Glacier FarmMedia – It sounds like science fiction, but some day there may be a fertilizer that only activates once the plant tells it to. That’s an oversimplification, but it’s […] Read more
Canola
When the plant speaks, nutrients listen
Canadian researcher may have found a radically new way to fertilize crops
Lethbridge canola crusher workers reject contract offer
UFCW to seek mediation
Unionized workers at Richardson International’s oilseed crush plant at Lethbridge, Alta. plan to seek mediation after voting to reject the company’s contract offer. United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local […] Read more
ICE weekly outlook: Holiday canola trading is anyone’s guess
MarketsFarm — The canola trading week starting Tuesday (Dec. 28) will be a short one and Keith Ferley of RBC Dominion Securities said anything can happen. “I don’t know if […] Read more
AAFC adjusts grain, oilseed balance sheets slightly
MarketsFarm –– Updated supply and demand tables from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), released late Friday, included only minor adjustments to balance sheets for the country’s major crops. The department’s […] Read more
ICE weekly outlook: Canola futures bend under pressure
MarketsFarm — As the speculative longs for ICE Futures canola keep trying to defend their position, trader Ken Ball of PI Financial in Winnipeg said the pressure on canola continued […] Read more
USDA expects canola, sunflowers elsewhere to offset Canada’s shortfalls
MarketsFarm –– Good canola and rapeseed crops in Australia and a number of other parts of the world along with large world sunflower seed production should help offset Canada’s smaller-than-expected […] Read more
New China import rules bring headaches for food, beverage makers
Cooking oil, milled grains among foods moved to higher-risk categories
Beijing | Reuters — Makers of Irish whiskey, Belgian chocolate and European coffee brands are scrambling to comply with new Chinese food and beverage regulations, with many fearful their goods […] Read more
ICE weekly outlook: Canola futures still well supported
MarketsFarm — The ICE Futures canola market was showing signs of running into resistance to the upside during the week ended Wednesday, as speculators booked profits on some of their […] Read more
Ambassador to China to leave post after helping free detainees
Canola, 5G access, other issues remain
Ottawa | Reuters –– Canada’s ambassador to China said on Monday he would soon leave his post after a two-year assignment where he helped secure the freedom of two Canadian […] Read more
Canola declines, durum drops in new StatsCan estimates
Soybean, oats estimates raised
MarketsFarm — There were very few surprises in Statistics Canada’s latest principal field crop production estimates released Friday — the first in 2021-22 to use a survey of producers. Nevertheless, […] Read more
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