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Flea beetles in canola seedlings. (Canola Council of Canada video screengrab via YouTube)
Canola, Crops, Weather

Flea beetles an issue in parts of Saskatchewan

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Reading Time: < 1 minute MarketsFarm — Delays to spring seeding in some regions of Saskatchewan, such as the northeast, have opened the door for infestations of flea beetles, according to provincial pest management specialist James Tansey. Canola crops that were planted later than normal are suffering from flea beetles, he said. Extremely late-seeded canola has been relatively free from […] Read more
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Canola, Crops

BASF pegs InVigor canola woes

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Reading Time: 2 minutes BASF says they are aware of the issues farmers are seeing in some of their canola varieties. A statement from the company, released in mid-June, noted that some InVigor hybrids “may be encountering various challenges that could be hindering crop establishment this season.” The issue had been noted in “select geographies” in Western Canada, according […] Read more
A view of Ceres Global Ag’s Northgate, Sask. facility as seen from its fertilizer shed in 2018. (Grainews photo by Lisa Guenther)
Canola, Crops, Markets

Ceres pulls plans for Saskatchewan canola crush plant

U.S. company suspends project citing higher-than-projected costs

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Reading Time: 2 minutes U.S. ag commodities firm Ceres Global Ag’s plans for a canola crush plant in southeastern Saskatchewan are now on indefinite hold. Minneapolis-based Ceres said Friday it’s suspending the crush project it announced in May last year and will terminate a related equipment design and supply contract, so as to reduce “project-related contract liabilities.” The proposed […] Read more
ICE November 2022 new-crop canola (candlesticks) with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages (yellow, green and black lines). (Barchart)
Canola, Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Falling canola futures snowballing lower

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Reading Time: < 1 minute MarketsFarm — ICE Futures canola contracts fell hard during the week ended Wednesday, with little indication of how much more room to the downside there could be. “Once the snowball starts rolling, it just rolls,” analyst Mike Jubinville of MarketsFarm said, adding there were no dynamic changes to the generally supportive canola fundamentals — but […] Read more
(File photo by Dave Bedard)
Canola, Crops, Markets

Canola net long position smallest in 10 months

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Reading Time: < 1 minute MarketsFarm — The net long position held by fund traders in the ICE Futures canola market continued to dwindle in the latest Commitment of Traders (CoT) report compiled by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), hitting its smallest level since August 2021. The net managed money long position in ICE Futures canola came in […] Read more
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Canola, Crops, Reuters

Cargill plans to close U.K. rapeseed crush plant

Fewer U.K. farmers growing crop

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Reading Time: < 1 minute London | Reuters — Cargill plans to close its rapeseed crush facility in Hull, eastern England, the global commodities trader said Tuesday. The mill, which Cargill has been operating since 1985, has the capacity to crush 750 tonnes of seed a day to produce 420 tonnes of rapeseed meal and 323 tonnes of crude rapeseed […] Read more
canola unloading into a grain truck
Canola, Crops

It’s time to be paid for oil content in canola

Farmers are encouraged to select varieties and use production practices to boost oil content, but they don’t get paid for it on the driveway

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Reading Time: 8 minutes Growers have been paid for high protein in wheat for more than 40 years. It’s time they’re also paid for high oil content in canola. Discussions on paying oil premiums have been around for years, culminating about a decade ago when a major push by farmers and farm organizations for the introduction of oil premiums […] Read more

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