# Canola up on planting woes, market eyes weather, trade policy | The Western Producer

> Canola futures rose on April 26 on short-covering and concern over wet Prairie soils delaying planting. U.S. corn fell over one percent on better Midwest planting forecasts and reports the White House is considering an executive order on withdrawing from NAFTA.

- Date: 2017-04-26 · published 2017-04-26T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Canada · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/71596-canola-up-on-planting-woes-market-eyes-weather-trade-policy-the-western-producer
- Commodities: [Canola Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CANMEAL.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

Wet Prairie conditions support canola, while easing U.S. planting worries pressure corn; a NAFTA withdrawal order would add trade uncertainty for North American feed grain and meal flows.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: bearish ▼
- CORN: bearish ▼
- WHEAT: bearish ▼
- CANMEAL: bullish ▲

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| CORN | 2019-06-05 | [U.S. grains: Futures plummet on Midwest weather, profit-taking - Grainews](https://feedsoft.ai/events/8688-u-s-grains-futures-plummet-on-midwest-weather-profit-taking-grainews.md) | +0.9% | -0.2% |
| CORN | 2023-08-31 | [El Nino should benefit South American crops \| The Western Producer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13634-el-nino-should-benefit-south-american-crops-the-western-producer.md) | +1.5% | -6.4% |
| SOY | 2022-06-14 | [Turner's Take Ag Marketing \| CBOT Breaks on Better Weather](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7216-turner-s-take-ag-marketing-cbot-breaks-on-better-weather.md) | -1.6% | -7.0% |
| SOY | 2021-11-04 | [La Nina not expected to hurt Brazilian corn \| The Western Producer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13762-la-nina-not-expected-to-hurt-brazilian-corn-the-western-producer.md) | -2.3% | +1.0% |
| SOY | 2019-06-05 | [U.S. grains: Futures plummet on Midwest weather, profit-taking - Grainews](https://feedsoft.ai/events/8688-u-s-grains-futures-plummet-on-midwest-weather-profit-taking-grainews.md) | -2.6% | -0.6% |

## Sources

- producer.com: https://www.producer.com/daily/canola-up-on-planting-woes-market-eyes-weather-trade-policy/

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