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StatsCan production survey timing likely to skew results

By Phil Franz-Warkentin August 29, 2017

Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — Production of Canada’s major crops is generally expected to be down on the year after an adverse growing season in many areas. However, actual production may not end up as low as the estimates set to be released by Statistics Canada on Thursday, due to the timing of the survey. The survey […] Read more

(Alberta Farmer Express photo by Jennifer Blair)

Canola, Crops

Clubroot climbs up into Peace region

By Country Guide Staff August 24, 2017

Reading Time: 2 minutes One of Canada’s northernmost farming areas has picked up a case of a disease well known to canola growers further south. Alberta Canola on Wednesday announced the Peace region has reported a case of clubroot in canola, in Big Lakes County, which surrounds much of Lesser Slave Lake in the region’s southeast. The disease has […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Canola rangebound ahead of harvest

By Phil Franz-Warkentin August 23, 2017

Reading Time: < 1 minute CNS Canada — ICE Futures Canada canola contracts moved off of chart support during the week ended Wednesday, to hit its highest levels in two weeks. However, the market remains rangebound overall, as traders wait to get a better handle on the size of this year’s crop. With harvest operations just starting, Jamie Wilton of […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Canola sinks below $500

By Dave Sims August 16, 2017

Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — As canola heads towards harvest some bearish headwinds have popped up that are keeping the front-month contract below the $500 mark. “There’s been a big reversal since the (U.S. Department of Agriculture) report,” said Keith Ferley of RBC Dominion Securities in Winnipeg. USDA late last week projected the U.S. soybean crop at […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Markets, Reuters

ICE Canada canola futures climb for third straight day

By Julie Ingwersen August 9, 2017

Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago/Reuters – ICE Canada canola futures climbed on Wednesday for a third straight session, buoyed by a lack of moisture in parts of the Canadian Prairies and spillover strength from U.S. soyoil values, traders said. November canola rose $5.50 to settle at $511.20 per tonne, and January canola ended up $5.40 at $516.50. Chicago Board […] Read more

Chad Bown says that at 33 cents per litre, drying last year’s canola cost about six cents per bushel for propane, but related costs for equipment and electricity raised the total to about 50 cents per bushel.

Canola, Crops

Turn up the heat on aeration fans when drying canola

Some growers grappling with a late harvest and high-moisture crops in 2016 added supplemental heaters to their aeration fans. This grower’s experience may inspire an upgrade to aeration setups for 2017

By Jay Whetter August 9, 2017

Reading Time: 6 minutes Things were a little off with Harvest 2016 and Chad Bown was desperate. The farmer from Ranfurly, Alta., was combining 14 per cent moisture canola in late November after a month or more of snow delays. Delivery locations were full, so on-farm storage was his only option. But aeration fans blowing cool air could not […] Read more

Crops

Saskatchewan harvest starts amid heat, dryness concerns

By Commodity News Service Canada August 3, 2017

Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada – Some producers in the south have started harvest, according to the latest Saskatchewan Agriculture crop report for the week ended July 31. Less than one per cent of fields have been combined across the province so far, but 47 per cent of fall rye, six per cent of winter wheat, two per […] Read more

Jitendra Paliwal (left) adjusts the antennae on the 3D electromagnetic imaging system at the U of M’s grain storage research laboratory while Paul Card (right) watches.

Cereals, Crops, Oilseeds, Pulses

Detecting spoilage before it starts

An adaptation of cancer-screening technology offers a better and safer way to check for grain bin moisture, with a bonus of theft detection

By Ron Friesen August 1, 2017

Reading Time: 5 minutes An electromagnetic imaging technique originally designed to detect breast cancer tumours is now being adapted for a totally different use — locating spoiled grain in bins. The research project at the University of Manitoba uses electromagnetic imaging (EMI) to create a 3D profile of a bin, showing pockets of moisture which can overheat and spoil. […] Read more

Crops, Markets

Canola market dips to rally, heat stress hits wheat crops

By Phil Franz-Warkentin July 31, 2017

Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada – The ICE Canada canola market had a bit of a wild ride during the week ended July 28, with the November contract falling to its lowest level of the past month at one point before the brakes were hit on the drop and the market rallied $25 in three days. Fund traders […] Read more

Canola, Markets

ICE Canada Weekly Outlook: Canola off highs, but watching weather

By Phil Franz-Warkentin July 26, 2017

Reading Time: < 1 minute Winnipeg (CNS Canada) – ICE Futures Canada canola contracts moved lower during the week ended July 26, as improving weather conditions in parts of Western Canada and the US Midwest saw speculators liquidating some of their long positions. While the nearby charts turned bearish, canola rebounded off of its lows on Wednesday taking some direction […] Read more

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