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Federal forecast sees more oilseed acres, less in grains

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff February 1, 2017

Canadian farmers are expected to cut back the summerfallow allocation and put more acres in production this spring, planting more of those acres in oilseeds and fewer in grains and pulses. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s market analysis group on Monday released an outlook for principal field crops which, assuming a return to average or trend […] Read more

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)

Canola, Crops

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 […] Read more

Canola, Cereals, Markets, Pulses

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.

Canola, Crops

Four steps to blackleg management in canola

December 9, 2016

Justine Cornelsen, agronomy specialist with the Canola Council of Canada, says long-term effective blackleg management is a “whole package deal” that uses these four steps.

January 2017 canola, including 20-day moving average and (in separate graph at bottom) RSI, from June through to Nov. 24, 2016. (Barchart.com)

Canola, Crops, Markets

Canola nearing chart resistance

By Phil Franz-Warkentin November 24, 2016

CNS Canada –– ICE Futures Canada canola contracts have trended higher for the past two weeks, with a rally in Chicago Board of Trade soyoil providing an added boost on Wednesday. While the nearby technical signals may be pointing higher, canola is also nearing major chart resistance. The January contract closed Thursday at $527.40 per[...]
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(Photo courtesy Canola Council of Canada)

Canola, Crops, Weather

Damp, tough canola at risk for spoilage

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff October 21, 2016

Some Prairie canola growers may now be able to get back to their unharvested canola, but the Canola Council of Canada warns that tough or damp canola can still be volatile, even at cooler outdoor temperatures. The Saskatchewan agriculture ministry on Wednesday reported “a few” growers in the province’s southeast were out harvesting canola last[...]
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Canola, Crops, Reuters, Weather

Harvest woes rally canola, turn some farmers into winners

By Rod Nickel October 20, 2016

Winnipeg | Reuters –– As some Western Canada farmers watched rain and snow turn their ripening canola fields into bogs, Rob Stone could count his blessings. Harvest weather was kinder to his farm at Davidson, Sask., about 100 km southeast of Saskatoon, and Stone finished harvesting canola by mid-September. Then, when worries about four million[...]
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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[...]
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Crops, Reuters

Canada, China agree to tighten trade ties

By David Ljunggren September 22, 2016

Ottawa | Reuters — Canada and China said Thursday they would start exploratory talks on a free trade pact, but gave few details about a possible extradition treaty for Chinese fugitives which has triggered criticism in Canada. Canada’s Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, elected last year, is trying to improve ties and increase trade with[...]
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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[...]
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Tag Archives Canola

Federal forecast sees more oilseed acres, less in grains

Anonymous midge appears in Prairie canola

Top three marketing resolutions for 2017

Four steps to blackleg management in canola

Canola nearing chart resistance

Damp, tough canola at risk for spoilage

Harvest woes rally canola, turn some farmers into winners

Newfoundland harvests first canola crop

Canada, China agree to tighten trade ties

China, Canada resolve canola dispute until 2020

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