Strong harvests in Western Canada clash with low grain prices, trade war-driven market uncertainty and high input costs. What strategies can farmers use to sell their 2025 crop?
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Grain marketing for hard economic times
Manitoba farms face tight profit opportunities this year; what strategies can farmers use to sell their 2025 crop to best financial effect?
Canadian canola futures vibing
It’s Your Business: Words from China’s ambassador were interpreted positively by the canola market
Recent comments from Chinese and Canadian officials offered a shot of positive vibes that lifted ICE canola futures to their highest levels in a month, even without any actual concrete developments on the trade front.
Prairie Wheat Weekly: Most Western Canadian bids higher
Western Canadian wheat prices were higher on Oct. 16, 2025 compared to the past week.
It’s Your Business: Canola, soybean strength could be short-lived
Will it be a sustained rally or a ‘dead cat bounce’?
Spillover from a rising CBOT soy complex has helped push ICE canola futures higher, offering a reprieve — for now, at least — from seasonal harvest pressure and the absence of demand from China.
Expert’s Radar: A flat, flat, flat wheat market
An expected drop in U.S. wheat crop would be offset by a predicted surge in Canada and elsewhere
Large global supplies of wheat leave little reason for market prices to move higher — although solid demand for wheat should continue to limit the downside, commodity watcher Phil Franz-Warkentin writes.
Canola market has decent week, but facing obstacles
Canola prices for Canadian farmers could slip as winter approaches and trade issues drag
Canola market update: Although the November canola contract lost C$4.30 during the week ended Sept. 25, it came away better than expected on the Intercontinental Exchange.
Fund traders flip to net short in canola futures
Speculative fund traders have moved to a net short position in canola futures for the first time in five months, according to the latest Commitments of Traders report from the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).
Canola finding support despite seasonal pressures
It’s Your Business: Canola futures follow U.S. soy action, pending any progress on Canada/China canola trade
Despite harvest pressure as Prairie canola growers continue harvesting, ICE canola futures showed modest strength in the week ended Sept. 12 on chart signals and spillover from Chicago soyoil.
ICE Weekly: Soyoil influencing canola prices
Up-and-down trade for oilseed
Chicago soyoil prices seem to be the main influencer of canola's price movement during the week ended Aug. 27, 2025.
Canola weathering Chinese tariff storm better than expected
Canadian farmers have taken a price hit on their canola, but the futures market showed some bounce back the week ending Aug. 21
Canadian farmers took a price hit after China announced tariffs on canola seed, but canola futures the week ending Aug. 21 showed some bounce back.
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