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Canola crush margins hit best levels in months

By Phil Franz-Warkentin December 3, 2015

Reading Time: < 1 minute CNS Canada –– Canola crush margins have improved considerably over the past few weeks, hitting levels not seen in over six months, as vegetable oil prices rose and the Canadian dollar dropped. Crush margins provide an indication of the profitability of the product values relative to the seed cost when processing canola, with exchange rates […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Canola watching currency markets

By Phil Franz-Warkentin December 2, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — ICE Futures Canada canola contracts moved higher during the week ended Wednesday, but further gains may be hard to come by without more support from the currency markets. “We’ve been held up here by the weaker Canadian dollar,” said Jerry Klassen, manager of the Canadian office for Swiss-based GAP S.A. Grains and […] Read more

Crops, Markets

Bigger crops anticipated ahead of StatsCan report

By Phil Franz-Warkentin December 2, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada –– Canada’s harvest ended up better than expected in 2015-16, with upward revisions expected for the country’s wheat and canola production when Statistics Canada releases its latest survey data Friday. “It turns out that the crop didn’t suffer as much in Alberta and Saskatchewan,” said Jerry Klassen, manager of the Canadian office for […] Read more

Barley, Livestock, Machinery, Spring Wheat

Alta. to tweak farm worker bill for ‘clarity’

By Country Guide Staff December 1, 2015

Reading Time: 4 minutes With consultations only just out of the gate and the legislation awaiting second reading, the Alberta government already plans to amend Bill 6, its farm and ranch worker protection bill, for “greater clarity.” While not mentioning recent vocal protests over the bill, provincial Labour Minister Lori Sigurdson announced Tuesday the bill will be amended to “make clear what […] Read more

Canola, Cereals, Corn, Crops, Forages, Machinery, Reuters, Soybeans

U.S. EPA finalizes 2016 renewables target at 18.1B gallons

By Chris Prentice November 30, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes New York | Reuters — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency wants energy companies to blend 18.1 billion gallons (68.5 billion litres) of biofuels into the nation’s fuel supply next year, more than in a proposal laid out in May, it said in announcing final rules on renewables use for 2014-16 on Monday. The EPA’s long-awaited […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

Dreyfus family members reported asking to be bought out

By Reuters November 30, 2015

Reading Time: < 1 minute London | Reuters –– Members of the founding family of Louis Dreyfus Commodities have asked the majority shareholder of the commodities trader to buy out most of their stake, Britain’s Financial Times newspaper reported Sunday. Quoting sources familiar with the situation, the newspaper said the family members had informed Margarita Louis-Dreyfus of their intention to […] Read more

General, Machinery

Alta. farm bill applies to paid workers only, minister says

By Country Guide Staff November 28, 2015

Reading Time: 3 minutes UPDATED, Nov. 28, 2015 — New legislation applying Alberta’s rules on workplace standards and workers’ compensation to farm workers is meant for farms’ paid employees — not for family members or neighbours helping out on family farms. The province’s labour minister has said as much after stormy early going in the government’s consultations on Bill […] Read more

Crops, Machinery, Markets

Low ocean freight rates likely to stick around

By Phil Franz-Warkentin November 26, 2015

Reading Time: 3 minutes CNS Canada –– Ocean freight rates are at some of their lowest levels ever and will likely stay that way for at least the next two years, according to an industry analyst. “We’re near hitting bottom, but just because we hit bottom it doesn’t mean we won’t scrape along it for awhile,” said Jay O’Neil, […] Read more

Hybrid Hornet winter canola taken in western Kentucky in January 2014. Distributor Rubisco Seeds reports an average yield of 50 bushels per acre.

Canola, Crops

Winter canola catches on down south

Winter canola took a drought hit in the southern U.S. in 2015, but experts are optimistic about industry expansion

By Julienne Isaacs November 26, 2015

Reading Time: 4 minutes It may have struggled with tough weather, but winter canola seems ready to take off in the Great Plains region of the southern United States. Spring canola is already widely grown in the northern states, but winter canola is a relatively new addition to rotations in the southern Great Plains, where temperatures prohibit spring varieties. […] Read more

4-H Canada CEO Shannon Benner announces $600,000 in funding for scholarship and farm safety programs, in partnership with CN. (Lisa Guenther photo)

Crops

Railway funds to deliver safety, leadership programs

By Lisa Guenther November 25, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes 4-H Canada is set to launch a new youth leadership program, along with a farm safety fund, thanks to a $600,000 contribution from Canadian National Railway (CN). Executives at 4-H and CN unveiled the 4-H Canada Leadership Excellence Awards of Distinction (LEAD) at Canadian Western Agribition on Wednesday morning. Each year LEAD will award four […] Read more

Daily Network News

Conservative MP introduces bill to speed approvals of seeds, fertilizers

ICE Weekly: More to canola price gains than Middle East war

CBOT Weekly: U.S. trade monitoring crops, weather

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