Most wheat prices in Western Canada during the week ended March 20, 2025 were slightly lower than those from the previous week.
Canola
Prairie Wheat Weekly: Small declines for wheat bids
Wheat prices show little movement
China toying with Canadian canola
For Canadian farmers, China’s recent moves against canola, and the resulting canola price hits, are déjà vu
China zapped a good chunk of canola’s market gains during the week of March 17 as it proceeded with its 100 per cent tariffs on imports of Canadian canola meal and oil.
Canadian farmers face two-front trade war as China duties take effect
Canadian farmers are facing a two-front trade war, with China’s tariffs on Canadian canola oil, canola meal and peas taking effect on Thursday and U.S. tariffs expected on additional Canadian products within two weeks.
North American biofuels sector contracts amid trade and policy uncertainty
U.S. and Canadian biofuel companies are throttling back production to limit losses amid uncertainty over U.S. President Donald Trump's approach to green fuel subsidies and the potential for a worsening trade war.
ICE Canada Weekly: Canola approaching uncertainty
As canola futures try to regain the ground lost during the week of March 10, the longer term outlook for the oilseed is very unknown, according to risk advisor and trader John De Pape of The Trading Floor.
Speculators bail out of canola long positions
Tariff uncertainty tied to liquidation
Fund traders were busy liquidating long positions and putting on new bearish bets in canola as tariff uncertainty from both China and the United States weighed on the futures in early March.
Tariffs could drop Canadian canola acres
Farmers have already made most of their seeding decisions but could still fine-tune them if tariffs are reinstated in April
Tariff-driven hits to market access for both the U.S. and China might have some Canadian farmers rethinking their 2025 canola seeding plans, but crop rotations make planting plans hard to break away from.
Tariffs continue to pressure canola prices
Canadian canola growers will continue to feel price pressure with uncertainty abounding
The Canadian canola market is being hit with a double whammy with tariffs from China now adding to the industry’s uncertainty.
China set for canola meal shortage after 100 per cent duty on top supplier Canada
China faces limited availability of meal in other markets, plans to plant more rapeseed
China is likely to face a supply shortage of canola (rapeseed) meal by the third quarter of this year as Beijing's tariffs on shipments from top exporter Canada disrupt trade and as alternative sources are unlikely to make up the deficit.
Alberta farm leader hopes for stronger trade once dust settles
Trade wars are erupting on multiple fronts for Canada, but there is hope that the future will bring steadier times for the agriculture industry when it comes to separating fact from fiction on the international stage.
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