China has decided to place tariffs on Canadian rapeseed imports following an anti-dumping probe, disrupting crop flows and adding to a trade spat between the two sides bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

In one day, $900,000,000 taken off the value of the 2025 canola crop. Thankfully, we have a federal govt that compensates industries like softwood lumber and steel for trade actions by other countries. Looking forward to an announcement for canola.

So US spring wheat yield is pared back by 1.7 bu from July but durum is raised by 2.2 bu? Something's fishy.

As suspected, US farmers didn't plant 375,000 acres of flax. Closer to 250k. Must be where corn got all those acres.

Nov canola finished $15 off the lows. For the W.

Not sure how USDA came up with a 40.9 bu/ac durum yield for 2025, higher than last year at 39.3 and avg of 38.2.

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China corn imports 56,000 tonnes (basically one boat) in July. Sad trombone.

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Searching for posts about barley is when you realize how many people can barely spell "barely". Or just blame spell-check.

Sopping wet the last 30 days.

So, StatsCan added 272kt to 2023 canola prod and 1.39mt to 2024. Not a surprise, but still a big miss.

Only 30% of winter rapeseed for the 2026 harvest has been sown in optimal terms in Ukraine ukragroconsult.com/en/news/only-3…

This tells me the door is open for the Cdn govt to do something to salvage the situation. Question is, will it? And throw in peas for good measure.

More signs of a thaw? Would be a game changer. nationalpost.com/news/politics/…

Widespread frost in western Canada. Some of the crop mature or in the bin, but lots still vulnerable.