Reading Time: < 1 minute Thanks to a stretch of good weather, Alberta farmers advanced their harvest 12 points during the week ended Sept. 29 to 89 per cent complete. The Alberta agriculture department said that’s seven points above the five-year average.
Good weather pushes Alberta harvest along
B.C. ostrich owner condemns violence near embattled farm
Reading Time: 2 minutes One of the owners of Universal Ostrich near Edgewood, B.C. condemned the alleged assault and arson against one of the farm’s neighbours said to have been committed by a protestor. The farm is in a legal battle with federal authorities over a cull order of the farm’s ostriches, which contracted avian influenza.
Good progress made in Sask. harvest
Reading Time: 2 minutes Combining in Saskatchewan is in the home stretch as the province’s agriculture department reported it at 84 per cent complete. Although the harvest advanced 16 points during the week ended Sept. 29, it was eight points behind the five-year average.
China’s canola, soybeans imports to drop one million tonnes each
Reading Time: 2 minutes China is expected to import one million tonnes less of canola in 2025/26 than in the previous marketing year, the United States Department of Agriculture attaché in Beijing projected. China was projected to acquire 3.10 million tonnes of canola this year versus 4.10 million in 2024/25.
CBOT Weekly: Trading being guided by emotions
Reading Time: < 1 minute Emotional trading was guiding activity at the United States commodity markets, said Ryan Ettner, broker with Allendale Inc. The McHenry, Ill.-based Ettner said that particularly held true for Chicago Board of Trade soybeans and corn to a lesser extent.
More canola among AAFC’s 2025/26 projections
Reading Time: 2 minutes Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada made several upward adjustments to its supply and demand estimates, after including the data from the Statistics Canada production update earlier this month.
Canadian oilseeds monthly crush – August 2025
Reading Time: < 1 minute Crushing statistics of major oilseeds in Canada for the month of August 2025, reported by Statistics Canada.
ICE Canada Weekly: Pressure on canola is coming
Reading Time: 2 minutes As canola futures find some ground on the Intercontinental Exchange during the week ended Sept. 24, the Canadian oilseed’s path will soon be a steady decline. That’s the assessment from Tony Tryhuk, trader with RBC Dominion Securities in Winnipeg.
Pulse Weekly: More peas, lentils in Alberta
Reading Time: < 1 minute As Statistics Canada projected Alberta to see larger harvests of dry peas and lentils in 2025/26, the Alberta Pulse Growers offered their views as to why.
More corn, less wheat to be grown in Mexico says USDA attaché
Reading Time: 2 minutes Corn production in Mexico is to improve to 25 million tonnes in 2025/26, while the country’s wheat crop is to recede a little, said the United States Department of Agriculture attaché in Mexico City.
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