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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.



A canola crop partially in swath near St. Adolphe, Man. in September 2023. Pic: Dave Bedard

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

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.







Oat bids are good due to strong demand

Canada’s oat crop looks promising

Canada’s planted oat area is thought to have increased 2.6 per cent from last year and 2025 yields are estimated to be up 2.8 bushels

Oat market demand is strong. At the same time, Canada’s planted oat area is up an estimated 2.6 per cent from last year and 2025 yields may be up 2.8 bushels to the acre.