Mike Jubinville, a senior markets analyst with Glacier MarketsFarm, speaks at a Manitoba Ag Days podium.

VIDEO – Manitoba Ag Days: ‘Political manipulations’ hold back canola – analyst

BRANDON — If global politics, tariffs and uncertainty were magically removed from the market, canola prices in Canada would likely be $1.50 per bushel higher, says a veteran markets analyst. The supply and demand fundamentals for canola are supportive of price this winter, but Canadian farmers are facing a situation where geopolitics are dominant and […] Read more


Australia was once a modest canola player, but has since greatly expanded its exports. It produced only 2.3 million tonnes In 2019-20, but is now regularly growing more than twice that amount. | File photo

Canola might have an Aussie problem replacing China

Canadian canola exporters might need to urgently look for alternative markets in 2025, but they might find oilseed users are already well supplied by Australia. Another situation might also develop in which Australia and Canada simply switch markets, although there will likely be a period of uncertainty and disruption. Either way, a reckoning is certainly […] Read more

Dallas Thacker, part owner of Thacker Harvesting, working near Tisdale last week.  |  Dallas Thacker photo

No certainty for canola

Mexico buys a surprising amount of Canadian canola. In 2022, Mexico was Canada’s third largest market for canola, as it imported $1.2 billion worth of canola seed and $436 million in oil. Given the size of the market, leaders of Canada’s canola industry are concerned that Mexico’s government is drifting away from regulations that are […] Read more