ICE January 2024 canola with 20-day moving average (yellow line, right column) and CBOT January 2024 soybeans (green line, left column). (Barchart)

ICE weekly outlook: Soy complex supporting canola

'Canola has been largely pulled up'

MarketsFarm — Amid falling crude oil prices, canola prices are staying strong, largely due to the Chicago soy complex, according to a Calgary analyst. Errol Anderson of ProMarket Communications has been impressed with canola’s recent rise. The January contract on ICE Futures was as low at $672 per tonne on Nov. 2 before rising to

ICE November 2023 canola with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

ICE weekly outlook: Canola futures looking for bottom

Crushing pace remains aggressive

MarketsFarm — ICE Futures canola contracts fell to their lowest levels in three and a half months during the week ended Wednesday, taking some direction from Chicago soyoil as harvest activity winds down across the Prairies. Losses in other markets, including Malaysian palm oil and European rapeseed futures, added to the declines in canola. “Everybody


File photo of vessels on the Mississippi River south of New Orleans on Nov. 5, 2017. (Dave Bedard photo)

Plenty of upside now for canola

FUTURES | But a lot of harvesting, and harvest price pressure, is still to come

Harvest pressure, combined with a selloff by the funds, continued to bring down canola prices for the week ended Sept. 28 — but, just like the outlook for early fall temperatures for the Prairies, it’s anyone’s guess whether they’ll go up or down. The ICE Futures November canola contract dropped $9.80 per tonne to close

“Pods can look dramatically different, either riper or less ripe, than the actual seeds, so we need to be cracking open those pods and looking at the seeds.”
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ICE weekly outlook: Canola following soyoil’s lead

Stat Can's principal field crop estimates will be released on Aug. 29, may affect prices

MarketsFarm – The November canola contract rose above the C$800 per tonne mark for the first time in nearly a month during the week ended Aug. 23. However, it wasn’t without some turbulence over the last two days of trading. On Aug. 22, the November contract lost C$13.40 per tonne to close at $796.00, before


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Fund position flips to net long in canola

The last time the market was showing a net long position was the first week of January

MarketsFarm – The managed money position in canola flipped from a net short to a net long for the first time in six months during the week ended July 18, as fund traders covered short positions and put on new bullish bets, according to the latest Commitments of Traders report from the United States Commodity

Weather concerns drive market rallies

Generous U.S. crop estimates aren’t likely to last

ICE Futures canola contracts climbed higher during the second week of July, with the most-active November contract gaining roughly $200 per tonne in less than two months to hit its strongest level since January. The ongoing uptrend in canola saw futures break through their 200-day moving average during the week, with speculators covering short positions


If sufficient rain doesn’t reach newly seeded Prairie crops in a timely fashion, canola futures may finally break higher.

A short but tough week for canola

Another year of tight canola stocks predicted

There wasn’t much to prop up canola values on ICE futures over the shortened week of May 23. As of May 25, the two most actively traded contracts, old-crop July and new-crop November, fell back by $11.20 and $14.40 per tonne respectively. That’s despite the former poking its head above the psychological level of $700/tonne



ICE July 2023 canola with Bollinger bands (20,2). (Barchart)

ICE weekly outlook: Weather to influence canola price movement

Short-covering seen supporting front months for now

MarketsFarm — Canola contracts on the ICE Futures platform held relatively rangebound during the week ended Wednesday, trading within a $20 per tonne range in most months as market participants wait to get a better handle on new-crop prospects. “There’s some concern developing on seeding delays,” said Jamie Wilton of RJ O’Brien in Winnipeg, adding

ICE May 2023 canola with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

ICE weekly outlook: Rising canola market runs into resistance

Resistance seen around $835, support around $820

MarketsFarm — ICE Futures canola contracts moved higher during the week ended Wednesday, but ran into some resistance to the upside as values held rangebound overall. “Technicals, short-covering, fund buying and a lack of selling,” were all providing support during the week along with spillover from advances in Chicago soyoil, according to Jamie Wilton of