Ag Canada Projects Decline in 2025-26 Canola Production, Ending Stocks

Agriculture Canada is projecting new-crop canola ending stocks to tighten further amid a decline in production. In its first 2025-26 supply-demand estimates on Monday, Ag Canada pegged canola ending stocks at just 950,000, down from the 2024-25 forecast of 1.25 million – unchanged from last month. If accurate, ending stocks would fall well below the five-year average of 1.82 million tonnes and potentially to the lowest since 2012-13 at 588,000. To get there, Ag Canada estimated 2025 canola