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ICE weekly outlook: Canola treads water looking for direction

By Dave Sims September 28, 2016

CNS Canada — ICE Futures Canada canola contracts continue to chop around in a narrow range these days, as the trade waits for the market to break one way or another. Canada and China recently agreed on rules over dockage that will see shipments of canola accepted at Chinese ports as long as they don’t […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

Agricultural merger mania fuels fears among small seed sellers

By Tom Polansek September 26, 2016

Chicago | Reuters — The U.S. Justice Department is looking into concerns that global consolidation among major seed and agricultural chemical companies may squeeze supplies of the building blocks for widely used genetically modified seeds, a farm group told Reuters. The department has asked the American Soybean Association for details about how small and independent […] Read more

Harvest of Newfoundland’s first-ever canola crop, a 30-acre field at Pasadena, N.L. was underway Friday. (Gov.NL.ca)

Canola, Crops

Newfoundland harvests first canola crop

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff September 24, 2016

Researchers in Newfoundland are set to test the oil and meal quality of the province’s first-ever canola crop after its harvest on Friday. The 30-acre research plot at Pasadena, N.L., about 30 km east of Corner Brook, “grew exceptionally well, surpassing our researcher’s expectations,” Steve Crocker, the province’s minister of fisheries, forestry and agrifoods, said […] Read more

(Photo courtesy Canola Council of Canada)

Canola, Crops

Canola crush running close to full capacity

By Phil Franz-Warkentin September 23, 2016

CNS Canada — Canadian canola processors are running at close to full capacity, with a near record weekly crush posted during the week ended Wednesday. The weekly canola crush, during the week ending Sept. 21, hit 190,623 tonnes — the second largest on record, according to Canadian Oilseed Processors Association (COPA) data. Crushers were operating […] Read more

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang in August 2016. (PM.gc.ca)

Canola, Crops, Reuters

China, Canada resolve canola dispute until 2020

By David Ljunggren September 22, 2016

Ottawa | Reuters — Canada and China have agreed on a solution to a trade dispute over $2 billion worth of annual canola sales, lasting to 2020, leaders of the two countries said on Thursday. The solution is “predictable, science-based and stable,” ensuring access for Canadian shipments to China, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said […] Read more

Taste-testing during a Canadian Beef Advantage Seminar in Shanghai in 2013. (Canada Beef via YouTube)

Beef Cattle, Canola, Livestock

China now taking Canadian bone-in beef

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff September 22, 2016

China’s premier has announced the country will accept bone-in Canadian beef from cattle under 30 months of age (UTMs) starting today, according to the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association. The expanded access is expected to add another $10 million per year in exports to China in the short term, the CCA said, given that Canada’s beef cattle […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Canola crop size watched closely

By Phil Franz-Warkentin September 21, 2016

CNS Canada — ICE Futures Canada canola contracts moved higher during the week ended Wednesday, although prices remain rangebound overall as market participants continue to try and get a better handle on the size of this year’s Canadian crop. While seasonal harvest pressure may be tempering the upside potential, that selling has not been as […] Read more

The Northern Lights over Winnipeg as seen from the International Space Station in January 2012. (NASA.gov)

Crops, Weather

Grain trade still wary of satellite-based StatsCan estimates

By Phil Franz-Warkentin, GFM Network News September 20, 2016

CNS Canada — Statistics Canada’s second attempt at using satellite imagery to determine the size of the country’s crops is in line with trade guesses when it comes to canola — but market participants are still taking the new methodology with a grain of salt. The model-based principal field crop estimates, released Tuesday, are calculated […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

Statistics data safe, official says, after agency head quits

By David Ljunggren September 19, 2016

Ottawa | Reuters — Statistics Canada data is safely stored and outsiders have no chance of accessing it, a senior official said on Monday after the chief statistician quit in protest over concerns about the agency’s independence. Canada’s Liberal government, which took power last November, is trying to resolve a number of major technological problems […] Read more

Crops

Viterra plans new elevator in eastern Saskatchewan

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff, GFM Network News September 17, 2016

Glencore’s Prairie grain handling arm Viterra plans to boost its throughput capacity in east-central Saskatchewan with a new elevator at Wadena. Wadena, served by both Canadian National and Canadian Pacific Railways (CN, CP), already has a smaller Viterra elevator on each line. The two former Saskatchewan Wheat Pool elevators have capacity for 5,020 and 4,000 […] Read more

U.S. livestock: Hog futures hit contract highs on shock herd decline

Alberta Crop Report: Harvest more than three-quarters finished

NFU says proposed plant breeders’ rights come at farmers’ expense

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U.S. livestock: Hog futures hit contract highs on shock herd decline

Alberta Crop Report: Harvest more than three-quarters finished

NFU says proposed plant breeders’ rights come at farmers’ expense

Canola

ICE weekly outlook: Canola treads water looking for direction

Agricultural merger mania fuels fears among small seed sellers

Newfoundland harvests first canola crop

Canola crush running close to full capacity

China, Canada resolve canola dispute until 2020

China now taking Canadian bone-in beef

ICE weekly outlook: Canola crop size watched closely

Grain trade still wary of satellite-based StatsCan estimates

Statistics data safe, official says, after agency head quits

Viterra plans new elevator in eastern Saskatchewan

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