Reading Time: 2 minutes How much was taken off your payment for dockage on that last load of canola you delivered? Two hundred dollars? Six hundred? More? If it’s been a great year, the dockage deduction may not be a major concern. But in ones when yields and quality are down, a big chunk of your profit may evaporate […] Read more
What you need to know about canola dockage
The process isn’t complex but the bottom-line impact can be big — so how does it work?
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Reading Time: 2 minutes Alberta producers are reporting large variations among buyers in their dockage assessment on canola, says a provincial crop market analyst. “On dockage alone, producers have reported from one to over three per cent differences in dockage on the same sample of their canola,” said Neil Blue. “These differences were reported both in cases of comparing […] Read more
There’s more to the canola dockage issue than meets the eye
Agreeing to China’s proposal would have put Canadian farmers and our canola industry at a competitive disadvantage
Reading Time: 2 minutes There’s a lot at stake in the ongoing discussions with China to achieve stable canola trade. Important details are being missed in the headlines that growers and the agriculture industry deserve to understand. Many will remember the fall of 2009 when the Chinese government curtailed Canada’s growing canola trade because of concerns about blackleg. Through […] Read more
ICE weekly outlook: Canola treads water looking for direction
CNS Canada — ICE Futures Canada canola contracts continue to chop around in a narrow range these days, as the trade waits for the market to break one way or another. Canada and China recently agreed on rules over dockage that will see shipments of canola accepted at Chinese ports as long as they don’t […] Read more
Malt barley growers face tough questions in soggy Alberta
CNS Canada — Unseasonably wet conditions in Alberta this year are causing quality concerns for malt barley growers there. Harvest typically begins in late August for many growers, but steady downpours have forced delays across much of the province. “We actually started Sept. 1, but we only got two days in before it started to […] Read more
China, Canada resolve canola dispute until 2020
Ottawa | Reuters — Canada and China have agreed on a solution to a trade dispute over $2 billion worth of annual canola sales, lasting to 2020, leaders of the two countries said on Thursday. The solution is “predictable, science-based and stable,” ensuring access for Canadian shipments to China, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said […] Read more
ICE weekly outlook: Export uncertainty dogs canola
CNS Canada — Canola futures don’t appear ready to climb drastically higher anytime soon as uncertainty over Chinese buying weighs on the market, according to a Winnipeg trader and analyst. The recent grain stocks report compiled by Statistics Canada has become a source of pressure for canola, said Ken Ball of PI Financial. StatsCan’s report […] Read more
ICE weekly outlook: Canola sees ‘bump in a bear market’
CNS Canada — News that China would delay its implementation of stricter dockage restrictions on Canadian canola shipments gave ICE Futures Canada contracts a boost on Wednesday, but values are still trending lower overall. “It’s a bump in a bear market,” said analyst Errol Anderson of Pro Market Communications in Calgary, on the initial reaction […] Read more
China delays new canola rules in late reprieve for Canada
Beijing | Reuters –– China agreed on Wednesday to delay introducing stricter rules on shipments of canola from Canada while both countries work to end a months-long trade spat over sales of the oilseed, offering an 11th-hour temporary reprieve for Canada’s farmers. Just a day before the new standards were due to go into force, […] Read more
ICE weekly outlook: Canola watching China before harvest
CNS Canada — The canola market continues to watch and wait for the Chinese and Canadian governments to resolve a dispute over the amount of dockage allowed in imports of Canadian canola. Until that happens, canola may face growing pressure between now and next week. On Sept. 1, China is scheduled to lower the amount […] Read more
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