Canada Markets

The unsustainable pace of canola exports and domestic use continues unabated -- yet Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada chose to ignore the situation. We better have a closer look.

Soybean oil with export commitments in the first month of the marketing year totaling 86% of the annual projection certainly justifies further investigation, especially given the implications for canola.

The message U.S. Treasury markets are trying to send us is still not certain, but the field of likely possibilities has narrowed. Recent developments suggest we better brush up on our 1970s inflation cycle history lesson.

Although yet another labor disruption is not necessarily acceptable, the spread between Canadian canola and European rapeseed suggests no meaningful supply disruption is expected.

U.S. treasury markets are trying to tell us something and the most likely possibilities have vastly different implications. The uncomfortable alternative is the one that we should be concerned about.

A case could be made for crude oil costing either $50 or $100-plus per barrel. Here's a closer look at why and its possible impact on the farm.

Canola's export pace makes you look forward to the Canadian Grain Commission's Grain Statistics weekly release. Didn't see that coming.

The October release of the Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada's (AAFC) October Supply and Disposition update contained relatively minor adjustments, but looking through it, there are some very interesting details.

The October release of the Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada's (AAFC) October Supply and Disposition update contained relatively minor adjustments, but looking through it, there are some very interesting details.

As one Canadian union ends a strike in the Port of Vancouver, another union went on strike in the Port of Montreal.

After failed contract negotiations, Grain Workers Local Union 333 went on strike, stopping work at five grain terminals in Vancouver.

For Alberta, in the provincial early yield estimates, regional dryland crop yield estimates are at or below the 5- and 10-year averages, with the exception of a higher-than-average yield expectation reported for the South Region as of July 30. In Saskatchewan, as of July 29, the...

Warmer conditions over the past week advanced crop growth. With recent rainfall events, precipitation accumulation in most areas has exceeded 135 percent of normal precipitation since May 1.

The possibility of a rail strike in Canada by over 9,200 CN and CPKC workers still hangs in limbo until the Canadian Industrial Relations Board makes a final decision on failed negotiations by all parties to date.

After three months of higher prices, canola in Canada and rapeseed prices in Europe may be encountering resistance as traders assess this year's new crops.

It was a busy week with various reports for Canada Agriculture of weekly exports, canola crush and other important information.

After close to 12 years with DTN, I will be moving on while showing extreme gratitude to DTN for a wonderful opportunity within a noble profession.

This study looks at producer deliveries of select grains into the licensed handling system as a percentage of the volumes available for delivery, based on official government estimates.

Reports released on both sides of the Canada-U.S. border led to a sharp drop in the Canadian dollar against the U.S. dollar, reaching its weakest trade since November.

November canola is seen trading in a consolidation phase, just below resistance as traders show caution.