Reading Time: 2 minutes Western Canadian cash prices for spring wheat were mixed during the week ended May 1, while those for amber durum fell back.
Prairie Wheat Weekly: Cash prices mixed on lower U.S. futures
Feed Grains Weekly: Little, if any, price changes coming
Market could tumble with sudden influx
Reading Time: < 1 minute Feed grain prices on the Canadian Prairies very likely will not change much in the coming weeks, stated Darcy Haley, vice-president of Ag Value Brokers in Lethbridge.
First Manitoba crop report says seeding slightly ahead of pace
Soil moisture conditions very from region to region
Reading Time: < 1 minute Spring planting in Manitoba registered at three per cent complete in the provincial agriculture department’s first crop report of 2025. Manitoba Agriculture released the report on April 29, noting planting progress was two points ahead of the five-year average.
Pulse Weekly: Seeding of Manitoba pulses getting started
Specialist expects similar acres to last year
Reading Time: < 1 minute In Manitoba, the planting of pulse crops was barely underway during the week of April 28, said Dennis Lange, industry development pulse specialist for the province's agriculture department.
Smaller Australian wheat crop in 2025/26
Dry conditions cut into production says USDA attaché
Reading Time: < 1 minute Australian wheat production has been projected to drop in 2025/26 by 3.11 million tonnes, according to the United States Department of Agriculture attaché in Canberra. The attaché projected the country’s wheat output at 31 million tonnes for the coming marketing year.
Higher deliveries in most grains; Canola drops back March to March
Canola drops back March to March
Reading Time: < 1 minute There were several increases in the producer deliveries major grains report for March compared to a year ago, according to Statistics Canada on April 28. However, there were notable decreases in canola and rye from March to March.
ICE Canada Weekly: Canola in a good position
July contract to hit C$700/tonne, just when?
Reading Time: 2 minutes Canola futures are expected to climb higher on the Intercontinental Exchange in the coming weeks, commented Phil Speiss, trader with RBC Dominion Securities in Winnipeg. How quickly that happens is dependent on whether demand rationing kicks in or not.
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AAFC tweaks monthly data, but holds canola exports
But year-to-date exports nearly 7.40 million tonnes
Reading Time: < 1 minute Although Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada made several small revisions to its April supply and demand report compared to the previous month, it did not alter any of its canola numbers.
CBOT Weekly: Easter rains could spring delays on planting progress
Trump a wildcard
Reading Time: 2 minutes With the United States weather forecast calling for rain on April 18 and 21, planting progress could come to a quick stop, said broker Scott Capinegro of AgMarket.net in Chicago.
Improved yields to increase Indonesia palm oil output
Accounts for more than half of global production
Reading Time: < 1 minute Palm oil production in Indonesia is expected to rise in 2025/26 to 47 million tonnes, according to the United States Department of Agriculture attache in Jakarta. Such would be a 1.50 million-tonne increase from the attache's estimate of 45.50 million tonnes produced in 2024/25.
A message from April Stewart, Country Guide's Associate Editor
