Fertilizer Dropped. Is $800 Canola Still Alive?

Fertilizer prices have dropped, canola is still testing farmers’ patience, and flooded acres are creating real crop marketing risk across the Prairies. In this Cuppa Coffee livestream from What the Futures Podcast, Sarah Cochet fills in for Ryan Denis and talks with Josh Uhrich of Bunge about urea prices, unseeded acres, canola contracts, $800 canola, grain marketing decisions, weather risk, and what farmers should be watching next. Topics include summer fill urea, whether farmers should buy now, flooded canola acres, contract buyback risk, specialty grain contracts, Cargill buying Grains Connect locations, and prairie grain elevator competition. Guest: Sarah Cochet, Trigger Grain Marketing Josh Uhrich, Bunge Timestamps 00:00 Sarah Cochet fills in for Ryan 00:31 Market snapshot: canola, wheat, corn, soybeans and crude 01:15 Crop ratings, winter wheat harvest and global weather risk 02:02 Josh Uhrich joins the show 03:27 Bunge’s Unity location and Northwest Terminal update 04:04 Flooded and unseeded acres across the Prairies 05:58 Rain, heat and what crops need next 06:44 Should farmers buy out canola contracts? 08:38 Urea prices dropped. Is it time to buy? 10:25 Making fertilizer decisions farm by farm 10:53 Is $800 canola still possible? 12:13 What it would take to push canola higher 13:29 Weather risk, Europe heat and Canadian production risk 14:48 Specialty canola contracts and target pricing 15:34 Why farmers should understand contract options 16:10 Bunge locations and customized contract tools 16:58 Cargill, P&H and Grains Connect location sales 18:07 Why elevator competition matters for farmers 19:33 Bunge customer appreciation events and farm relationships 20:49 Closing thoughts 🎧 Listen to the show on the go. https://open.spotify.com/show/3xz7OvO... https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast... 🧑🏼‍🌾 Follow on Instagram and X for more market insights.   / whatthefuturespod   https://x.com/wtfuturespod Email Ryan: [email protected] What the Futures Podcast Website: https://www. whatthefuturespodcast.ca Thanks to our Sponsors John Deere https://operationscenter.deere.com/ UPL https://www.uplcorp.com/ BrettYoung https://brettyoung.ca/ #Canola #Fertilizer #CropMarketing