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Canola crush plants seeing big-time profits

High crush margins mean demand should stay strong, but premiums for growers are scarce

Reading Time: 3 minutes Glacier FarmMedia – Canola crush profits are high, but that’s no reason for growers to break out the champagne, say Alberta producers. Crush plants are riding a wave of demand and processed about 794,000 tonnes of seed in September, the most in a year. And with crush margins well above $200 per tonne for futures contracts (more […] Read more

ICE January 2023 canola with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

ICE weekly outlook: Canola still rangebound but upside possible

Crush margins expected to stay high for now

Reading Time: 2 minutes MarketsFarm — The ICE Futures canola market traded within a certain range for the week ended Wednesday, but one trader believes that wide crush margins will take prices over the psychological resistance level. Since nearly hitting the $900 per tonne mark on Nov. 15, the January canola contract declined for eight straight sessions before going […] Read more


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Opinions divided ahead of StatCan production report

Agency's previous estimates model-based

Reading Time: 2 minutes MarketsFarm — Ahead of the crop production report from Statistics Canada (StatCan) due out Friday, trade expectations are above and below what the federal agency estimated in September. In August, and in September, StatCan issued production reports based on a satellite model and without any input from farmers filling out surveys. That has caused some […] Read more

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Fund position back to net short in canola

MGEX wheat also shifts to net short: CFTC

Reading Time: < 1 minute MarketsFarm — Heavy long-liquidation in ICE Futures canola saw the managed money speculative position flip back to a net short after a brief flirtation with a net long, according to the latest Commitment of Traders (CoT) report from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). The weekly report was delayed one day due to last […] Read more


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EU cuts estimate of drought-hit maize crop, raises import outlook

Commission cuts soft wheat exports, raises imports

Reading Time: 2 minutes Paris | Reuters — The European Commission on Friday cut its estimate of this year’s drought-hit maize harvest in the European Union to a new 15-year low while again raising its projection for this season’s maize imports. European maize (corn) crops endured severe drought and several heatwaves during the crucial summer growth period. The Commission […] Read more

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Canadian grain deliveries during October mostly higher

Among grains, flax sees largest percentage decline

Reading Time: < 1 minute MarketsFarm — Deliveries of major grains in Canada during October witnessed several gains compared to a year ago, according to the latest report from Statistics Canada (StatCan) released Thursday. All grain deliveries for October 2022 exceeded 5.43 million tonnes for a 19.3 per cent increase from the previous October. During last month, total wheat deliveries […] Read more


ICE January 2023 canola with Bollinger bands (20,2). (Barchart)

ICE weekly outlook: Canola’s sideways market nears low end of range

January down last six sessions

Reading Time: < 1 minute MarketsFarm — ICE Futures canola contracts slid lower during the week ended Wednesday but remain stuck in a sideways trading range overall. The January contract has held within a range from $800 to $900 per tonne for the past five months, with the market still well within that range despite losing over $50 per tonne […] Read more

Infected plants are often taller than healthy ones and stay green when the rest of the field is senescing. Flowers turn green and seeds sprout inside pods.

Heading off aster yellows in field crops

A new rapid test may help diagnose the disease in time to take action with fungicide

Reading Time: 4 minutes [UPDATED: Nov. 28, 2022] Aster yellows is a sneaky disease, arriving in canola via aster leafhoppers infected with the parasitic organism aster yellows phytoplasma (AYP). The leafhoppers spread the disease to plants as they feed, but the symptoms don’t show up until the crop is too far gone to treat. In bad years — which […] Read more


ICE January 2023 canola (candlesticks) with Bollinger bands (20,2) and ICE March 2023 canola (black line). (Barchart)

ICE weekly outlook: Premium showing in front-month canola

'Surge' of farmer selling expected in January

Reading Time: < 1 minute MarketsFarm — The ICE Futures canola market held rangebound during the week ended Nov. 16, with the widening premium of the nearby January contract over the March futures seen as a sign of good nearby demand. ICE January canola settled Wednesday at $882.40 per tonne, a $10.50 per tonne premium over the March contract. That […] Read more

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Fund position switches to net long in canola

Net long in CBOT corn decreases on the week

Reading Time: < 1 minute MarketsFarm — The overall speculative position in the ICE Futures canola market swung from net short to net long during the first week of November, marking the first time speculators were holding more longs than shorts in four months. That’s according to the latest Commitment of Traders (CoT) report compiled by the U.S. Commodity Futures […] Read more