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Early canola promoter Gordon Graham, 89

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff February 13, 2018

A memorial is to be held in June in Brandon for a Prairie farmer who helped lead the charge on adoption of rapeseed as a crop, as it morphed into today’s canola. Gordon Graham, who farmed near Newdale, Man., about 75 km north of Brandon, died Wednesday at age 89 in Cochrane, Alta. Graham, an […] Read more

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ICE weekly outlook: Rain in Argentina could provide direction

By Dave Sims February 7, 2018

CNS Canada — ICE Futures Canada canola contracts finally broke through the psychologically-important $500 per tonne mark during the week ended Wednesday. That could be a fleeting achievement, however, depending on the chances for rainfall in Argentina and the next U.S. Department of Agriculture report. “If rain comes, soybeans could go down to US$9.60 a […] Read more

(Mark Wilson photo courtesy Louis Dreyfus Co.)

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Producers lose transparency with end of weekly crush report

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm February 5, 2018

CNS Canada — Canada’s grains industry found itself shocked when the Canadian Oilseed Processors Association (COPA) announced Friday it would stop publishing its weekly report on member crushings. “I loved that report. In Western Canada, or Canada in general, I think any reports that give you kind of a weekly snapshot of what’s happening in […] Read more

Country Guide in 2014 profiled Milligan Biofuels, whose Foam Lake, Sask. facility is shown here with the company’s first executive manager, local farmer Zenneth Faye. (Photo for Country Guide by Carol’s Photography)

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Canola biodiesel processor in receivership

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff, GFM Network News February 3, 2018

An eastern Saskatchewan biodiesel processor using growers’ heated, green, spring-harvested, tough and otherwise off-spec canola for feedstock is in receivership. Saskatchewan Court of Queen’s Bench on Thursday appointed Calgary-based insolvency trustee Hardie and Kelly as the receiver for Milligan Biofuels, which operates at Foam Lake, about 90 km northwest of Yorkton. Alberta’s Crown lending agency […] Read more

Canola seed, oil and meal. (Photo courtesy Canola Council of Canada)

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COPA ends weekly canola, soybean crush reports

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm February 2, 2018

CNS Canada — The Canadian Oilseed Processors Association (COPA) announced Friday it will stop publishing its weekly report on member crushings. The report detailed how much canola and soybeans were crushed in Canada. The report was issued weekly and followed by different industry professionals across the country. Ken Ball of PI Financial in Winnipeg was […] Read more

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ICE weekly outlook: Sideways canola seeks spark

By Phil Franz-Warkentin January 31, 2018

CNS Canada — ICE Futures Canada canola contracts remain stuck within a sideways trading range awaiting a spark that would push values one way or the other. “We could have had this conversation two months ago… canola is refusing to budge from a range,” analyst Mike Jubinville of ProFarmer Canada said of the lack of […] Read more

Canola south of Ethelton, Sask. on Aug. 3, 2017. (Dave Bedard photo)

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Canola ‘streaming’ firm eyes mortgage business

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff January 30, 2018

A Saskatchewan company that offers farmers cash up front for canola to be grown later is now tentatively bringing its model to the farm mortgage business. Input Capital, which sources canola from Prairie growers through multi-year “streaming” contracts, announced Tuesday it has launched a “mortgage stream” as a pilot project. Input, which set up in […] Read more

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ICE weekly outlook: Canola creeps toward $500

By Dave Sims January 24, 2018

CNS Canada — ICE Futures Canada canola contracts are showing signs of wanting to climb higher due to recent moves in soybean oil and the Canadian dollar. The front-month March contract is still below the benchmark $500 per tonne mark but is starting to creep toward it. Some of the movement can likely be traced […] Read more

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Funds building large net short position in canola

By Phil Franz-Warkentin January 18, 2018

CNS Canada — Fund traders are sitting on large net short positions in ICE Futures Canada canola and likely have room to add to those positions, which should keep values under pressure. While there is no official reporting on fund positions in the ICE Futures Canada market, as there is in the U.S., traders estimate […] Read more

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ICE weekly outlook: Sideways canola looks for direction

By Phil Franz-Warkentin, GFM Network News January 17, 2018

CNS Canada — ICE Futures Canada canola contracts remain stuck in a sideways trading pattern, with little hint of which way values will eventually break. Canola “is getting tugged from different sources,” said Ken Ball of PI Financial in Winnipeg, adding that “it could go up or down $5 depending on what happens around it.” […] Read more

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Early canola promoter Gordon Graham, 89

ICE weekly outlook: Rain in Argentina could provide direction

Producers lose transparency with end of weekly crush report

Canola biodiesel processor in receivership

COPA ends weekly canola, soybean crush reports

ICE weekly outlook: Sideways canola seeks spark

Canola ‘streaming’ firm eyes mortgage business

ICE weekly outlook: Canola creeps toward $500

Funds building large net short position in canola

ICE weekly outlook: Sideways canola looks for direction

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