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Prairie barley growers can learn a few lessons on grain drying from Ireland, where the crop generally comes off at 15 to 21.5 per cent moisture, said Drew Sharp, a manager with Boortmart who outlined Irish drying methods in a webinar earlier this year.

Damp Ireland offers some grain drying tips for the dry Prairies

Farmers here can learn a few lessons about drying malt barley from the Emerald Isle

Reading Time: 3 minutes What can malt barley producers on the Prairies learn about grain drying and storage from a country like Ireland, where the climate almost couldn’t be more different? Quite a bit, says an expert familiar with both. The weather is very different but Ireland and the Prairies share some similar challenges, notably dealing with high-moisture malt […] Read more

ICE November 2021 canola (candlesticks) with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages (yellow, green and black lines). (Barchart)

Canola, Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Canola corrects, but trend still up

By Phil Franz-Warkentin, GFM Network News 4 days ago

MarketsFarm — ICE Futures canola contracts posted some wide price swings over the week ended Wednesday, moving lower overall as the market backed away from nearby highs and speculative profit-taking weighed on values. “The trend is higher, but you can’t go up forever,” said trader Ken Ball of PI Financial in Winnipeg. While rains during […] Read more

ICE November 2021 canola (candlesticks) with 10-, 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages (yellow, green, purple and black lines). (Barchart)

Canola, Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: $1,000 canola not a guarantee

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm, GFM Network News July 14, 2021

MarketsFarm — Any idea of canola hitting $1,000 per tonne in the near future is not the sure thing some people may have thought it was, according to Errol Anderson, an analyst with ProMarket Communications in Calgary. “New-crop futures might take a run at $1,000 per tonne, but in the same breath the November contract […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Markets

Net long position in canola nears lowest level of past year

By Phil Franz-Warkentin, GFM Network News July 10, 2021

MarketsFarm — The managed money net long position in canola has edged down over the past few months, moving to its lowest level in nearly a year in the latest commitment of traders report from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). Managed money fund traders as of Tuesday were holding a net long position […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Markets, Weather

ICE weekly outlook: Expensive canola required

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm, GFM Network News July 7, 2021

MarketsFarm — Canada’s coming canola harvest, if lower than projected, would add tremendous pressure to prices as supplies could become much tighter than they have, according to trader Ken Ball with PI Financial in Winnipeg. Ball believes the 2021-22 canola harvest could be as low as 16 million to 17 million tonnes, well below the […] Read more

ICE November 2021 canola (candlesticks) with Bollinger (20,2) bands. (Barchart)

Canola, Crops, Markets, Weather

ICE weekly outlook: Volatility to come for canola market

'Tighten up your seatbelt'

By Adam Peleshaty, GFM Network News June 30, 2021

MarketsFarm — Record-breaking temperatures in British Columbia, lingering extreme heat in the Prairie provinces and little to no precipitation have strengthened an ongoing rally in the ICE Futures canola market. One trader, however, warns that canola contracts may be in for a mercurial few weeks. “We’re clearly in a weather market that is extremely volatile,” […] Read more

Demand for canola is only going higher, but focus on agronomy to boost production — and resist the temptation to shorten rotations, Brittany Hennig of Alberta Canola says.

Canola, News

The crush is coming — will canola growers roll the rotation dice?

By Jennifer Blair June 29, 2021

Reading Time: 4 minutes Shortening rotations to meet demand from a spate of new crush plants will backfire, say experts Prairie canola growers will need to up production to meet the growing demand from a rash of new crush plants in Saskatchewan. But they won’t get there by sacrificing sustainability, says the Canola Council of Canada. “For us, it’s […] Read more

ICE July 2021 canola (candlesticks) with 20-day movjng average (green line), ICE November 2021 canola (yellow line) and CBOT July 2021 soybeans (black line, left column). (Barchart)

Canola, Crops, Markets, Weather

ICE weekly outlook: Weather, carryout support canola

By Adam Peleshaty, GFM Network News June 24, 2021

MarketsFarm — As higher-than-normal temperatures become almost a weekly occurrence in Western Canada amidst tightening carryout stocks, canola seems primed for another extended rally. Despite rains in Western Canada over the past three weeks, providing some relief for canola crops and triggering fund liquidation on the markets, carryout remains very low, with warmer temperatures exacerbating […] Read more

Flea beetles in canola seedlings. (Canola Council of Canada video screengrab via YouTube)

Canola, Crops, Weather

Flea beetles a nuisance for canola crop

By Adam Peleshaty, GFM Network News June 19, 2021

[UPDATED: June 22, 2021] MarketsFarm — Western Canada’s canola crop has been hit hard by hot, dry weather so far this growing season in the midst of ongoing drought conditions — which may also be aiding another threat. *Across the Prairies, flea beetles are an oft-seen pest that feeds on both canola and mustard seedlings, […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Markets, Weather

ICE weekly outlook: Weather, soy complex weaken canola

By Adam Peleshaty, GFM Network News June 16, 2021

MarketsFarm — Wet weather on the Prairies and U.S. northern Plains has brought downward pressure on ICE Futures canola prices, taking the market off the contract highs hit in early June. Losses in palm oil and soyoil were also bearish. While precipitation, or the potential of it falling over canola-growing areas in Western Canada and […] Read more

Hemp industry looking forward despite hurdles

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U.S. grains: Corn, soybeans lower on the week

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Damp Ireland offers some grain drying tips for the dry Prairies

ICE weekly outlook: Canola corrects, but trend still up

ICE weekly outlook: $1,000 canola not a guarantee

Net long position in canola nears lowest level of past year

ICE weekly outlook: Expensive canola required

ICE weekly outlook: Volatility to come for canola market

The crush is coming — will canola growers roll the rotation dice?

ICE weekly outlook: Weather, carryout support canola

Flea beetles a nuisance for canola crop

ICE weekly outlook: Weather, soy complex weaken canola

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