Canola in flower in a field near Stockholm, Saskatchewan in late July, 2024. | Greg Berg photo

Avoid bargain-basement canola markets to ease tariff damage

Market Watch: AAFC’s latest forecast is more bearish for Canadian canola, but much also depends on the U.S. oilseed crop

China’s canola tariffs aside, the global oilseed complex has eased to a lower price level and is likely to stay there for now — that is, unless problems develop with crops in the U.S. or South America.

Richardson International’s Yorkton canola crush facility.

Emerging canola processing at home will affect exports

Domestic demand from new crushing plant is expected to limit the amount of Canadian crop available for export

Expansions and new builds by Richardson International, Viterra and Cargill will add 4.6 million tonnes of capacity next year.