WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Aug 29 (Reuters) - ICE (NYSE:ICE) canola futures eased on Thursday in lackluster, sideways trading.
* Differing ideas of the size and quality of the Canadian canola crop kept prices in a tight range, a trader said.
* Farmer selling as the harvest progresses will weigh on the market in coming weeks, offset somewhat if speculators start covering their large short positions, the trader said.
* November canola RSX9 eased 40 cents to $447.50 per tonne in thin volumes.
* Canola production looked set to reach 18.5 million tonnes, down 9% year over year, Statistics Canada said on Wednesday. GRO/CA
* 5% of canola has been swathed in Saskatchewan, the government of the Canadian province said. GRO/SAS
* Chicago November soybeans SX9 rose as traders worried about the risk of frost damage to this year's late planted U.S. crops. GRA/
* Euronext November rapeseed futures /COMX9 edged higher and Malaysian November palm oil futures /FCPOX9 dipped.
* The Canadian dollar CAD= gained against its U.S. counterpart as oil prices rose and data showed that the country's current account deficit was the lowest in the second quarter since 2008. CAD/
* Germany's rapeseed harvest will fall 21.9% on the year to about 2.9 million tonnes, the agriculture ministry said.