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Solid Canadian grain/oilseed exports to start 2024/25

Canadian grain and oilseed exports through the first month of the 2024/25 marketing year are running well ahead of what moved during the same time the previous year, with just over a million tonnes of canola already moved, according to the latest data from the Canadian Grain Commission. Total exports of all the major grain,

Analyst confident canola can weather anti-dumping storm

Analyst confident canola can weather anti-dumping storm

Glacier FarmMedia — Canada is well equipped to handle the latest canola dispute with China, says an analyst. For one thing, the industry has become far less export dependent the last couple of years, said Chuck Penner, analyst with LeftField Commodity Research. He is forecasting that crushers will process 11 to 12 million tonnes of



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ICE Weekly: Canola market suddenly in a very bad position

China caused a great deal of turmoil in the canola market on Sept. 3, leading prices to tumble on the Intercontinental Exchange. To senior market analyst Mike Jubinville of MarketsFarm, China dramatically changed canola’s outlook in fell swoop. The Chinese government announced that it was launching an investigation into alleged canola dumping by Canada. This



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Australian crop production estimates rising: ABARES

Australian wheat and barley production in 2024/25 is expected to be larger than earlier estimates and well above what was grown the previous crop year, according to updated estimates from the Australia’s agriculture department (ABARES). Wheat production was forecast at 31.8 million tonnes in the September ABARES report, which would be up by 2.7 million





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EV tariffs raise Chinese retaliation worries

The Canadian Agri-Food Trade Alliance is closely monitoring China’s response to a new round of Canadian tariffs. The fear is that China may respond with retaliatory tariffs or other trade-restricting measures applied to some Canadian agri-food exports.