Crops
Reading Time: 2 minutes Clear skies allowed Alberta producers to advance their harvesting operations during the week ended Aug. 26, 2025.
Alberta Crop Report: Clear weather aids harvest
Feed Grains Weekly: Price likely to keep stepping back
Expected to drop passed last year’s lows
Reading Time: 2 minutes As the harvest in southern Alberta presses on, a broker said that is one of the factors pulling feed prices lower in the region. Darcy Haley, vice-president of Ag Value Brokers in Lethbridge, added that lower cattle numbers in feedlots, plentiful amounts of grass for cattle to graze and a lacklustre export market also weighed on feed prices.
Prairie Wheat Weekly: Prices mostly lower
StatCan projects less wheat in 2025/26
Reading Time: 2 minutes Cash prices for spring wheat and durum across the Canadian Prairies incurred losses almost across the board during the week ended Aug. 28.
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.
ICE Weekly: Soyoil influencing canola prices
Up-and-down trade for oilseed
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago soyoil prices seem to be the main influencer of canola's price movement during the week ended Aug. 27, 2025.
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.
CBOT Weekly: Soybeans, corn set to push lower
Soyoil a bright spot
Reading Time: 2 minutes Prices for the soy complex, and corn pushed lower for the most part during the week ended Aug. 27. Terry Reilly, senior agricultural specialist for Marex, said there were a few factors behind the declines, which he expects the losses to continue.
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.
Pulse Weekly: AAFC raise dry pea, lentil production numbers
Ending stocks higher as well
Reading Time: 2 minutes Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada raised its 2025/26 production calls for dry peas and lentils from its July report. AAFC issued its latest monthly report on Aug. 20, and adjusted exports, domestic usage and ending stocks.
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