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Canola, Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Export uncertainty dogs canola

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Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — Canola futures don’t appear ready to climb drastically higher anytime soon as uncertainty over Chinese buying weighs on the market, according to a Winnipeg trader and analyst. The recent grain stocks report compiled by Statistics Canada has become a source of pressure for canola, said Ken Ball of PI Financial. StatsCan’s report […] Read more
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Crops, Guide Business

There’s a spreadsheet that can do that

Provincial farm management staffs have developed tools for everything from converting bushels to tonnes to planning a whole year’s cropping plan

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Reading Time: 5 minutes Smartphones and their apps may be handy for some purposes, but they’re not tools for making detailed calculations, especially the kind that you have to take to your banker. That’s where you’re better off with an old-fashioned Excel spreadsheet, and thanks to government extension staff in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, there are many adaptations where […] Read more
Austria’s Parliament Building, in Vienna. (CIA.gov)
Livestock, Reuters

Austrian government split on opposition to CETA

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Vienna | Reuters –– Austrian Chancellor Christian Kern’s opposition to a free trade agreement between the European Union and Canada was countered by fervent praise for the deal from his deputy at a special parliamentary session on the issue on Wednesday. The Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with Canada, negotiations for which have finished, […] Read more
(Keith Weller photo courtesy ARS/USDA)
Dairy Cattle, Livestock

TPP study sees net ‘neutral’ effect on dairy sector

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Reading Time: 4 minutes An economic impact study on Canada’s participation in a Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal finds losses in Canada’s dairy sector would be “offset” by gains for dairy processors from cheaper dairy imports. The study, prepared for the federal government by its Office of the Chief Economist and released Friday, notes Canada has offered expanded access […] Read more
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Crops

Large old-crop canola stocks raise new-crop questions

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Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — Canada grew a million more tonnes of canola in 2015-16 than originally reported, according to updated numbers from Statistics Canada, released Wednesday in connection with the Stocks of Principal Field Crops as of July 31 report. The unexpected revision to the old-crop production now has many industry participants questioning just how large […] Read more
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Canola, Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Stocks add softer undertone to market

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Reading Time: < 1 minute CNS Canada –– A stocks report from Statistics Canada has changed the dynamic of the canola market, one analyst says, though prices are not expected to plummet. Statistics Canada estimates canola stocks at 2.016 million tonnes as of July 31. The government agency also upwardly revised year-ago production numbers. “It causes a fairly significant shift […] Read more
Syngenta’s Interaction Centre at Stein, Switzerland. (Syngenta.com)
Crops, Reuters

ChemChina extends tender offers for Syngenta

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Reading Time: < 1 minute Zurich | Reuters — ChemChina on Tuesday extended by almost two months the deadline for Syngenta investors to tender their shares as the Chinese company seeks to complete a US$43 billion takeover of the Swiss pesticides and seeds group. Investors in Basel-based Syngenta now have until Nov. 8 to tender their shares unless this is […] Read more
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Crops, Reuters

Bayer sweetens Monsanto bid as talks enter final stretch

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Reuters — German pharmaceutical and crops manufacturer Bayer said on Monday that its negotiations with Monsanto had advanced, and that it was now willing to offer more than US$65 billion to acquire the world’s largest seeds company. Bayer’s announcement came as the gap in price expectations between the two companies has narrowed significantly, although important […] Read more

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