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Canola markets looking to steady after March dip

Canola is looking at what could be yet another good year, following a few external factors.

This included the same issue that had affected most of Canadian agriculture, the war in Ukraine.

Neil Townsend, Senior Market Analyst at FarmLink Marketing Solutions, details some of the good points before a reverse began.

"We've had a pretty good year, in terms of canola. We had high prices for the bulk of the year, a good opportunity. I think for a lot of Canadian farmers it kinda seems like out of nowhere the market starts to reverse. That was a combination of great weakness in the EU market prompted partly by an inflow of imports from Ukraine."

As well, another competitor had a great record year which impacted the canola market.

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Canada reaches tariff deal with China on canola, electric vehicles

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Canada has reached a deal with China to increase the limit of imports of Chinese electric vehicles (EVs) in exchange for Beijing dropping tariffs on agricultural products, such as canola, Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Friday.

The tariffs on canola are dropping to 15 per cent starting on March 1. In exchange for dropping duties on agricultural products, Carney is allowing 49,000 Chinese EVs to be exported to Canada.

Carney described it as a “preliminary but landmark” agreement to remove trade barriers and reduce tariffs, part of a broader strategic partnership with China.