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Trade sees record Canadian canola acres as possibility

By Phil Franz-Warkentin - MarketsFarm April 17, 2017

CNS Canada — Canadian farmers could be set to seed record-large canola acres in 2017, while wheat area is generally expected to be down on the year when Statistics Canada releases its first survey-based acreage estimates of the year on Friday. From a purely economic standpoint, “canola is historically the commodity that pays the bills,” […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Steady canola awaits acreage data

By Phil Franz-Warkentin - MarketsFarm April 5, 2017

CNS Canada — ICE Futures Canada canola contracts fell to their lowest levels in six months during the week ended Wednesday, but uncovered support to the downside and may be entering a period of consolidation. “On canola, we’re seeing a stabilization period after a sharp downward move,” said Jerry Klassen, manager of Canadian operations with […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Canola runs into headwind

By Phil Franz-Warkentin - MarketsFarm February 15, 2017

CNS Canada — ICE Futures Canada canola contracts are running into major upside resistance from a chart standpoint, with a turn lower more likely than additional gains in the near term. “The demand component for canola remains quite strong, although domestic crush margins have diminished,” said Mike Jubinville of ProFarmer Canada. Soyoil futures at the […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Reuters

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 […] Read more

Crops, Markets

Canada’s canola, pulse acres rise at grains’ expense

By Phil Franz-Warkentin - MarketsFarm June 29, 2016

CNS Canada — Canadian farmers adjusted their acreage ideas to seed more canola and pulses at the expense of grains, according to the updated Statistics Canada field crop area report released June 29. The adjustments were largely in line with trade guesses — and attention in the markets is quickly turning back to weather conditions. […] Read more

Crops, Markets

More canola and pulses, less wheat expected in Canada

By Phil Franz-Warkentin - MarketsFarm June 24, 2016

CNS Canada — Canadian farmers likely seeded more canola and pulse acres than originally thought this spring, but less wheat, according to average trade estimates ahead of Statistics Canada’s next official survey results due out June 29. Poor returns per acre and frustrations over grading issues had some farmers backing away on wheat, said Jerry […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Weather

Seeding canola into dry soils not out of question: CCC

By Alberta Farmer Staff May 5, 2016

Seeding now rather than waiting for rain may be a viable option for Prairie canola growers looking out on dry fields without much chance of precipitation, the Canola Council of Canada suggests. Facing temperatures in the mid-30s C, and soil moisture down at about the one- to two-inch mark, a few Prairie growers on social […] Read more

Crops, Markets

Farmers big on pulses, but canola down on the year

By Phil Franz-Warkentin - MarketsFarm April 21, 2016

CNS Canada — Canadian farmers will be seeding record acres of peas and lentils this spring, as expected, but the increases to pulse crops are coming at the expense of canola — which saw acres come in below expectations in a report out from Statistics Canada. In its first acreage survey of the year, released […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

Canada’s farmers seen seeding less canola than expected

By Rod Nickel, Simon Doyle April 21, 2016

Reuters — Canadian farmers intend to seed less canola than expected, and will sow record-large areas with pulse crops, according to the government’s first farmer survey of crop sowings for 2016, released on Thursday. Wheat seedings are also expected to decline, but not as much as traders and analysts expected on average. Statistics Canada estimated that […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Weather

Questions abound ahead of StatsCan acreage report

By Phil Franz-Warkentin - MarketsFarm June 26, 2015

CNS Canada — Statistics Canada will release its updated acreage estimates for the year on Tuesday, but the timing of the survey could lead to more questions and second-guessing than normal given the likely adjustments and yield losses over the past month. The survey was conducted before a drought took hold in Alberta and Saskatchewan, […] Read more

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Trade sees record Canadian canola acres as possibility

ICE weekly outlook: Steady canola awaits acreage data

ICE weekly outlook: Canola runs into headwind

Canola acres seen rising on high prices

Canada’s canola, pulse acres rise at grains’ expense

More canola and pulses, less wheat expected in Canada

Seeding canola into dry soils not out of question: CCC

Farmers big on pulses, but canola down on the year

Canada’s farmers seen seeding less canola than expected

Questions abound ahead of StatsCan acreage report

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