Canadian Crop Conditions The structural problem compressing canola marketing options this spring has been building since August. Canada’s 2025 canola harvest came in at a record 21.8 million tonnes — 13% above 2024 and 19% above the five-year average — according to Statistics Canada’s November 2025 production survey, released December 4, 2025. That volume entered…
System Condition A demand-driven volume acceleration is the structural condition now pressing against west coast export infrastructure. The March 1, 2026 reset of Chinese import duties on Canadian canola — effective duty on canola seed reduced to 14.9% from a prohibitive 75.8% provisional rate; separate tariffs on canola meal suspended to zero through December 31,…
ASIA INTEL | April 23, 2026 The Structural Condition (Layer 1) Trade data released by the General Administration of Customs China show that Chinese imports of Canadian canola seed fell approximately 34 percent year-over-year in Q1 2026. The decline is a direct consequence of the anti-dumping duty regime that MOFCOM imposed on Canadian canola seed…
Market Intelligence Series — Paid Tier EUROPEAN MARKETS — Week of April 18, 2026 Publication: westernfarmreport.ca The European Union’s 2026 rapeseed crop is forecast to produce 21.1 MMT — flat with last year’s 21.4 MMT according to COCERAL’s March update — while EU crush capacity exceeds 23 MMT annually. That structural shortfall is the single…
Western Farm Report | Rail Transportation Analysis For the week of April 17, 2026 Canadian railways moved more Prairie wheat in 2025 than in any year in recent memory. Wheat carloadings reached 31.1 million tonnes for the full year — a 14.3 percent increase over 2024, and the largest annual gain in cereal grain shipments…