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Crops, Markets

Funds reduce net short position in canola

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MarketsFarm — Fund traders were covering short positions in canola during the week ended Tuesday, according to the latest commitment of traders (CoT) report from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). The net managed money short position in ICE Futures canola came in Tuesday at 48,614 contracts (886 long/49,500 short), a decrease of about
Markets

Burnett on Markets: Suddenly agriculture is important

COVID-19 is putting food security in the spotlight

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MarketsFarm — A trend has developed in the business news channels over the past week that has not been hard to miss. Suddenly the CEOs of big agriculture and food concerns are being featured front and centre during the business segments. Usually these companies are noted only when they release quarterly results and even then
Crops, Markets, Weather

Wheat in Whitehorse: How climate change helps feed Canada’s remote regions

Newfoundland and Labrador also pushing to expand arable land base

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Winnipeg/Ottawa | Reuters — After failing to grow wheat in the Yukon territory 15 years ago, farmer Steve Mackenzie-Grieve gave it another shot in 2017. Thanks to longer summers, he has reaped three straight harvests. This spring he plans to sow canola on his family’s 450-acre farm near Whitehorse, a city not much further from
Some of Andre Harpe’s swathed canola is shown in this photo taken Feb. 28.
Crops

Harvest Part 2 looms for some as spring seeding approaches

Dealing with unharvested crops will be different on every farm but having a preliminary plan is still key

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Unharvested 2019 crop will be the first thing many western Canadian farmers will have to deal with this spring. There is no easy or one-size-fits-all answer on how to best handle these crops. The ideal option is probably to combine them because they’ll be worth something, crop insurance may require it, and this step removes
Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Volatility hampers canola

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MarketsFarm — Canola values have been at the mercy of volatile financial markets this week, trading in lockstep with headlines of plummeting crude oil values and stock indices. “We’re getting into a bit of a pattern in the markets,” Ken Ball of P.I. Financial in Winnipeg said, explaining that prices will show some strength, then
Crops, Markets

USDA adjusts world rapeseed stocks estimates

Canadian carryout pegged above AAFC's estimate

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MarketsFarm — World rapeseed ending stocks are forecast to tighten slightly in 2019-20 compared to earlier projections, according to an update from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agriculture Service. The Oilseeds: World Markets and Trade report pegged world rapeseed carryout for the current marketing year at 6.307 million tonnes, down from the February estimate

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