Reading Time: 2 minutes China’s upcoming lifting of tariffs and rising soyoil prices lifted Canadian canola values for the week ended Feb. 4, 2026.
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ICE weekly: China, soy complex lift canola prices
ICE canola weekly outlook: More upside possible
Reading Time: < 1 minute ICE canola futures have trended steadily higher for the past month, with more upside possible from a chart standpoint as market participants continue to account for easing tariffs from China.
ICE Canada Weekly: Canola premium required
Reading Time: 2 minutes In order to get Canadian farmers to plant at least the same amount of canola this spring as they did last spring, they are likely going to need a premium, said Jerry Klassen, analyst with Resilient Capital in Winnipeg.
SaskOilseeds welcomes massive cut to Chinese canola tariffs
SaskOilseeds calls the announcement after the prime minister’s visit to Beijing positive
Reading Time: < 1 minute SaskOilseeds says farmers are relieved tariff reductions on canola seed are coming by March 1.
ICE Weekly: All eyes on Carney in China
Reading Time: < 1 minute Jamie Wilton, trader for RJ O’Brien in Winnipeg, said he and the canola trade is watching and waiting while Prime Minister Mark Carney visits China this week.
Large gap in canola ending stocks between AAFC, USDA
Reading Time: 2 minutes There’s a 760,000-tonne difference in the ending stocks for Canada’s 2025/26 canola crop respectively estimated by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and the United States Department of Agriculture. Aside from that, the canola data from AAFC and the USDA remain quite similar.
Modest increase for Malaysian palm oil says USDA attaché
Reading Time: < 1 minute Stronger than expected yields in the early going saw Malaysia’s 2025/26 palm oil production get a good start, said the United States Department of Agriculture attaché in Kuala Lumpur.
ICE Canada Weekly: Canola unlikely to have a good start to 2026
Reading Time: 2 minutes When canola trading begins returning to normal come Jan. 5, the oilseed’s futures are likely to fall back, said Tony Tryhuk, trader with RBC Dominion securities in Winnipeg.
‘A little bit of a resurgence for flax’
Reading Time: 2 minutes Flax is sitting in a good position following this year’s harvest, said Scott Shiels of Grain Millers Canada in Yorkton, Sask.
ICE Canada Weekly: Canola a “tough market”
Reading Time: < 1 minute There are grim prospects for canola prices as the New Year approaches said Winnipeg-based trader and farmer Bill Craddock.