Reading Time: 3 minutes Reuters — U.S. President Donald Trump has asked for more talks between representatives of the oil and corn industries after a meeting on Tuesday failed to yield an agreement on how to help refiners cope with the country’s biofuels policy. Trump has called the talks between Big Corn and Big Oil amid rising concern in […] Read more
Trump pushes for more talks after ‘no deal’ on biofuels
Canola exports slow down in latest weekly report
Reading Time: < 1 minute CNS Canada — Weekly Canadian canola exports were down during the week ended Sunday, hitting their lowest level since September 2017, according to the latest Canadian Grain Commission data. Canada exported only 129,000 tonnes of canola during the latest reporting period, which compares with the previous five-week average of 194,800 tonnes. Total canola exports during […] Read more
ICE weekly outlook: Canola rides soymeal wave higher
Reading Time: < 1 minute CNS Canada — ICE Futures Canada canola contracts rode the coattails of a surging soymeal market during the week ended Wednesday, but one big rain in Argentina could halt the rally in its tracks. “If there’s more rain in the forecast we will lose ground,” said Mike Jubinville of ProFarmer Canada. “The attitude is the […] Read more
ICE weekly outlook: Canola hits resistance
Reading Time: < 1 minute CNS Canada — ICE Futures Canada canola contracts moved higher over the past week, but may be running into resistance to the upside. “I’m sensing that canola is at the top end of the range,” said Errol Anderson of ProMarket Communications in Calgary, noting much of the recent strength was tied to advances in Chicago […] Read more
Early canola promoter Gordon Graham, 89
Reading Time: < 1 minute A memorial is to be held in June in Brandon for a Prairie farmer who helped lead the charge on adoption of rapeseed as a crop, as it morphed into today’s canola. Gordon Graham, who farmed near Newdale, Man., about 75 km north of Brandon, died Wednesday at age 89 in Cochrane, Alta. Graham, an […] Read more
Why China needs canola imports
China has been growing rapeseed for millennia and has seen a rapid increase in productivity over the past 50 years. Even so, production can’t meet demand
Reading Time: 5 minutes Brassica rapa plants have contributed to Chinese cuisine for millennia. “The Book of Songs”, an ancient collection of Chinese poetry, includes one 3,000-year-old poem, Gu Feng, which specifically mentions the plant. In this English translation, Brassica rapa is called “mustard plant.” Gently blows the east wind, With cloudy skies and with rain. Husband and wife […] Read more
ICE weekly outlook: Rain in Argentina could provide direction
Reading Time: < 1 minute CNS Canada — ICE Futures Canada canola contracts finally broke through the psychologically-important $500 per tonne mark during the week ended Wednesday. That could be a fleeting achievement, however, depending on the chances for rainfall in Argentina and the next U.S. Department of Agriculture report. “If rain comes, soybeans could go down to US$9.60 a […] Read more
The right next step
Peer Think: Brooks and Jen White have always focused on improving their management decision-making. For them, that makes a peer group a key growth strategy
Reading Time: 7 minutes These new peer groups are drawing rave reviews from their members. Are they the most inspirational and perhaps the most essential business idea of the new millennium? It’s a big claim, but it’s tough to argue against this newest iteration of farmers helping farmers. Located in the extreme southwest of Manitoba, Brooks and Jen White’s […] Read more
Producers lose transparency with end of weekly crush report
Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — Canada’s grains industry found itself shocked when the Canadian Oilseed Processors Association (COPA) announced Friday it would stop publishing its weekly report on member crushings. “I loved that report. In Western Canada, or Canada in general, I think any reports that give you kind of a weekly snapshot of what’s happening in […] Read more
Canadian canola stocks jump
Reading Time: 1 minute CNS Canada — Stocks of Canadian canola have increased substantially, according to the latest estimate from Statistics Canada. Total stocks of oats, lentils and peas also rose, but not by as much as canola. StatsCan on Monday pegged canola stocks, as of Dec. 31, 2017 at 14.15 million tonnes, up from the 2016 total of […] Read more
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