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March 2017 canola futures up to Feb. 8, 2017, including 20-day moving average in red. (Barchart.com)

ICE weekly outlook: Canola holds firm before USDA report

By Dave Sims February 8, 2017

CNS Canada — ICE Futures Canada canola contracts made steady gains during the week ended Wednesday, as traders positioned themselves ahead of Thursday’s release of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s next supply and demand report. “We’ve had a bit of a run over the past week and a bit; we popped off some oversold levels,” […] Read more

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Eight things to look for in your soil test report

February 6, 2017

When you understand your soil reports, you’re in a better position to develop fertilizer plans with your agronomist. All soil testing labs report the same basic information, but each lab has its own unique format. No matter what your report looks like, first, check the information at the top: your name, address, field name, etc.[...]
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StatsCan canola stocks in line with expectations

By Phil Franz-Warkentin February 3, 2017

CNS Canada –– Canadian canola stocks may be tighter than a year ago and wheat stocks larger — but the updated numbers from Statistics Canada may also need more asterisks than normal. StatsCan, in a report released Friday, pegged Canadian canola supplies as of Dec. 31 at 12.159 million tonnes, down from 13.452 million at[...]
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ICE weekly outlook: Canola pointed lower

By Phil Franz-Warkentin February 1, 2017

CNS Canada — ICE Futures Canada canola contracts saw a bit of a corrective bounce on Wednesday but their overall trend remains pointed lower, with the winter highs possibly in for now, according to an analyst. “The technical and the fundamentals are pointing down,” said Errol Anderson of Pro Market Communications in Calgary, pointing to[...]
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Midge larvae inside a canola floret. Federal researchers have documented a new midge species in Prairie canola that differs significantly from the swede midge it was believed to be. (AAFC photo by Julie Soroka from CanolaWatch.org)

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Anonymous midge appears in Prairie canola

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff January 30, 2017

Canola crops in northeastern Saskatchewan and east-central Alberta have run up against a potential pest problem so new it doesn’t yet have a name. Researchers with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, the University of Guelph and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency have reported a new species of midge damaging canola crops in those areas. The species[...]
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Canola crush margins tumble

By Phil Franz-Warkentin January 26, 2017

CNS Canada — Canola crush margins dropped by more than $30 per tonne over the past two weeks, which may be putting a damper on end-user demand. As of Thursday, the Canola Board Crush Margins calculated by ICE Futures Canada were at about $100 above the March contract, which compares with levels only two weeks[...]
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ICE weekly outlook: Easy come, easy go for canola

By Jade Markus January 25, 2017

CNS Canada — The ICE Futures Canada canola market has been something of a maverick over the course of the week, bucking pressure from a stronger loonie and weaker soybeans, but traders could turn on the market in coming sessions, one analyst said. “There’s certainly some commercial buying keeping it firm, but it may be[...]
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ICE weekly outlook: Weather trumps Trump on canola

By Dave Sims January 18, 2017

CNS Canada — ICE Futures Canada canola contracts posted substantial gains during the week ended Wednesday, taking strength from a rally in the soy complex. Both front-end contracts rose $17 on the week, with the March contract jumping from $498 at its Jan. 11 close to settle at $515 a week later. Weather concerns in[...]
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Canola acres seen rising on high prices

By Rod Nickel January 17, 2017

Brandon | Reuters — Canadian canola plantings may rise slightly in spring as farmers seek to cash in before an expected drop in vegetable oil prices as palm crops recover from drought that hit major Southeast Asian producers, German oilseed analysis firm Oil World said Tuesday. Plantings will rise by less than 10 per cent[...]
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Top three marketing resolutions for 2017

By Jennifer Blair January 17, 2017

This year, instead of making a New Year’s resolution to lose some weight or save some money, consider resolving to improve your marketing plan. PI Financial’s David Derwin has three simple marketing resolutions to get you started.

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