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Kashika Sethi (l) and Rhea Thomas Thommana (r) were at Ag in Motion to represent food scientists Drs. Martin Reaney and Michael Nickerson and their 3D printer projects, including their work on printable protein-based materials, such as the pea-based “chicken leg” seen in the machine. (Becky Zimmer photo)
Crops

At Ag in Motion: 3D printer takes aim at food ingredients

Making foods both plant-based and printable the goal

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With the development of 3D printing, the age of Star Trek replicators has arrived. For master’s student Rhea Thomas Thommana and PhD student Kashika Sethi, food replication is on the horizon as well. Thomas Thommana and Sethi were at Ag in Motion this week with a 3D printer designed to incorporate plant-based ingredients into food,
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Markets

ICE weekly outlook: C$900 per tonne in reach for canola 

Black Sea deal's end, Russian attack on Odesa, pushing all prices up

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MarketsFarm – Sporadic rainfall across the Prairies has not been enough to stop canola’s upward momentum during the week ended July 19, while a pair of other factors are fueling the oilseed’s rise.  The November canola contract went from settling below the C$800 per tonne mark (C$797.50/tonne) on July 12 to exceeding the C$850 mark
Solvent casting. PHOTOs: UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA
Crops, News

Creating a canola-based plastic alternative

New research turns canola protein into strong, flexible films meant for food packaging

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Canola growers may one day be able to add food packaging to their list of markets. New research at the University of Manitoba draws on canola meal protein as a feedstock for biodegradable food product packaging. “I think it’s a more sustainable solution to the challenges created by all the petroleum-based plastic food packaging materials,”
(File photo by Dave Bedard)
Crops, Markets

Net short position nearly gone in canola

Traders still net short in CBOT wheat, corn

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MarketsFarm — Speculative traders continue to exit their bearish bets in canola, with the net short position dipping below 4,000 in the latest Commitments of Traders report from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). As of July 11, the net managed money short position in canola futures came in at 3,899 contracts (34,124 short,
People watch as a tornado swirls near Carstairs, Alta. 
on July 1 in a screengrab from a social media video.
Grain Markets, Markets

Uncertainty embedded in a weather market

Canola pushes past the bumps of a holiday-shortened trading week

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Canola made a big jump on June 30, following steep increases in the Chicago soy complex, and by July 6 the oilseed appeared well positioned to attack $800 per tonne. The U.S. Department of Agriculture released its planted acres report June 30, catching the trade off guard in cutting the amount of soybean acres by
ICE November 2023 canola with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)
Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Canola climbs on weather worries

Demand rationing also seen as supportive

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MarketsFarm — The ICE Futures canola market moved steadily higher during the week ended Wednesday, hitting its strongest levels in more than four months as bullish chart signals and production uncertainty across the Prairies provided support. A bearish reaction in the Chicago soy complex to the latest supply/demand estimates (WASDE) from the U.S. Department of
(Dave Bedard photo)
Crops, Markets

Fund short position hits six-month low in canola

CBOT soybeans show reduced net long

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MarketsFarm — The speculative short position in ICE Futures canola fell to its smallest level in six months at the beginning of July, as fund traders covered short positions and put on some new longs. That’s according to the latest Commitments of Traders report from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). As of July
Minnesota farmer John Peterson, who uses no-till and cover crops in his corn and soybean fields, and Anna Teeter, a conservation agronomist with Cargill, examine the soil at his farm at North Branch, north of St. Paul, Minnesota, on June 16.
Grain Markets, Markets, Weather

Weather to make grain prices high, growing conditions dry

Acreage estimates from StatCan were bearish for canola values

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June has ended and many have looked up at fireworks lighting up the night sky, celebrating holidays on both sides of the Canada/U.S. border. However, canola growers, traders and analysts will either be looking at the sky for clouds or down at weather maps. After rallying throughout the first half of June to its highest
ICE November 2023 canola with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)
Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Canola makes huge move

Prairies' dry patches add to upswing

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MarketsFarm — Canola came out of Canada Day continuing to build on gains made going into the holiday, largely due to spillover from the Chicago soy complex. The U.S. Department of Agriculture last Friday released its planted acres report, which saw soybeans lose four million acres from the 87.5 million planted in 2022, leading to
Manitoba regional summary of total accumulated precipitation.
Crop Report, Crops, Weather

Crop progress surges in Manitoba, grass conditions for cattle seen fair

Manitoba Crop Report: Issue 8 (week 27)

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Overview  Crop development has been rapid. Rainfall amounts varied with storms moving through the Western and Central regions bringing heavy rain and hail in isolated areas. Fungicide application in spring wheat for fusarium head blight continues as conditions and staging allows. Canola fungicide application has also started as fields reach the correct stage for application.

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