Reading Time: < 1 minute More canola was crushed in February than a year ago, Statistics Canada reported on March 31. StatCan pegged last month’s domestic crush at 951,353 tonnes, up about 7.8 per cent from February 2025.
Soybeans
February canola crush up from 2025, StatCan reports
CBOT weekly outlook: Soybeans/corn awaiting acreage data
Reading Time: 2 minutes Soybean and corn futures at the Chicago Board of Trade posted some large price swings during the week ended March 25, as market participants reacted to the shifting news out of the Middle East and adjusted positions ahead of upcoming acreage data from the United States Department of Agriculture.
ICE Canada Weekly: More behind canola, soyoil than crude oil prices
Reading Time: < 1 minute There’s more to canola futures on the Intercontinental Exchange than crude oil and vegetable oils prices, said David Derwin, commodity futures advisor for Ventum Financial in Winnipeg.
USDA attachés forecast some changes in China’s oilseeds, cereals
Reading Time: 2 minutes As China heads into the 2026/27 marketing year, the United States Department of Agriculture attachés in Beijing projected a few minor to moderate changes in the country’s soybean, canola, corn and wheat crops.
Canola, U.S. soybean crushes expanding
Reading Time: < 1 minute In calendar year 2025, the canola crushes in Canada and the United States remained above their respective five-year averages, Statistics Canada reported on March 13. While the U.S. soybean crush continued to expand, StatCan didn’t include any soybean crush data for 2025 due to confidentiality requirements under the Statistics Act.
Manitoba farmers not too likely to change planting plans
Reading Time: 2 minutes Manitoba farmers won’t be too inclined this spring to switch from planting cereals and oilseeds to soybeans or pulses, despite recent hikes in fertilizer prices said an official with Manitoba Agriculture.
More canola, spring wheat likely to be seeded this spring
Reading Time: 2 minutes As spring planting approaches, farmers are busy planning which crops to seed this year and how much. With that, market thoughts have turned toward planted area projections, as Statistics Canada is set to issue its report on Thursday.
Reduced Argentine soybean harvest, bigger crush says USDA attaché
Reading Time: 2 minutes Argentina is expected to reap 48 million tonnes of soybeans in 2025/26, the United States Department of Agriculture attaché in Buenos Aires said in a report released on Feb. 25. That’s slightly lower than the USDA’s official estimate of 48.50 million tonnes.
Minor tweaks in AAFC supply and demand report
Reading Time: 2 minutes There were only small changes in the latest supply and demand estimates from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada released on Feb. 18.
U.S. grains: Soybeans steady, grains higher
Reading Time: < 1 minute SOYBEAN futures at the Chicago Board of Trade were narrowly mixed at the Wednesday’s close, holding near three-month highs. WHEAT futures corrected higher amid ideas recent losses were overdone. CORN futures were up in sympathy with wheat, with positioning ahead of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Ag Outlook Forum a feature.