Reading Time: < 1 minute A pause on tariffs from the United States gave the canola market a boost during the first few trading days of February, although the outlook remains cloudy, and values ran into resistance on Feb. 5.
ICE canola weekly outlook: Uncertainty overhanging market
Tariff threats and U.S. biofuel questions
ICE Weekly: Tariff threats linger over canola market
Trump tariffs could sink canola prices
Reading Time: 2 minutes Tariff threats from United States President Donald Trump have the canola market on edge.
Upswings in most December grain deliveries
Declines in rye, flax
Reading Time: < 1 minute Deliveries of major grains increased from December to December, according to data released by Statistics Canada on Jan. 29.
December canola crush pushes higher
Canola crush exceeds 1 million tonnes
Reading Time: < 1 minute Data released by Statistics Canada on Jan. 29 showed the December crush of canola and soybeans came in higher than a year ago.
U.S. threatening Canada’s canola oil industry
Chinese used cooking oil another threat
Reading Time: 2 minutes Canada's canola oil industry is facing two threats from the United States, said Chris Vervaet, executive director of the Winnipeg-based Canadian Oilseed Processors Association.
ICE Canada Weekly: Canola facing ‘extreme uncertainties’ says trader
Excluded from U.S. biofuel tax credits, facing tighter supplies
Reading Time: 2 minutes The path canola is to take as January turns to February has been marked by “extreme uncertainties,” explained broker Ken Ball of Ventum Financial in Winnipeg.
Research on the farm
After observing higher yield in some fields, an agronomist worked with a farmer client to set up a trial that yielded practical results
Reading Time: 8 minutes On-farm research is one of those things that sounds great in theory, especially with the technology at hand today. But how can agronomists and farmers reap results they can use, and count on? Saskatchewan crop consultant Mike Palmier offers one case study. Working with a farming client, he’s found that leaving taller crop stubble in […] Read more
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Bunge-Viterra deal ‘effectively ends competition’ says NFU
Feds’ conditions not near enough to alleviate concerns
Reading Time: < 1 minute The National Farmers Union denounced the approval of the Bunge-Viterra merger in a statement released on Jan. 17. The NFU said the multi-billion dollar deal “effectively ends competition in Canada’s agricultural commodity sector,” as it creates the world’s largest agricultural commodity trader, and it will control 40 per cent of the Canadian grain market.
ICE canola weekly outlook: Outside forces supportive
Reading Time: < 1 minute ICE Futures canola market traded within a wide range during the week ended Jan. 15, hitting its strongest levels since November at one point before backing away from those highs.
Canadian canola exports surging in 2024/25
China top customer
Reading Time: < 1 minute Canadian canola exports continued to stay far above those in 2023/24, the Canadian Grain Commission reported earlier in January. In the CGC's monthly report those outbound shipments of canola from licensed facilities at the end of November reached 3.84 million tonnes which are up by more than 80 per cent from a year ago.
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