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ICE Close: Canola Up as Production Uncertainty Supports

Canola futures settled with small gains on Thursday, recovering from earlier losses as speculative positioning and production uncertainty provided support.
 
While crop conditions are relatively favourable across much of Western Canada, development is highly variable with uncertain production prospects keeping a weather premium in the market.
 
Only 42% of the Saskatchewan canola crop was rated good-to-excellent in the latest weekly report, released during the trading session, with the majority rated fair-to-poor.
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SaskAgToday.com Roundtable: China hits Canada with canola seed tariffs

Video: SaskAgToday.com Roundtable: China hits Canada with canola seed tariffs

The big story this week was China placing a 75.8 per cent anti-dumping duty on Canadian canola seed imports.

While China claims the duty is temporary - pending the conclusion of its anti-dumping investigation into Canadian canola next month - many are calling on the federal government to take the lead and get the tariffs removed. The SaskAgToday.com Roundtable discusses what farm groups, and politicians, have been saying.

Also, the panel highlights a grand opening of Grain Millers flax processing facility, limited harvest progress in Saskatchewan due to widespread rain, and the Grain Growers of Canada on its second annual Summer Tour.