Reading Time: 2 minutes Clear skies allowed Alberta producers to advance their harvesting operations during the week ended Aug. 26, 2025.
Cereals
Alberta Crop Report: Clear weather aids harvest
U.S. grains: Corn rises on strong demand, disease concerns
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago Board of Trade corn futures firmed on Friday on support from strong international demand, concerns over disease in the U.S. Midwest and technical support, analysts said.
Farm cash receipts rise in first half of 2025 on livestock gains
Crop receipts roughly level, direct payments fall on reduced crop insurance
Reading Time: 2 minutes Farm cash receipts in the first half of the year were up 3.3 per cent over the same period last year buoyed by livestock receipts. Overall receipts between January and June totalled $49.6 billion, up $1.6 billion from the same period last year, Statistics Canada reported.
U.S. grains: Soybeans pressured by lack of Chinese demand; corn rises on export sales
Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago soybean futures came under pressure on Thursday on a lack of Chinese demand for the U.S. oilseed while corn futures ticked higher on strong export sales data, analysts said.
Saskatchewan harvest lags behind
Wet weather limits progress in some areas
Reading Time: < 1 minute At 12 per cent complete as of Aug. 25, harvest progress in Saskatchewan was well behind the five-year average of 25 per cent finished, the provincial agriculture department reported. Rain and thunderstorms hampered harvesting in some areas of Saskatchewan.
More canola, a bit less wheat in 2025/26 says StatCan
Mixed projections for other cereals, oilseed, pulses
Reading Time: 2 minutes Canadian farmers are forecast to harvest more canola in 2025/26, while there’s to be less wheat, Statistics Canada said in its crop production report on Aug. 28.
U.S. grains: Wheat falls on favorable weather in growing regions
Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago wheat futures lost ground on Wednesday, with prices weighed down by large global harvests, favorable weather in growing areas, and a strong U.S. dollar, analysts said.
Manitoba Crop Report: Winter wheat, fall rye harvests almost complete
Rains range from none to 110 mm
Reading Time: 2 minutes Harvest progress continued in Manitoba despite varied rainfall and dry conditions during the week ended Aug. 24, 2025.
Ukraine 2025 wheat crop seen at 21.8 million tons, corn at 28 million-29 million says farm union
Reading Time: 2 minutes Ukraine’s 2025 wheat harvest is forecast at a maximum of 21.8 million metric tons, down from 22.7 million tons in 2024, the UAC farmers’ union said on Wednesday, slightly raising its outlook for this year’s corn crop.
U.S. grains: Corn futures lower as farmers sell, soy choppy
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago corn futures ticked lower on Tuesday on selling pressure as soybeans chopped up and down, though expectations of a bumper U.S. harvest limited the upside in prices, analysts said.