ICE Futures canola trended lower during the week ended Feb. 15.

Ungainly supplies, lack of demand dragging on canola

Assorted drama in the U.S. added a cautious tone to trade

ICE Futures canola contracts trended lower in the front months during the week ended Feb. 15, moving below chart support in the process as a number of factors conspired to weigh on values. The nearby March contract fell below the psychological $480-per-tonne level on Feb. 14, setting the stage for a test of the nearby

ICE Futures canola contracts trended higher over the course of the week ended Jan. 25, but canola is seen sluggish overall due to outside influences.

Export uncertainties keep canola trading rangebound

New estimates call for a one per cent rise in canola acres

ICE Futures canola contracts trended higher over the course of the week ended Jan. 25, as the market saw a chart-based recovery off of the yearly lows hit the previous week. However, canola remains rangebound and sluggish overall, largely taking its influence from activity in outside commodity and financial markets. Trade uncertainty kept a cautious


CBOT soy futures, currency, weak demand pile on canola

CBOT soy futures, currency, weak demand pile on canola

A lack of USDA reports adds an ongoing air of uncertainty

Canola contracts on the ICE Futures platform moved lower during the week ended Jan. 11, nearing major chart support as a number of factors conspired against the commodity. Losses in the Chicago Board of Trade soy complex were a major bearish influence on canola, as uncertainty over Chinese demand and looming South American crops weighed

The U.S. government shutdown had markets mostly quiet over the holiday season.

Canadian dollar’s holiday rally lifts ICE canola futures

A lack of USDA data leaves traders ‘buying the rumour’

The ICE canola futures market spent the holiday season like it usually does, paying attention to goings-on south of the border. However, near the end of the two-week holiday period, canola broke out on its own due to a rally in the Canadian dollar. The holidays were kicked off by a partial U.S. government shutdown,


Looking out to the next decade, the USDA’s trend assumptions don't have soybean yields making comparable strides alongside corn.

What will U.S. corn and soybeans yield in 2019?

USDA long-range reports can give us an inkling of what to expect even before the seed is booked

It might be comically early to start debating yield scenarios for a crop that is still several months away from planting, but the U.S. government’s early projections for 2019 and beyond hold some interesting ideas for the years ahead. Each February, the U.S. Department of Agriculture publishes its long-term projections that provide a single representative

U.S.-China tariff ceasefire may support oilseed markets

U.S.-China tariff ceasefire may support oilseed markets

Corn futures followed soybeans’ volatility during the week

It was a volatile time for the ICE Futures canola market during the week ended Nov. 30, as oilseed traders anxiously awaited news from the weekend’s G20 summit in Argentina. U.S. President Donald Trump met with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Dec. 1. The two reached a trade truce where they will hold off on



Social media via a particular president served up a short term spike in canola markets on Nov. 1.

A tweet spikes the canola market

President Donald Trump’s revelation of a trade discussion with China caused brief excitement

The canola market started the week in a dismal situation, but that all changed Nov. 1 when a tweet sent the commodity markets flying. However, by the next day the canola market corrected and finished the week lower overall. South American seeding and the ongoing trade war between China and the United States saw the


For the week ending Oct. 26, there was enough canola still in fields waiting to be harvested that markets will feel once it enters the bin.

Harvest progress pressures canola prices

The remaining four million tonnes of expected production 
is enough to move markets

Canola contracts on the ICE Futures exchange fell to their lowest levels of the past year during the week ended Oct. 26, as harvest operations across Western Canada finally neared completion. Farmers in both Alberta and Saskatchewan reported good progress during the week, helping ease concerns over unharvested acres being left out over the winter.

Yield, quality uncertainties supportive for canola futures

Yield, quality uncertainties supportive for canola futures

New-crop canola is already making its way to market

ICE canola futures started the holiday-shortened week ended Oct. 12 by climbing to their highest levels in nearly two months, but quickly ran into resistance and trended lower. Cool, wet, harvest-delaying weather across the Prairies remained a supportive influence, but windows of opportunity were presenting themselves and canola was making its way into the commercial