By Glen Hallick
Glacier FarmMedia – Canola futures on the Intercontinental Exchange turned around to pull back on Friday morning, after posting gains in the overnight session.
China announced it’s suspending its 100 per cent tariff on imports of Canadian agricultural products effective March 1. This is part of a trade deal Canada struck with China in January. The move includes China’s levy on canola meal, while its surcharge on canola seed drops to 15 per cent.
Crude oil was sharply higher, with the spillover underpinning the Chicago soy complex, MATIF rapeseed and Malaysian palm oil.
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Ample canola supplies from Canada’s record harvest and the strong likelihood of large ending stocks continued to hover on the market.
Statistics Canada is set to release its planted acre projections on Thursday. With the farmer surveys completed before the Canada-China trade deal, there may be more canola seeded for 2026/27 than anticipated.
The March canola contract was quickly becoming less relevant as Friday marked first notice day for March futures.
The Canadian dollar was higher on Friday morning, with the loonie at 73.20 U.S. cents compared to Thursday’s close of 73.06.
Approximately 20,550 contracts had been traded by 8:38 CST and prices in Canadian dollars per metric tonne were:
Price Change
Canola Mar 677.70 dn 2.90
May 690.60 dn 2.40
Jul 701.40 dn 2.20
Nov 695.90 dn 2.00
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