CNS Canada –– ICE Futures Canada canola contracts moved higher during the week ended Wednesday, but remain rangebound overall with offsetting market factors expected to keep values steady in the short term. “The market seems, at least temporarily, reasonably balanced,” said Jon Driedger of FarmLink Marketing Solutions. “It’s that window of the year where there’s […] Read more
ICE weekly outlook: Canola ‘reasonably balanced’
ICE weekly outlook: Canola overdue for a setback
CNS Canada –– ICE Futures Canada canola futures ended lower during the week ended Wednesday, as the market was overdue for a setback. Canola futures have outpaced outside oilseed markets to the upside in recent weeks, but have hit resistance and are now due for some weakness, analysts say. “What was supporting canola was spread […] Read more
ICE weekly outlook: Canola spikes as loonie falls
CNS Canada — ICE Futures Canada canola contracts finished higher for the week ended Wednesday, tracking the U.S. soy complex for much of the period but ultimately shooting higher due to the Canadian dollar’s sudden free-fall. The weaker currency helped improve domestic crush margins and also made canola more attractive to exporters pricing in U.S. […] Read more
ICE weekly: Canola strength may be limited
CNS Canada — ICE Futures Canada canola contracts were mixed during the week ended Wednesday, with the most active front months posting gains and losses in the more deferred positions. While there is still more room to the upside, weakness in CBOT soybeans could spill over to pull the Canadian futures down. The open interest […] Read more
Canola cash market lagging strength in ICE futures
CNS Canada — ICE Futures Canada canola futures have strengthened recently, but the western Canadian cash market for canola hasn’t followed along. Farmers “keep telling me that the futures go up, but the basis isn’t keeping pace,” said Keith Ferley of RBC Dominion Securities. Some locations, he added, have widened out basis levels so much […] Read more
ICE weekly outlook: Weak loonie to underpin canola futures
CNS Canada — The ICE Futures Canada canola market was stronger during the week ended Wednesday, taking some direction from the rally seen in Chicago soybean futures. Soybeans gained about US30 cents per bushel during the week, but canola was lagging to the upside as traders bet the U.S. rally would be short-lived, said Ken […] Read more
ICE weekly outlook: Canola gains outpacing U.S. market
CNS Canada — The ICE Futures Canada canola market moved higher during the week ended Wednesday, despite losses seen in the Chicago soybean market, which normally drives canola. “It’s good sturdy firmness, but I don’t know if there’s anything special behind it,” said Ken Ball of PI Financial in Winnipeg. “Traders tend to trade canola […] Read more
ICE weekly outlook: Canola up, watching beans
CNS Canada — ICE Futures Canada canola contracts posted solid gains during the week ended Wednesday, despite the release of a relatively bearish Statistics Canada production report during the period. StatsCan pegged the country’s 2014-15 canola crop at 15.5 million tonnes — about 1.5 million tonnes above earlier guesses and well above average pre-report trade […] Read more
ICE weekly outlook: Canola feeling soy pressure
CNS Canada –– ICE Futures canola contracts were mixed during the week ended Wednesday, with the most-active January contract feeling pressure from declines in the U.S. soy complex. With the harvest over and no major reports scheduled within the next seven days, it is difficult to see canola breaking very far one way or the […] Read more
Many ways to protect the price of your canola crop
Spring Price Endorsement, put options, and a variety of contracts with delivery commitments offer different benefits
Reading Time: 2 minutes Farmers should keep in mind the Spring Price Endorsement (SPE) to protect the price of this year’s canola crop, says Neil Blue, a market specialist with Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development. The 2014 canola spring price under the SPE program from Agriculture Financial Services Corporation is $9.75 per bushel. “A payout under the SPE would […] Read more