Reading Time: 4 minutes After Bayer’s “dream team” panel of canola breeders and developers at Ag in Motion to discuss their work on “the highest-yielding DeKalb canola hybrid yet,” an audience member posed the inevitable question: What’s next?
From AIM: New tech opens paths for canola’s next steps
From AIM: How many flowers in a canola field?
Reading Time: 2 minutes There's no debating the beauty of a canola field in bloom, but it's possible to have a more scientific debate about canola flowers. Such as, how many yellow flowers are there, in a canola field that's one section in size?
Short position in canola edges lower, while soybeans/corn rise
Reading Time: < 1 minute The managed money short position in canola futures edged lower in the latest data, while bearish bets in soybeans hit their largest level in five years and the net short position in corn set a new record, according to the latest Commitments of Traders report from the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).
ICE weekly: Canola futures volatile amidst selling, rainy weather
Reading Time: 2 minutes Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) canola futures went on a rollercoaster ride during the week ended June 12. The July contract failed to record consecutive gains or losses during the week, with prices ranging from C$615.40 to C$641.80 per tonne. The November contract, which traded as high as C$662.90 earlier in the week, fell to its lowest […] Read more
Fund short position grows in canola
Reading Time: < 1 minute Fund traders were back on the sell side of the canola market in early June, putting on fresh bearish bets and growing their net short position, according to the latest Commitments of Traders report from the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). As of June 4, 2024, the net managed money short position in […] Read more
Canola net short position edges lower
Reading Time: < 1 minute The managed money net short position in canola futures edged lower in the latest reporting period, as fund traders covered some of their bearish bets, according to the latest Commitments of Traders report from the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).
ICE Weekly: Canola hitting highest levels since January
Reading Time: 2 minutes Nearly seven months of price pressures and fund selling creating a lengthy downturn have given way to canola trending higher for the first time in 2024.
Tightening canola ending stocks for 2024/25: AAFC
Reading Time: 2 minutes Canadian canola ending stocks will likely be tighter by the close of the upcoming 2024/25 marketing year, while the wheat carryout should rise, according to updated supply/demand estimates from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), released March 19.
Speculators finally backing away from bearish bets in canola
Reading Time: < 1 minute Speculators were busy covering some of their large net short position in canola in early March, according to the latest Commitments of Traders report from the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).
ICE Canada Weekly: Look for canola to ease back
Reading Time: 2 minutes At mid-March one broker said he expects canola prices on the Intercontinental Exchange to make their way lower for the balance of the month.
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