# Millions of acres of canola freeze, compound 'harvest from hell' - Grainews

> Heavy snow and rain left about 2.7 million acres of Canadian canola unharvested until spring, roughly 13 per cent of national plantings. Canola futures in China are down 3 per cent year over year despite the harvest problems. Farmers expect acreage cuts next year.

- Date: 2019-11-15 · published 2019-11-15T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Canada · magnitude high
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/56031-millions-of-acres-of-canola-freeze-compound-harvest-from-hell-grainews
- Commodities: [Canola Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CANMEAL.md)

## Why it matters

A loss of about 13 per cent of plantings is a major supply shock for canola meal and oil, though weak Chinese demand and the import ban offset some of the price support.

## Read by commodity

- CANMEAL: bullish ▲

## Sources

- grainews.ca: https://www.grainews.ca/daily/millions-of-acres-of-canola-freeze-compound-harvest-from-hell/

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