{"id":171943,"date":"2025-09-27T02:10:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-27T02:10:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/171943\/"},"modified":"2025-09-27T02:10:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-27T02:10:11","slug":"canola-market-has-decent-week-but-facing-obstacles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/171943\/","title":{"rendered":"Canola market has decent week, but facing obstacles"},"content":{"rendered":"

Although the November canola contract lost $4.30 during the week ended Sept. 25, the Canadian oilseed came away better than expected on the Intercontinental Exchange. The November contract closed out the week at $619.60 per tonne, staying sufficiently above the $600 mark.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s pretty good given the hurdles canola is facing.<\/p>\n

The first factor is the Prairie harvest, which has yet to really put a lot of pressure on canola. Things have been going slower than normal, and that surge of canola coming into the commercial pipeline<\/a> hasn\u2019t arrived. That doesn\u2019t mean it isn\u2019t coming. It is, big time.<\/p>\n

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There\u2019s been talk of a canola harvest larger than the 20.03 million tonnes Statistics Canada estimated in its September production update. Speculation in the trade has canola coming in at more than 21 million tonnes based on very good yields so far.<\/p>\n

Then there\u2019s the China problem. Those stiff tariffs<\/a> on canola seed, oil and meal won\u2019t be going away anytime soon. There\u2019s also the failure of the United States to making any headway with China in a phone conversation between Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping. Hopes of decent progress on trade issues simply didn\u2019t happen on the call and, in the end, China has yet to buy any 2025\/26 U.S. soybeans.<\/p>\n

Without those bean sales, there\u2019s little to inspire canola export sales to China. Cumulative year-to-date canola export sales were at 627,400 tonnes seven weeks into the marketing year, far below the 1.68 million that had been sold the same time last year.<\/p>\n

However, some \u2018hallway diplomacy\u2019 at the United Nations in New York may have helped Canada\u2019s canola plight. After Prime Minister Mark Carney delivered his address to the General Assembly, he discussed trade issues, including canola, with Chinese Premier Li Qiang. There\u2019s some progress expected, with Carney eventually to meet<\/a> with President Xi Jinping.<\/p>\n

The downside to that is nothing is really going to change until after the New Year. Unfortunately, China\u2019s levies on canola and meal are very likely to remain at 100 per cent, while the seed is to stay at 75.8 per cent.<\/p>\n

Chinese authorities are pressing ahead with its investigation into canola dumping by Canada, which could result in further repercussions for canola. And until Ottawa punts its 100 per cent levy on imports of Chinese-made electric vehicles, forget about any changes for the oil and meal along with other Canadian goods.<\/p>\n

Presently, canola remains above $600\/tonne, but as we slide into winter, that price could slip below that psychological level. It may push under last year\u2019s low of $580, and that could spell a bleak Christmas for Canadian canola growers.<\/p>\n

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