Reading Time: 2 minutes Canola delivery points report a spike in heated canola over the past couple weeks. Crushers have capacity to accommodate a certain amount of mildly heated canola, but some locations are maxed out and have pushed back delivery of heated canola well into the new year — given the sudden increase in volume. Growers are encouraged […] Read more
Sudden rise in cases of heated canola
Temperature cables are a good way to discover if your bin is at risk
Alberta beekeepers oppose Ontario neonic lawsuit
Beekeepers here are speaking out against lawsuit, saying it’s better to work with chemical companies
Reading Time: 2 minutes Alberta beekeepers are taking a stand and speaking out against a lawsuit filed by their Ontario counterparts against the makers of the controversial neonic pesticide. “We’re not being impacted by neonics. If we are, it’s very subtly,” said Grant Hicks, president of the Alberta Beekeepers Commission. “We’re not seeing any damage to our hives.” While […] Read more
Resistant clubroot a ‘nightmare’ scenario
Continuous cropping likely cause of new resistant clubroot pathogen, but canola council says tight rotations are still OK for some
Reading Time: 4 minutes The breakdown of a clubroot-resistant variety just four years after it came on the market is a “nightmare” — but doesn’t mean growers in clubroot-free areas can’t plant canola every other year, say industry officials. “It’s unfortunate that this had to happen,” said Ward Toma, general manager of the Alberta Canola Producers Commission. “We had […] Read more
New Canadian canola production target: 26 million tonnes by 2025
The Canola Council of Canada says almost all of the new production will come from increased yields, not more acres
Reading Time: 3 minutes After hitting its production target of 15 million tonnes average canola two years early, the Canola Council of Canada has a new one — 26 million tonnes by 2025. It says it will be achieved not by planting more acres, but through higher yields averaging 52 bushels an acre, instead of the current five-year average […] Read more
Lower loonie keeps support under canola on downtrend
USDA's ending stocks estimates are bearish for wheat
Reading Time: 3 minutes ICE Futures Canada canola futures continued their recent downward trend during the week ended Jan. 10, holding just above record lows in the nearby contracts. The burdensome supply situation continued to overhang the canola market during the week, as did the technical bias that remains pointed lower. Canadian farmers produced a record-large 18 million tonnes […] Read more
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