Reading Time: 2 minutes Rain, humidity and thunderstorms delayed harvesting and crop progress in Saskatchewan during the week ended Aug. 18, 2025.
Saskatchewan Crop Report: Rain, humidity delay harvest progress
Provincial harvest only three per cent complete
Feed Grain Weekly: Barley seeing low prices, demand
Feed barley prices may continue to decline
Reading Time: 2 minutes Feed barley prices continue to have an advantage over feed corn and prices may go lower, said one trader.
CBOT Weekly: Trade focuses on crop tour
High corn, soybean yields pressure prices
Reading Time: 2 minutes The trade is focusing on results from the Pro Farmer Crop Tour, which will make its way through seven states looking at corn and soybean fields from Aug. 18 to 21, 2025.
Pulse Weekly: Saskatchewan peas, lentils in good condition
Provincial pulse specialist sees good quality, quantity
Reading Time: 2 minutes Saskatchewan pulse crops are faring well as harvesting operations begin in the province.
Alberta Crop Report: Harvest begins in the province
Variable crop conditions across Alberta
Reading Time: 2 minutes The harvest began in Alberta during the week ended Aug. 12, 2025 amidst variable conditions across the province.
Prairie Wheat Weekly Spring wheat prices decline
Durum prices stay put
Reading Time: 2 minutes Western Canadian spring wheat prices were mostly lower, while those for durum were relatively steady during the week ended Aug. 14, 2025.
ICE Weekly: Canola correction brightens outlook
Canola prices rise day after China announcement
Reading Time: 2 minutes Canola prices made up some ground on Aug. 13, which caused a bit of uncertainty as to where prices could go in the coming weeks.
Alberta Crop Report: Scattered rains, crop conditions
Central region crops fare best
Reading Time: 2 minutes Scattered showers resulted in variable crop conditions in Alberta as of Aug. 5, 2025.
Bird flu virus could be airborne: study
Reading Time: 2 minutes A research study from the United States suggests that bird flu could have spread amongst cattle through the air or contaminated wastewater at dairy farms.
Saskatchewan Crop Report: Varied precipitation as harvest begins
Dry areas begin harvest operations
Reading Time: 2 minutes Some areas of Saskatchewan received more than 100 mm of rain during the week ended Aug. 4, 2025, but others had little to none. Harvest operations began in those dry areas.
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