Questions remain over just how much canola was grown in Canada a year ago, and whether the satellites and computer models now producing most estimates are as reliable as ground-level surveys, given the data’s weight on canola prices.
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Should you believe boots on the ground or satellites in the sky on Canadian canola production?
Questions remain over just how much canola was grown in Canada a year ago, and whether the satellites and computer…
Canola market stuck in a downturn
The final quarter of 2025 could be tough time for canola prices, and the Canadian farmers trying to sell the…
Canola weathering Chinese tariff storm better than expected
Canadian farmers took a price hit after China announced tariffs on canola seed, but canola futures the week ending Aug.…
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It’s Your Business: China hammers down on Canadian canola
China’s new anti-dumping duty on Canadian canola imports did shock prices, but the damage to canola values at the farm…
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It’s Your Business: China hammers down on Canadian canola
China’s new anti-dumping duty on Canadian canola imports did shock prices, but the damage to canola values may not be…
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Canola prices under pressure to start new crop marketing year
Canola futures fall to four-month lows despite strong export numbers in week ending Aug. 8, 2025.
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Canola prices rangebound heading into new crop year
Looking ahead at the 2025/26 grain marketing year: Market fundamentals will remain highly influential in the longer term for Canadian…
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Heartland Livestock Services closes Brandon auction mart
Heartland Livestock Services announced the closure July 25. The Brandon auction mart has been a historic standby for Manitoba beef…
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Canadian canola prices at a potential inflection point
The week ending July 24, 2025, saw both higher canola prices and much-needed rain for the dry Canadian Prairies.
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Should you believe boots on the ground or satellites in the sky on Canadian canola production?
Expert’s Radar: It looks like StatCan’s newer high-tech monitoring protocols won the battle this past crop year
Canola market stuck in a downturn
The final quarter of 2025 could be tough time for canola prices, and the Canadian farmers trying to sell the oilseed
The final quarter of 2025 could be tough time for canola prices, and the Canadian farmers trying to sell the oilseed
Canadian Financial Close: Loonie, TSX rise ahead of Labour Day
Glacier FarmMedia — The Canadian dollar ended the week with its highest close in a month. The loonie closed at US$0.7277 or US$1=C$1.3742 on Friday, compared to US$0.7270 or US$1=C$1.3756 on Thursday. By comparison, last week’s close was US$0.7218 or US$1=C$1.3854. Statistics Canada reported today that Canada’s economy shrank by 1.6 per cent in the
Feed Grains Weekly: Price likely to keep stepping back
Expected to drop passed last year’s lows
As the harvest in southern Alberta presses on, a broker said that is one of the factors pulling feed prices lower in the region. Darcy Haley, vice-president of Ag Value Brokers in Lethbridge, added that lower cattle numbers in feedlots, plentiful amounts of grass for cattle to graze and a lacklustre export market also weighed on feed prices.
North American Grain/Oilseed Review: Canola tumbles, grains rise
Canola futures on the Intercontinental Exchange were still reeling on Friday following the release of Statistics Canada’s bearish canola production estimate as well as weaker comparable oil prices. StatCan projected the 2025-26 canola crop at 19.94 million tonnes in Thursday’s report, compared to 19.24 million last year and the five-year average of 18.25 million. An
U.S. grains: Corn rises on strong demand, disease concerns
Chicago Board of Trade corn futures firmed on Friday on support from strong international demand, concerns over disease in the U.S. Midwest and technical support, analysts said.
ICE Midday: Canola still in free fall
Glacier FarmMedia – Canola futures on the Intercontinental Exchange took another sharp drop on Friday as Thursday’s report from Statistics Canada and weaker vegetable oils weighed on prices. StatCan projected the 2025-26 canola crop at 19.94 million tonnes, compared to 19.24 million last year and the five-year average of 18.25 million. An analyst believes there will
China boosts soybean buys from Argentina, Uruguay amid U.S. trade war, sources say
China has yet to book US soybean imports for fourth quarter
China's soybean importers are boosting purchases from Argentina and Uruguay over the next year to fill the supply gap left by the absence of U.S. shipments as the trade war drags on.
Global Markets: Canada’s economy shrinks
The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Statistics Canada reported that the country’s economy contracted by 1.6 per cent on an annual basis in the second quarter, compared to two per cent growth in the first. Economists had expected the economy to shrink by 0.6 per cent
Prairie Wheat Weekly: Prices mostly lower
StatCan projects less wheat in 2025/26
Cash prices for spring wheat and durum across the Canadian Prairies incurred losses almost across the board during the week ended Aug. 28.
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