(File photo by Dave Bedard)

Net long position in canola edging down

Net long increases in Chicago, K.C. wheat

MarketsFarm — The managed money net long position in canola has edged down over the past few months, hitting its lowest level since August 2020 in the latest Commitment of Traders report from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). As of Tuesday, managed money fund traders were holding a net long position in ICE

The supply concerns now facing canola could become more problematic if there’s little rain to be had in coming weeks.

Days are numbered for old-crop canola

July canola is now way down off that $1,000-plus peak

It has been downhill for old-crop canola after it topped the $1,000-per-tonne mark last week. On May 13, the July contract closed at $857.30, tumbling nearly $150 on the week. During its dramatic slide, July bottomed out at ICE Futures’ daily limit three times at the close, including hitting the expanded limit of $45 per



If canola continues to disappear at its current rate, we would wind up with available supplies of negative half a million tonnes by the time a new crop is ready.

Canola values try to ration demand as stocks tighten

Chicago soy and corn are running at eight-year-plus highs

The ICE Futures canola market continued its meteoric rise during the first trading week of May, as the ongoing story of tight supplies remained supportive. Statistics Canada confirmed the tightening supply situation with its latest stocks report, released May 7. Total canola supplies in the country as of March 31 were pegged at only 6.6





ICE November 2021 canola (candlesticks) with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages (light yellow, dark yellow, dark green lines). (Barchart)

ICE weekly outlook: Challenging crop year ahead for canola

MarketsFarm — With declines in canola following Statistics Canada’s bullish-leaning projections for acres, it’s becoming more difficult to determine which way prices will trend in coming weeks and months. “Where are prices going to go? In any given year that’s challenging, especially in this year,” said David Derwin, analyst for PI Financial in Winnipeg. “That