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James Oberhofer took this picture at noon on August 15, 2018. With the smoke-dimmed sun, lights were essential in the yards and fields and on the highway.
Canola, Crops

Canola growth stalled under a shroud of smoke

Alberta canola farmers dealing with another late harvest in 2018 estimate that smoky skies in August delayed their crop by at least 10 days. Is that possible?

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Reading Time: 5 minutes It was an eerie orange noon on August 15 and James Oberhofer needed to turn his truck lights on. When the agronomist for Six Strong Agronomy tried to scout under a canola field canopy, he saw only darkness. Things were in a stunning standstill as Alberta suffered the worst day in what had been a […] Read more
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Crops

Alberta harvest nearing completion

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Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada – Alberta farmers made significant harvest progress in late-October, with nearly 95 per cent of crops off the field as of Oct. 30, according to the final crop report of the season from Alberta Agriculture. On a crop-by-crop basis, spring wheat was 96.1 per cent harvested, durum 95.4 per cent, barley 95.6 per […] Read more
(File photo courtesy Canola Council of Canada)
Canola, Markets

Visible canola supplies building: CGC report

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Reading Time: < 1 minute CNS Canada – Canadian canola stocks in the commercial pipeline increased for the fifth-straight week, according to the latest data from the Canadian Grain Commission, as solid post-harvest deliveries more than made up for the routine demand from exporters and the domestic crush sector. Farmers delivered 499,900 tonnes of canola during the week ended Oct. […] Read more
Soybeans getting one step closer to the bin in Western Manitoba in October 2018. Photo: Greg Berg
Crops, Weather

Weather weighed on 2018 Manitoba crop year

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Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada – Conditions were variable across Manitoba throughout the 2018 growing season, according to the provincial crop report released Oct. 29. As of Oct. 29, provincially 97 per cent of the total crop was harvested. Crops completely finished include winter wheat, fall rye, field pea and dry bean. The spring wheat, barley, oat and […] Read more
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Canola, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Canola funds maintain net long position

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Reading Time: < 1 minute CNS Canada – Speculators grew their net long positions in the ICE canola market slightly during the week ended Oct. 23, while commercial traders built their positions on the short side, according to the latest Commitment of Traders (CoT) report compiled by the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). Managed money and other reportable […] Read more
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Crops, Reuters

Drought to cut east Australia crop output in half from 20-year average

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Melbourne | Reuters – Drought is expected to cut eastern Australia’s crop production this year to less than half the average over the past 20 years, with New South Wales to be worst hit, the country’s agricultural commodities forecaster said on Friday. While some regions are facing the worst conditions in memory, the Australian Bureau […] Read more

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