.9 per cent the previous week, according to the latest report from the Canadian Oilseed Processors

(Photo courtesy Canola Council of Canada)

Crops, Markets

Canola crush margins still solid near $100

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin March 9, 2015

CNS Canada — Canola contracts on the ICE Futures Canada platform have traded within a wide range over the past month, but crush margins continue to hover around the $100 mark. Crush margins provide an indication of the profitability of the product values relative to the seed cost when processing canola, with exchange rates also

News, Oilseeds

U.S. lapping up Canadian canola oil

By Rod Nickel April 20, 2012

Reuters / Canada’s canola crushers are processing the oilseed at a record-brisk pace, as demand for canola oil heats up among U.S. makers of biodiesel and food products like potato chips. The United States has long been a key export market for canola, Canada’s second-biggest crop after spring wheat, but its appetite has spiked in

Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

U.S. Debt Crisis, Weather Outlook Pressure Crops

By Phil Franz-Warkentin August 4, 2011

ICE Futures Canada canola contracts bounced around during the week ended July 29, the last week of the 2010- 11 crop year, but managed to post small declines overall amid improving weather conditions and global economic uncertainty. On the year, canola futures are up over $220 per tonne from where they were at the close

Daily Network News

Women who fed a nation

U.S. grains: Soybeans rise on China demand hopes; corn and wheat rebound

U.S. livestock: Hogs rebound, cattle hit upward limits

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Canola market dips to rally, heat stress hits wheat crops

Trade’s focus shifts to new-crop canola prospects

Lack of meal capacity could be costing canola growers

Canola crushers running at full steam

Canola most sensitive to potential trade disruption

Deadlines loom for grain-monitoring programs

Weekly canola crush hits best level in over two months

Canola crush margins still solid near $100

U.S. lapping up Canadian canola oil

U.S. Debt Crisis, Weather Outlook Pressure Crops

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