Canola Rallies with Soy Complex

Jul 01, 2021

Canola futures ended stronger on Wednesday, as a rally in the Chicago Board of Trade soy complex on the back of a pair of bullish reports provided support.

Acreage and quarterly stocks numbers from the USDA sparked a rally in soybeans, which spilled into canola, with planted area coming in well below trade expectations and quarterly stocks seen as tight. Record-high temperatures across Western Canada this week, with little precipitation in the immediate forecasts to alleviate the heat, contributed to the gains in canola.

Canadian markets will be closed Thursday for Canada Day, while US markets remain open. Positioning ahead of the holiday likely accounted for some of the activity in canola. U.S. markets will be closed Monday, July 5, for Independence Day.

July canola was up $30 at $839.50, November added $17.10 to $811.70 and January was $20.70 higher at $809.

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Video: Evolution of Beef Cattle Farming

The Clear Conversations podcast took to the road for a special episode recorded in Nashville during CattleCon, bringing listeners straight into the heart of the cattle industry. Host Tracy Sellers welcomed rancher Steve Wooten of Beatty Canyon Ranch in Colorado for a wide-ranging discussion that blended family history and sustainability, particularly as it relates to the future of beef production.

Sustainability emerged as a central theme of the conversation, a word that Wooten acknowledges can mean very different things depending on who you ask. For him, sustainability starts with the soil. Healthy soil produces healthy grass, which supports efficient cattle capable of producing year after year with minimal external inputs. It’s an approach that equally considers vegetation, animal efficiency, and long-term profitability.

That philosophy aligned naturally with Wooten’s involvement in the U.S. Roundtable for Sustainable Beef, where he served as a representative for the Colorado Cattlemen’s Association. The roundtable brings together the entire beef supply chain—from producers to retailers—along with universities, NGOs, and allied industries. Its goal is not regulation, Wooten emphasized, but collaboration, shared learning, and continuous improvement.