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A diamondback pupa. (Photo courtesy Canola Council of Canada)
Canola, Crops, Fruit/Vegetables, Reuters

Genetically modified diamondback moth offers pest control hope

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Reading Time: 2 minutes London | Reuters –– Scientists in Britain say they have developed a way of genetically modifying and controlling an invasive species of moth that causes serious pest damage to cabbages, kale, canola and other similar crops worldwide. In what they said could be a pesticide-free and environmentally-friendly way to control insect pests, the scientists, from […] Read more
(Dave Bedard photo)
Canola, Crops, Markets, Weather

ICE weekly outlook: Canola faces resistance

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Reading Time: < 1 minute CNS Canada — ICE Futures Canada canola contracts traded within a wide range during the week ended Wednesday, but settled mixed as the market reacted to conflicting outside factors. While the nearby bias has shifted lower in the most active months, ongoing production uncertainty in Western Canada should remain supportive in the long run, according […] Read more
(BungeMOE.com)
Canola, Crops, Markets, Weather

Canada’s canola crop woes cut crusher profits to two-year low

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Winnipeg | Reuters — Problems with Canada’s canola crop are driving up the oilseed’s price, cutting processors’ margins to their lowest levels in two years and threatening to boost the price of a key ingredient of salad dressings and potato chips. Frost and dry conditions on the Canadian Prairies have damaged the crop, which processors, […] Read more
(Photo courtesy Canola Council of Canada)
Canola, Crops, Markets

Canola crush margins keep dropping

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Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — Canola crush margins remain in free-fall as canola seed becomes more and more expensive relative to the product values. “They’re not deteriorating, they’re flat-out disintegrating,” said a canola trader, pointing to the $20 drop over the past week alone. Crush levels have only been lower than they are now a couple times […] Read more
(Canola Council of Canada photo)
Canola, Crops, Reuters, Weather

Patchy canola points to smaller crop, harvest dilemma

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Winnipeg | Reuters — Canola crops are rising across the Prairies like bad haircuts, reflecting multiple plantings and growth stages during a spring of frost and dry conditions. The most uneven canola crop in roughly a decade, according to provincial oilseed specialist Murray Hartman at Lacombe, Alta., points to lower yields in the world’s top […] Read more
(Photo courtesy Canola Council of Canada)
Canola, Crops, Markets

U.S. trans fat ban creates opportunities for canola

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Reading Time: 3 minutes CNS Canada — A move by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to ban artificial trans fats in processed foods within three years will create opportunities for Canada’s canola sector, especially high oleic varieties such as Nexera. Partially hydrogenated oils (PHOs), which are the primary source of artificial trans fat in processed foods, are not […] Read more
(GoldenGateMargarine.com)
Canola, Crops, Markets, Soybeans

Richardson buying bigger margarine market share

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Reading Time: < 1 minute Prairie grain and agrifood firm Richardson International is going long on shortening with a deal for major Canadian margarine firm Golden Gate. Privately-held, Winnipeg-based Richardson is no stranger to the margarine business as the owner of the Canola Harvest brand, having bought Canbra Foods in 1999 and Innovative Foods in 2011. Owned and operated by […] Read more
Crops, Weather

Thirsty Alta. crops could use a drink, analyst says

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Reading Time: < 1 minute CNS Canada — Alberta’s dry weather and cooler nights have hit some crops in the province hard, but one specialist says he isn’t worried yet. Neil Whatley, a crop specialist with Alberta Agriculture and Forestry in Stettler, said only some parts of the province have seen rain. “There’s no general rain, just showers. Where there’s […] Read more

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