CNS Canada –– Following the largest mustard crop in more than a decade in 2016, supply/demand fundamentals are expected to spur a reduction in Canadian mustard seedings in 2017. However, […] Read more
Canola
Mustard acres feeling squeeze from canola
ICE weekly outlook: Rising canola watching weather
CNS Canada –– ICE Futures Canada canola contracts moved higher during the week ended Wednesday, as weather concerns mounted across the Canadian Prairies. While it’s still early in the Canadian […] Read more
Alberta farm groups want provincial action on unharvested crops
A coalition of Alberta farm groups calling itself “Team Alberta” is meeting with the province’s agriculture minister and representatives from the Agriculture Financial Services Corporation (AFSC) on Wednesday seeking immediate […] Read more
Keystone Agricultural Producers defends cash ticket deferrals
Manitoba’s Keystone Agricultural Producers has joined other farm groups in calling on the federal government to keep a regulation that allows farmers to defer grain sales into the following year […] Read more
Canadian producers to plant record canola crop, boost soybean acres
CNS Canada – Canadian oilseed acreage is set to boom according to the latest acreage estimates from Statistics Canada. Today, the agency released its Principal Fields Crops Acreage Summary for 2017/18 […] Read more
ICE weekly outlook: More gains likely for rising canola
CNS Canada — ICE Futures Canada canola advanced sharply on the week and has room to strengthen further, though resistance is on the horizon. Canola far outpaced Chicago Board of […] Read more
Trade sees record Canadian canola acres as possibility
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 […] Read more
New study on glyphosate to feed into crucial EU vote
London | Reuters — Results of a new animal study into possible health risks of glyphosate will be published in time to inform a key EU re-licensing vote due by […] Read more
ICE weekly outlook: Canola looks to rise with commercial interest
CNS Canada — ICE Futures Canada canola contracts finished mixed during the week ended Wednesday as intermonth trading took hold with traders exiting the May contract in favour of the […] Read more
Alberta to restore non-refundable checkoff option
Alberta’s farmed-commodity commissions may soon be able to make their checkoffs non-refundable again if their producer members are willing. The provincial government on Tuesday tabled amendments to the Marketing of […] Read more
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