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ICE weekly outlook: Sideways canola seeks spark

CNS Canada — ICE Futures Canada canola contracts remain stuck within a sideways trading range awaiting a spark that would push values one way or the other. “We could have had this conversation two months ago… canola is refusing to budge from a range,” analyst Mike Jubinville of ProFarmer Canada said of the lack of

An unauthorized outdoor cannabis “grow” operation found by RCMP northwest of Winnipeg in August 2013. (Photo courtesy Manitoba RCMP)

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Canadians spent $5.7 billion on cannabis in 2017

By GFM Network News, Reuters January 25, 2018

Ottawa | Reuters — Canadians spent an estimated $5.7 billion on cannabis in 2017, Statistics Canada said on Thursday, with the country on track to legalize recreational use of the drug nationwide later this year. About 4.9 million Canadians between the ages of 15 to 64 purchased both medical and non-medical cannabis last year, the

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StatsCan jobs data drags on canola as loonie jumps

New StatsCan crop estimates may provide some direction

By Phil Franz-Warkentin December 7, 2017

ICE Futures Canada canola contracts chopped around within a wide range over the course of the week ended Dec. 1, but finished that Friday on a soft note. The late weakness in canola was a direct result of a rally in the Canadian dollar. The currency itself had been under pressure for most of the

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: StatsCan data help drag wheat to contract lows

By GFM Network News, Mark Weinraub December 7, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures slid to contract lows on Thursday, their fourth straight day of declines, on continued pressure from a Canadian report that showed harvest in that country was bigger than expected. The decline in wheat weighed on corn prices. Soybeans also fell, pressured by a round of

Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Canola holds rangebound with bearish StatsCan data

By Dave Sims, GFM Network News December 6, 2017

CNS Canada — Canola contracts on the ICE Futures Canada complex stayed mostly rangebound during the week ended Wednesday, even as sharp fluctuations in the Canadian dollar and a bearish Statistics Canada report impacted the market. StatsCan on Wednesday released its final production estimates of the year, projecting canola production in 2017-18 at 21.3 million

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Wheat, soy slump on technicals, commodities selloff

By GFM Network News, Michael Hirtzer December 6, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. grain and soy prices fell on Wednesday, pressured by technical selling amid a broad downturn across many commodities as the dollar climbed. Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures eased from an earlier roughly four-month high while wheat futures declined for the third straight session, nearing their contract lows set in

(File photo courtesy Canola Council of Canada)

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Canola stocks look less tight in StatsCan report

By Dave Sims, GFM Network News December 6, 2017

CNS Canada — Canadian farmers grew a record amount of canola in 2017, despite weather concerns, according to updated production estimates on Wednesday from Statistics Canada. The agency pegged production in 2017-18 at 21.3 million tonnes, up from the September estimate of 19.7 million and last year’s total of 19.6 million. The rise in production

Canola south of Ethelton, Sask. on Aug. 3, 2017. (Dave Bedard photo)

Crops, Markets

Larger crops expected in StatsCan report

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin December 1, 2017

CNS Canada — Canada’s canola and wheat production likely ended up larger than earlier expectations, but just how much more remains to be seen, as industry participants await the Statistics Canada production report due out Wednesday. “The finish seemed to be better than what the weather looked like earlier in the year,” said Neil Townsend

Crops, Markets

Trade expecting bigger canola, wheat numbers from StatsCan

By GFM Network News, Rod Nickel November 30, 2017

Reuters — Canadian farmers harvested the biggest canola crop on record, slightly larger than was expected in September, a Reuters survey of 15 traders and analysts showed ahead of a key government report. Wheat production is also seen higher than earlier expectations, as favourable weather produced big yields. Statistics Canada will release its final crop

Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Big canola supply counters big demand

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin November 29, 2017

CNS Canada — ICE Futures Canada canola contracts fell to their lowest levels in a month earlier this week, but appear to have found some support from a chart standpoint. Solid demand on the one hand is being countered by large supplies on the other. “The demand component is powerfully strong,” said Mike Jubinville of

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ICE weekly outlook: Sideways canola seeks spark

Canadians spent $5.7 billion on cannabis in 2017

StatsCan jobs data drags on canola as loonie jumps

U.S. grains: StatsCan data help drag wheat to contract lows

ICE weekly outlook: Canola holds rangebound with bearish StatsCan data

U.S. grains: Wheat, soy slump on technicals, commodities selloff

Canola stocks look less tight in StatsCan report

Larger crops expected in StatsCan report

Trade expecting bigger canola, wheat numbers from StatsCan

ICE weekly outlook: Big canola supply counters big demand

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