Canadian canola seed awaits shipping on a western Canadian farm.

Are China’s tariffs on Canadian canola oil and meal a ruse?

Canadian farmers are getting dour news on the future of canola prices, but real data might not back up the scope of tariff-driven market chaos everyone is worried about

Canadian farmers are getting dour news on the future of canola prices, but real data might not back up the scope of tariff-driven market chaos everyone is worried about


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AAFC ups canola/pea ending stocks projections amid tariff woes

Geopolical risks and trade uncertainty may alter outlook

Canadian canola and pea ending stocks may end up considerably larger at the close of the 2025/26 marketing year than originally thought if recently-imposed Chinese tariffs remain in place through the marketing year, said Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada in its latest supply/demand estimates released March 21.

John Sitilides, who specializes in U.S. government relations, geopolitical risk and international affairs, has been following Donal Trump’s actions since the mid-1980s when he first met him. Photo: Greg Price

Tariffs called part of long game with trade negotiations

U.S. trade deficits with Canada and Mexico have more than doubled folowing transition from NAFTA to CUSMA

As the clock continues to tick to midnight April 2 on U.S. president Donald Trump’s month-long exemption on blanket tariffs to Canada that has left many ag industries at a standstill, one U.S. insider gave his thoughts at the 2025 Alberta Beef Industry Conference in Calgary on what he believes is the end game for the trade war.



Canadian canola is facing rocky market waters.

China toying with Canadian canola

For Canadian farmers, China’s recent moves against canola, and the resulting canola price hits, are déjà vu

China zapped a good chunk of canola’s market gains during the week of March 17 as it proceeded with its 100 per cent tariffs on imports of Canadian canola meal and oil.