Reading Time: 3 minutes This year’s canola crush is on pace to be the highest ever, which is good news for producers. “It’s great for farmers,” said Renn Breitkreutz, vice-chair of the Alberta Canola Producers Commission. “Our product is in demand and we’ve seen significant investment in crush capacity over the past couple of years and now it seems […] Read more
Canola crush is thundering along at a record rate this year
Crush production records have been falling like flies, and both producers and the wider economy are benefiting
Would you like canola margin insurance?
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Canadian Canola Growers Association is researching new risk management tools to provide farmers with more options in managing the many risks affecting their farm. One potential new product is canola margin insurance. To ensure this product is designed to work effectively for farmers, the association is seeking farmer input through a survey available at […] Read more
China may pay more for canola if standard changes
Winnipeg | Reuters –– Richardson International, one of Canada’s two largest grain handlers, may raise the price of canola shipments to China to reflect Beijing’s costly higher standard, its CEO said Thursday. The Chinese Embassy in Ottawa said in March that China had delayed to Sept. 1 its new standard for no more than one per […] Read more
Double-resistant canola variety now available
But the first variety with ‘multigenic’ resistance is not a silver bullet, experts warn
Reading Time: 2 minutes A new hybrid canola cultivar that offers double resistance to clubroot has been registered and is now available to farmers. Proven Seed PV 580 GC was developed by University of Alberta canola breeder Habibur Rahman and Crop Production Services (CPS). It carries a resistance gene from Mendel, a European winter canola cultivar, and a second […] Read more
China delays implementing Canadian canola standard
Winnipeg | Reuters –– China has delayed implementing a tougher standard on Canadian canola shipments, just days before it was to take effect, as a result of talks between the two countries, a Chinese government spokesperson said. China’s new standard for foreign material in canola shipments will take effect Sept. 1 instead of April 1, […] Read more
China, Canada in talks as tougher canola standard nears
Winnipeg | Reuters –– Canada and China are in talks about Beijing’s plans to toughen its standard on Canadian canola imports, an industry official said on Monday, just days before the change takes effect. China’s quarantine authority, AQSIQ, notified the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) last month that it would allow no more than one […] Read more
Canada presses China on science in canola trade spat
Ottawa | Reuters — Canada is urging the Chinese government to stick to scientific facts in decisions on trade as Beijing plans to toughen its standard on Canadian canola shipments, federal Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay said Thursday. China’s quarantine authority, AQSIQ, notified the Canadian Food Inspection Agency last month that it would allow no more […] Read more
Paterson taps brakes on China canola sales
Winnipeg | Reuters — Crop handler Paterson Grain will take a more cautious approach to selling canola to Chinese buyers for the near term, after China said it would toughen its standard on canola shipments from Canada, the CEO of parent Paterson GlobalFoods said. China’s quarantine authority, AQSIQ, told Ottawa last week it would allow […] Read more
Blackleg, big stocks seen behind China-Canada canola conflict
Reuters — A “scientific disagreement” between Canada and China over the risk of transmitting the blackleg fungus is behind China’s move to raise its standard for Canadian canola imports, an industry official involved in discussions said. But some traders say the real reason for a higher standard that may slow Chinese imports is the country’s […] Read more
Canola trial results now online
Online tool offers data by zone, herbicide-tolerance system, yield, maturity, lodging and height
Reading Time: < 1 minute Results are in for the 2015 Canola Performance Trials. Data from the science-based, third-party variety evaluations have been uploaded to the online comparison tool at canolaperformancetrials.ca. A summary booklet is also available for download at the site. The online tool includes interactive maps and the ability to refine searches by season zone, herbicide-tolerance system, yield, […] Read more