MarketsFarm — Canadian wheat carryout for the 2021-22 crop year will be even tighter than earlier forecasts, according to updated supply/demand estimates from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), released Wednesday. The October report included only minor adjustments for most crops, with the most notable change from September being a 500,000-tonne reduction in projected wheat ending […] Read more
Feds tighten forecast for wheat carryout
ICE weekly outlook: Canola rally keeps going
Not yet back at $1K, but it's possible
MarketsFarm — With good gains from other edible oils, canola has remained on the rise so far during the week of Oct. 18. It’s uncertain as to how much longer the rally could press on, but analyst David Derwin of PI Financial in Winnipeg said canola punching through $1,000 per tonne again is possible. “Never […] Read more
ICE canola futures’ daily limit expanded to $60
MarketsFarm — The daily price limit (DPL) for canola futures contracts on the ICE Futures platform will rise to $60 per tonne starting Nov. 1, the exchange announced Tuesday. The DPL determines how much a contract can move in a given session above or below the previous settlement. The new level compares with the current […] Read more
The scramble is on for canola
Reading Time: < 1 minute The country’s smallest canola harvest in 13 years is forcing importers such as Japan and Mexico to pay more or scramble for supplies elsewhere. Both export markets and domestic crushers are coming up far short of normal supplies. Exports were only 388,000 tonnes in the first seven weeks of the new crop year (which began […] Read more
ICE weekly outlook: Canola still rangebound
Selling pressure seen from U.S. soy
MarketsFarm — ICE Futures canola contracts held rangebound during the week ended Wednesday, climbing to their strongest levels in two months at one point before running into resistance and retreating to trade well off those highs. “We’re still stuck in a trading range,” said Keith Ferley of RBC Dominion Securities in Winnipeg. Activity in outside […] Read more
Three spots open on Alberta canola board
Reading Time: < 1 minute There will be at least three new directors on the Alberta Canola Producers Commission board in the coming year. Director elections are slated for Regions 3, 6, 9, and 12 and both current chair Kevin Serfas (Region 9) and Denis Guindon (Region 3) are completing their second three-year terms and not eligible for re-election. As […] Read more
ICE weekly outlook: Canola feeling the energy
Canola riding on fuels' bullish momentum
MarketsFarm — ICE Futures canola contracts moved steadily higher over the week ended Wednesday, hitting the top-end of a three month trading range. While tight Canadian supplies due to a Prairie drought have underpinned the market for some time, the latest strength and any future direction may be more closely tied to movement in energy […] Read more
Exports tumble as supplies simply not there
'There's very little to sell'
MarketsFarm — Cereal and oilseed exports out of Canada nosedived in August just as the 2021-22 marketing began, according to the monthly export report from the Canadian Grain Commission (CGC). At about 2.24 million tonnes, total grain exports were down 38.5 per cent overall compared to those in August 2020. “There’s very little to sell. […] Read more
Canada’s drought forces canola importers to turn elsewhere
'Importers...are going to be left out in the cold'
Winnipeg | Reuters — Canada’s smallest canola harvest in 13 years, resulting from severe drought, is forcing importers like Japan and Mexico to pay more or scour other countries for the yellow-flowering oilseed. With the scant available Canadian canola fetching high prices, customers of the world’s biggest canola exporter are leaning more heavily on smaller-producing […] Read more
Canola exports down 72 per cent through eight weeks
MarketsFarm — Canadian canola and wheat exports continue to run well behind the year-ago pace, with movement of all crops down 34 per cent through the first eight weeks of the 2021-22 crop year. Total exports of all of the major grains, oilseeds and pulses as of Sunday, at 4.714 million tonnes, are down by […] Read more