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Huge increase predicted in canola ending stocks

By Phil Franz-Warkentin - MarketsFarm, GFM Network News 16 hours ago

MarketsFarm — Canadian canola carryout stocks are forecast to rise to a record 5.3 million tonnes by the end of the 2019-20 marketing year, more than doubling the previous five-year average, according to updated estimates from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s market analysis division. While the department, in its estimates, expects total canola production to decline […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Markets

Input Capital steps back from mortgage expansion plans

By GFM Network News 2 days ago

Up against the current canola market, “commodity streaming” firm Input Capital has put off plans to ramp up its mortgage business with canola growers. The publicly traded Regina company in February announced a “comprehensive review of strategic alternatives to enhance shareholder value” and said it was in “an ongoing search for appropriate scalable sources of […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Canola looking for more support

By Phil Franz-Warkentin - MarketsFarm, GFM Network News May 15, 2019

MarketsFarm — ICE canola futures moved higher during the week ended Wednesday as a rally in the Chicago Board of Trade soy complex provided support. Whether there’s more room to the upside remains to be seen. “It looks like we’ve maybe turned a corner,” said Wayne Palmer, senior market analyst with Exceed Grain in Winnipeg. […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Markets

Net short position keeps growing in canola

By Phil Franz-Warkentin - MarketsFarm, GFM Network News May 10, 2019

MarketsFarm — The large speculative short position in ICE Futures canola contracts continued to grow during the week ended Tuesday, as speculators added to their bearish bets on the market, according to the latest commitment of traders (CoT) report compiled by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). Managed money and other reportable speculators had […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Little for canola bids to stand on

By GFM Network News May 8, 2019

MarketsFarm — There wasn’t much available to sustain a bounce in canola prices, from where David Derwin sits. “It’s really tough to say. We had canola drop so much over the last couple of months and sometimes it’s ‘buy the rumour, sell the fact,’” said Derwin, a commodities portfolio manager with PI Financial in Winnipeg. […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Markets

Net short position climbs in canola

By Phil Franz-Warkentin - MarketsFarm, GFM Network News May 6, 2019

MarketsFarm — The large speculative short position in ICE Futures canola contracts widened the week ended Tuesday, as speculators added to their bearish bets on the market, according to the latest commitment of traders (CoT) report from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). Managed money and other reportable speculators on Tuesday had a net […] Read more

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Fed-up Canada tells U.S. to help with China crisis or forget about favours

By GFM Network News May 6, 2019

Ottawa | Reuters — Canada is leaning on the United States to help settle a dispute with China, which has started to block imports of vital Canadian commodities amid a dispute over a detained Huawei executive. In a sign of increasing frustration at what it sees as a lacklustre U.S. response, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s […] Read more

Canola, Crops

Canada ‘playing chess’ on canola file

By Phil Franz-Warkentin - MarketsFarm, GFM Network News May 3, 2019

MarketsFarm — Canola seed sales to China remain at a standstill with little fresh news to report, according to a Canola Council of Canada briefing to farmers held Friday morning together with federal International Trade Diversification Minister Jim Carr. However, efforts on a number of fronts are ongoing, as Canada works to resolve the issue. […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Bearish funds keep canola pointed lower

By Phil Franz-Warkentin - MarketsFarm, GFM Network News May 1, 2019

MarketsFarm — ICE Futures canola prices fell to their lowest levels since 2014 during the week ended Wednesday, as bearish technical signals and a lack of progress on trade relations with China weighed on values. While a short-covering correction is possible, the underlying fundamentals also remain bearish. Speculators adding to their large net short positions […] Read more

Canola, Crops

Five actions to take against clubroot in 2019

By Jay Whetter May 1, 2019

If you grow canola anywhere on the Prairies, you’re now at risk of clubroot. That’s the bad news. The good news is that you can manage the disease by taking these five actions:

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Pulse weekly outlook: Chickpea prices remain low, future bright

Huge increase predicted in canola ending stocks

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Huge increase predicted in canola ending stocks

Input Capital steps back from mortgage expansion plans

ICE weekly outlook: Canola looking for more support

Net short position keeps growing in canola

ICE weekly outlook: Little for canola bids to stand on

Net short position climbs in canola

Fed-up Canada tells U.S. to help with China crisis or forget about favours

Canada ‘playing chess’ on canola file

ICE weekly outlook: Bearish funds keep canola pointed lower

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