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.
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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
Prairie Wheat Weekly: Wheat bids pressured on multiple fronts
Western Canadian wheat bids were mostly lower during the week ended Sept. 4, 2025 due to weather and potential high yields worldwide.
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.
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.
Prairie Wheat Weekly: Spring wheat higher, U.S. futures down
Rains delay Prairie wheat harvest
Western Canadian wheat prices were mostly weaker as rains in the Prairies delayed harvesting operations during the week ended Aug. 21, 2025.
Feed Grain Weekly: Barley, wheat competing with U.S. corn
Western Canadian grains hold price advantage
While U.S. corn prices are falling, Western Canadian feed barley and feed wheat still have price advantages, said a Lethbridge-based trader.
CBOT Weekly: More pressure on grain prices
U.S. grain, soybean prices to go lower: analyst
Corn, soybean and wheat futures on the Chicago Board of Trade continue to drop and one Chicago-based analyst says they are going to be even lower.
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.
Prairie Wheat Weekly: U.S. futures pressure Canadian prices
Weather varied across Prairies
Pressure on U.S. futures and variable weather conditions on the Prairies brought Western Canadian wheat bids down during the week ended July 10, 2025.
June’s fast-moving grain markets
June 2025 was an interesting month for canola and geopolitics stole the spotlight from grain market specifics
Summing up the grain markets: June 2025 was an interesting month for canola prices and geopolitics stole the spotlight from grain market specifics
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