Crops
Reading Time: 2 minutes Wet weather in the northern half of Alberta and dry weather in the south delayed harvest across the province during the week ended Aug. 19, 2025.
Alberta Crop Report: Two sides of the same weather coin
Opposite weather delays harvest operations
Prairie Wheat Weekly: Spring wheat higher, U.S. futures down
Rains delay Prairie wheat harvest
Reading Time: 2 minutes Western Canadian wheat prices were mostly weaker as rains in the Prairies delayed harvesting operations during the week ended Aug. 21, 2025.
French maize ratings slip again; wheat harvest complete
Reading Time: < 1 minute Maize crop conditions in France, the European Union's biggest grain producer, registered a third consecutive weekly decline in the week to August 18, data from farm office FranceAgriMer showed on Friday, as a heatwave gripped most of the country.
Crop tour finds huge Minnesota, Iowa crops, but diseases lurk
Reading Time: 2 minutes Prospects for corn and soybean crops in Iowa and Minnesota are the strongest in at least 22 years, scouts on Pro Farmer’s annual tour of top grain-producing states said on Thursday, but diseases already lurking in fields could limit yields at harvest.
Saskatchewan Crop Report: Rain, humidity delay harvest progress
Provincial harvest only three per cent complete
Reading Time: 2 minutes Rain, humidity and thunderstorms delayed harvesting and crop progress in Saskatchewan during the week ended Aug. 18, 2025.
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.
2025/26 canola production jumps nearly 13 per cent
AAFC issues August S/D report
Reading Time: < 1 minute There were sharp changes in Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s estimates for the 2025/26 canola crop when it came to production and ending stocks. AAFC has now pegged canola output at 20.10 million tonnes, up 12.9 per cent from its July forecast. Also, the oilseed’s carryout was doubled from last month to now 2.20 million tonnes.
Crop tour finds strong corn, soy potential along with diseases in Illinois, western Iowa
Reading Time: 2 minutes Corn yield potential and soybean prospects are significantly above average across Illinois and western Iowa, though plant diseases could threaten final yields, scouts on an annual crop tour of the Midwest said on Wednesday.
A missed opportunity for farmers says analyst
Prices heading down following crop-saving rains
Reading Time: < 1 minute Farmers have likely lost an opportunity to get better prices for their crops, such as canola, just as the harvest across the Canadian Prairies begins to pick up speed, an analyst warned.
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.
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