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Canada’s canola industry is also looking to an increase in demand from the biofuel sector, with several projects in the works.
Grain Markets, Markets

U.S. renewable fuel mandate muddies demand outlook

New-crop canola is above $700 but it’s hitting resistance

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After trending higher for all of June, the ICE Futures canola market finally ran into resistance as the calendar officially switched to summer. Weather was at the forefront of all the North American agricultural markets, closely followed by a much-anticipated biofuel announcement from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. From a chart standpoint, the new-crop November
Wheat in progress west of Pathlow, Sask. on Aug. 1, 2022. (Dave Bedard photo)
Crops, Markets

Canadian canola, wheat area up on the year: StatCan

More soybean, corn acres also estimated

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MarketsFarm — Canadian farmers planted more canola than earlier intentions, according to updated acreage estimates from Statistics Canada released Wednesday. Meanwhile, wheat plantings hit their highest level in more than two decades. Total canola plantings were estimated at 22.1 million acres by the government agency, which compares with the 21.6 million expected in April and
Field patches where kochia is dominant are candidates for mowing or, in the case of herbicide resistant plants, hand-weeding before it sets seed.
Crops

Strike early when fighting kochia in canola

Kochia has few means of control, so know the options

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Glacier FarmMedia – Kochia is one of the fastest-spreading and most resistant weeds common in canola. The key is to control it before it sets seed, experts say, and that means striking when it’s small. Herbicide resistant kochia has been a management headache for growers across the Prairies. Pre-seed burnoff is the first tool in
Greenhouse-grown canola plant with two introduced clubroot resistance genes shows promise for the future, says researcher Fengqun Yu.
Crops, News

Clubroot ‘race profiling’ can help boost resistance in canola

Research team sets stage for next generation of canola resistance

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Glacier FarmMedia – Racial profiling isn’t a term most people would want to be associated with. When it’s a disease like clubroot, however, it’s different. In the fight against the yield-stealing, soil-borne scourge of canola and other brassica plants, racial profiling is the ability to select varieties that resist not only clubroot in general, but
Rainfall offers slight improvement for Manitoba crops
Crop Report, Crops, Weather

Rainfall offers slight improvement for Manitoba crops

Manitoba Crop Report: Issue 7 (week 26)

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Overview Rainfall was received in most regions of Manitoba this past week but amounts varied by region from low levels to excessive. Areas that did receive significant rainfall have commented the crops have improved slightly from the previous week. Crop development has been rapid but there is some concern for producers choosing to spray for
Soyoil futures recently found themselves in a near vertical uptrend, gaining more than 25 per cent.
Markets, News

Veg oil markets bubble up from depths

Expert's Radar: Dry conditions lift futures well off recent lows

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Mini-donuts, churros, beaver tails, rollkuchen, funnel cake, corndogs, French fries, even Mars bars — they all taste better when fried in oil. The summer festival season of fried food from food trucks is just getting underway, while the markets for the vegetable oils filling all those deep fryers have also been heating up. Soyoil Since
(Dave Bedard photo)
Crops, Markets

Net short drops in canola as funds cover positions

Traders expand net longs in soy, corn

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MarketsFarm — Speculative traders were busy covering short positions in ICE Futures canola during the week ended June 20, taking the net short position in the market to its smallest level in four months, according to the latest Commitments of Traders report from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). As of June 20, the
(Dave Bedard photo)
Crops, Markets

Analysts expect little change in new StatCan numbers

Weather was 'pretty conducive to plantings'

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MarketsFarm — Dry conditions in much of the Prairies this spring may leave seeding areas relatively unchanged ahead of Statistic Canada’s (StatCan) principal field crop report, due to be released Wednesday. It will be the second survey-based acreage report for the 2023-24 marketing year, after the first one was released in April. While growing conditions
Flea beetles can cause significant crop damage in canola.
Crops, News

Manitoba farmers get flea beetle reprieve

Faster plant establishment has helped canola get ahead of the pests

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There is good news about flea beetles. “This year has definitely been a better story when it comes to flea beetles for Manitoba,” said Courtney Boyachek, agronomy specialist with the Canola Council of Canada. To say flea beetles have been a nuisance for canola farmers for the past several years would be an understatement. Normally,
(Dave Bedard/File photo)
Crops, Markets

AAFC’s June supply/demand estimates mostly unchanged

Corn exports adjusted upward

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MarketsFarm — Monthly supply/demand projections from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada were left mostly unchanged in June, as the department awaits updated acreage estimates from Statistics Canada at the end of the month. Only corn saw any adjustments in the numbers from May, with a 200,000-tonne increase in 2022-23 exports, now at 2.05 million tonnes, resulting

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