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Canola, Crops

Don’t be a silly one, scout for verticillium

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Reading Time: 4 minutes On Aug. 10, 2020, Brad Crammond noticed some sudden and premature die-off in a seemingly healthy field of canola. “We’ve had issues with blackleg in the past,” says the farmer from Austin, Man., “and I could tell this was something different.” So he called Canola Council of Canada agronomy specialist Angela Brackenreed to take a […] Read more
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Canola, Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat

Canola exports slow to trickle

Wheat exports also well behind curve: CGC

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Reading Time: < 1 minute MarketsFarm — Canadian canola exports have slowed to a trickle, as supplies dwindle with only two months left in the current marketing year. Only 900 tonnes of canola were exported out of the country during the week ended May 27, according to the latest data from the Canadian Grain Commission. That was down from the […] Read more
ICE July 2022 canola (candlesticks) with Bollinger bands (20,2) and November 2022 canola (yellow line). (Barchart)
Canola, Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: ‘Meltdown’ not yet on canola market radar

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Reading Time: < 1 minute MarketsFarm — There’s more to the sharp decline in U.S. wheat and corn futures than the possibility of Ukrainian exports returning to the global market along with the massive liquidation of longs, according to analyst Errol Anderson of ProMarket Communications in Calgary. “My theory with what is going on is that we’re seeing a fairly […] Read more
ICE July 2022 canola (candlesticks) with Bollinger bands (20,2) and November 2022 canola (yellow line). (Barchart)
Canola, Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Canola sideways for now

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Reading Time: 2 minutes MarketsFarm — The ICE Futures canola market may have seen some large price swings over the past few weeks, but remains relatively rangebound overall with values sitting just below their all-time highs. The upward momentum is slowing down, said David Derwin, a commodities investment advisor with PI Financial in Winnipeg. However, he added, it remains […] Read more
Huawei Technologies’ logo is shown on its France headquarters at Boulogne-Billancourt just west of Paris on Feb. 17, 2021. (Photo: Reuters/Gonzalo Fuentes)
Canola, Crops, Machinery, Reuters

Canada to ban Huawei/ZTE 5G equipment, joining Five Eyes allies

Move comes as diplomatic tensions ease, canola block lifted

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Ottawa | Reuters — Canada on Thursday said it plans to ban the use of China’s Huawei Technologies and ZTE Corp. 5G gear to protect national security, joining the rest of the so-called Five Eyes intelligence-sharing network. “We intend to exclude Huawei and ZTE from our 5G networks,” Industry Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne told reporters in […] Read more
ICE July 2022 canola (candlesticks) with Bollinger bands (20,2) and November 2022 canola (black line). (Barchart)
Canola, Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Highs might be in for old-crop canola

New crop in 'a very uncertain stage'

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Reading Time: < 1 minute MarketsFarm — The highs may be in for old-crop canola contracts on the ICE Futures platform, with attention in the market turning to the new crop. “I think the market has probably defined the upside potential and the acute demand rationing that needed to occur is done,” said Jerry Klassen, an independent commodity trader and […] Read more
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Canola, Crops, Markets

China lifts block on Canadian grain firms’ canola exports

Canola from Richardson, Viterra again allowed, officials report

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Officials say China has reinstated market access for two major grain firms whose exports of Canadian canola have been blocked from Chinese ports since 2019. Canada’s Trade Minister Mary Ng and Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau, in a joint statement Wednesday, confirmed the decision by Chinese customs officials allowing Richardson International and Viterra to resume canola […] Read more
Cabbage seedpod weevil. Spraying only the border would mean less collateral damage to its enemies in the rest of the field.
Canola, Crops

Rethinking trap crops in canola

Shatter-resistant varieties may allow the theory to be put into practice

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Reading Time: 3 minutes It’s the usual tradeoff: the agricultural research community has to balance promising new concepts in pest management against ease of use and efficiency gains for farmers. One such concept, an integrated pest management strategy called “trap cropping,” hasn’t always been an easy sell. The basic concept is that pests are controlled in a lower-value crop […] Read more
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Canola, Crops, Machinery

U.S. EPA proposal likes canola oil for renewable fuel

A final EPA decision is expected this summer, which, if favourable, could add new demand for Canada's premier oilseed

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Reading Time: 3 minutes Canola has another feather in its cap — one which is expected to put more money in farmers’ pockets. In a ‘proposed decision’ released in April the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recognized canola oil’s value as an environment-friendly alternative to fossil-based fuel — a move that’s expected to add new demand for the crop. […] Read more

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