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The Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute released a report inventorying domestic support programs in the US, EU and China and how they affect Canadian agricultural competitiveness. It identifies trade policies, including China's use of stock-holding to support domestic canola and soybean prices, that the authors say need further analysis from the Canadian government.
Support programs that influence world prices can shift export competitiveness for Canadian canola and soybeans. The findings are analytical and do not change current supply or demand.
realagriculture.comKelvin HeppnerAug 4, 2017Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
After 554 past neutral policy events, Soybeans moved a median +0.0% over 5 sessions (51% higher; middle half -1.4% to +1.6%), and +0.6% over 20.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.
