# The big chill: How canola farmers are adapting to trade blows - RBC Thought Leadership

> RBC reports that China's 100% tariff on Canadian canola oil and meal is stressing farmers, who are freezing investments. The Canadian Canola Growers Association warns that China could next target canola seed, Canada's largest canola export segment to China.

- Date: 2025-04-07 · published 2025-04-07T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region China · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/25072-the-big-chill-how-canola-farmers-are-adapting-to-trade-blows-rbc-thought
- Commodities: [Canola Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CANMEAL.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md)

## Why it matters

A possible extension of China's tariffs to canola seed would remove a major export outlet and pressure Canadian canola prices. Meal demand from China is at risk, which could weigh on canola meal and support competing soymeal.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: bullish ▲
- CORN: neutral
- CANMEAL: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2017-06-12 | [How the World's Farmers Went to Work for China](https://feedsoft.ai/events/70350-how-the-world-s-farmers-went-to-work-for-china.md) | -0.6% | +2.1% |
| CORN | 2018-02-06 | [Sorghum farmers are the first victims in growing trade dispute between China and the U.S.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66555-sorghum-farmers-are-the-first-victims-in-growing-trade-dispute-between-china.md) | +1.3% | +3.3% |
| CORN | 2018-05-23 | [U.S.-China trade row sows confusion in farmer planting plans](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64914-u-s-china-trade-row-sows-confusion-in-farmer-planting-plans.md) | -0.5% | -8.5% |
| CORN | 2022-08-18 | [Farmers’ voices continue to reiterate ag trade issues](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40023-farmers-voices-continue-to-reiterate-ag-trade-issues.md) | +0.4% | +3.4% |
| CORN | 2017-12-20 | [Ohio grain farmers talk trade and farm bill - Farm and Dairy](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67464-ohio-grain-farmers-talk-trade-and-farm-bill-farm-and-dairy.md) | +0.9% | +1.6% |
| SBM | 2019-07-23 | [U.S. farmers look past trade fears to cash in on China's hog crisis](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58091-u-s-farmers-look-past-trade-fears-to-cash-in-on-china-s-hog-crisis.md) | -1.4% | -5.3% |
| SBM | 2019-04-03 | [Farmers delay pricing soy in Argentina trade-currency wager](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59634-farmers-delay-pricing-soy-in-argentina-trade-currency-wager.md) | -0.5% | -4.7% |
| SBM | 2022-03-25 | [China's hog farmers face long slog in return to profit \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42289-china-s-hog-farmers-face-long-slog-in-return-to-profit-reuters.md) | -3.8% | -5.5% |

## Sources

- rbc.com: https://www.rbc.com/en/thought-leadership/geopolitics-trade-and-the-economy/the-big-chill-how-canola-farmers-are-adapting-to-trade-blows/

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