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CCGA now accepting upgraded cash advance applications

By GFM Staff June 7, 2019

Farmers can start applying for the new, higher cash advances from the Canadian Canola Growers Association (CCGA), starting Friday (June 7). “It’s three days earlier than we planned, but our team has been working very hard, along with program officials, to get this enhanced service in the hands of the hundreds of farmers who have […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Markets

Input Capital steps back from mortgage expansion plans

By GFM Staff May 20, 2019

Up against the current canola market, “commodity streaming” firm Input Capital has put off plans to ramp up its mortgage business with canola growers. The publicly traded Regina company in February announced a “comprehensive review of strategic alternatives to enhance shareholder value” and said it was in “an ongoing search for appropriate scalable sources of […] Read more

Canola, Crops

Canada ‘playing chess’ on canola file

By Phil Franz-Warkentin - MarketsFarm May 3, 2019

MarketsFarm — Canola seed sales to China remain at a standstill with little fresh news to report, according to a Canola Council of Canada briefing to farmers held Friday morning together with federal International Trade Diversification Minister Jim Carr. However, efforts on a number of fronts are ongoing, as Canada works to resolve the issue. […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Reuters

Canada promises farm aid amid China canola spat

By David Ljunggren, Rod Nickel April 30, 2019

Ottawa/Winnipeg | Reuters — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday said Ottawa would soon announce help for canola farmers hurt by a China ban on imports of the oilseed but brushed off calls to pull funding for a Chinese-led investment bank. China and Canada are locked in a diplomatic and trade dispute that has […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Markets

Joint conference brings canola producers up to speed

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm April 25, 2019

MarketsFarm — The Canola Council of Canada (CCC) and the Canadian Canola Growers Association (CCGA) have given farmers an update on the current situation between Canada and China. The 38-minute joint webinar/teleconference last Thursday (April 18) featured CCC president Jim Everson and CCGA executive director Rick White. Everson made it clear China is still honouring […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Markets

China’s block on canola seen as blowback from diplomatic spat

By Allan Dawson March 5, 2019

Montreal — Canola industry leaders attending the first Canadian Crops Convention here this week say they don’t know why China has abruptly blocked imports of Canadian canola from Richardson International, Canada’s biggest grain company. But according to a senior Richardson official it’s in retaliation to the diplomatic spat between China and Canada over the arrest […] Read more

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Input Capital steps back from mortgage expansion plans

Canada ‘playing chess’ on canola file

Canada promises farm aid amid China canola spat

Joint conference brings canola producers up to speed

China’s block on canola seen as blowback from diplomatic spat

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