APAS welcomes announcement of a third multi-million dollar canola crushing plant for Regina. Federated Co-op is building a renewable diesel plant, using canola. A joint venture with AGT Foods will see construction of a 360 million dollar, 1.1 million ton canola crushing plant. Outgoing APAS president Todd Lewis calls it great news for farmers. Lewis […]
There is a new chair of the Saskatchewan Canola Development Commission. Following the annual general meeting this week, directors selected Charlene Bradley as chair. Bradley is serving her second term on the SaskCanola Board, and is also the current chair of the Canola Council of Canada. Bradley and her family operate a grain farm near […]
The Saskatchewan government and SaskCanola have released the latest clubroot survey map. The map shows the clubroot pathogen has been detected in soil samples in another nine fields, for a total of 38 fields in Saskatchewan. These results are compiled each year through ministry surveys and samples submitted by producers. The areas affected are north […]
The daily price limit for canola futures contracts on the ICE Futures platform will rise to 60-dollars a tonne , starting November 1st. That compares to the current limit of 50-dollars per day. The daily price limit determines how much a contract can move in a given session above or below the previous settlement. […]
The weekly crop report from Saskatchewan Agriculture shows 95 percent of the crop has been combined with an additional three percent either swathed or ready to straight-cut. That number is well ahead of the five-year average of 70 percent. Harvest is most advanced in the southwest region, where 98 per cent of the crop is […]
Grain markets are showing upward movement following Tuesday’s StatsCan report reflecting lower crop production due to drought. StatsCan estimates the wheat crop at 21.7 million metric tons, down 38 percent and Canola will be the smallest crop since 2010. Canola production is estimated at 12.8 million tons, down 34 percent from last year. P.I. Financial […]
Grain prices continued upward movement this week. Commodity futures advisor with P.I. Financial, Adam Pukalo, says November canola futures rose 42 dollars a ton this week while spring wheat futures for December gained 18 cents a bushel. He says canola futures made a recovery in price this week. On Minneapolis wheat futures, he sees it […]
Cargill has announced it will build a proposed 350 million dollar canola crushing plant west of Regina at the Global Transportation Hub. Cargill says the Global Transportation Hub offers excellent highway and rail infrastructure and offers minimal disruption to Regina residents. Cargill Canada president Jeff Vassart says the location also gives canola farmers easy access […]
A market analyst says Eastern Canadian canola processors could be importing canola from Ukraine because of the prairie drought. Mike Jubinville with MarketsFarm sees a five to ten percent drop in prairie canola supply. He expects canola exports will drop from 10 million tons last year to only 7.6 million this year due to drought. […]
Canola growers are checking early germinating crops for flea beetles, which can become more active under higher temperatures. “There are patches that are pretty bad out there and there are areas that areas that are really good, where the seed treatments are more than enough to control them,” said Ian Epp, an agronomy specialist with […]
