Reading Time: < 1 minute Oat acres in Canada are likely to recede this spring with cash prices to remain low, said Scott Shiels, grain procurement manager for Grain Millers Canada in Yorkton, Sask.
Big oat crop in 2025/26 pointing to less acres next year
Large gap in canola ending stocks between AAFC, USDA
Reading Time: 2 minutes There’s a 760,000-tonne difference in the ending stocks for Canada’s 2025/26 canola crop respectively estimated by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and the United States Department of Agriculture. Aside from that, the canola data from AAFC and the USDA remain quite similar.
Resignation of Saskatchewan wheat breeder draws concern
Reading Time: < 1 minute Stakeholders say they hope the government will replace wheat breeder Richard Cuthbert, who has resigned effective the end of this month.
Pulse Weekly: Tariffs guide yellow peas in 2025
Reading Time: 2 minutes Tariffs were a major influence on Canadian yellow pea prices in 2025, with levies imposed by China and India. The two countries are Canada’s biggest foreign pulse buyers.
Larger Canadian canola and wheat ending stocks expected
Reading Time: 2 minutes Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada raised its 2025/26 carryout forecasts for canola and wheat in its latest supply/demand update released Dec. 17.
AAFC makes few changes to November S/D report
Reading Time: < 1 minute Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada made only a handful of alterations for its November report on principal field crops. The only changes AAFC made were with all wheat and durum exports plus domestic use for all wheat and corn in the estimates released on Nov. 24. The report had been initially scheduled for Nov. 19, but AAFC said they chose to delay it until after the United States Department of Agriculture issued its November supply and demand estimates following the U.S. government shutdown.
Pulse Weekly: AAFC forecast stands pat
Reading Time: 2 minutes There were no changes to the pulse numbers for 2025/26 in the October supply and demand report from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada on Oct. 17. So far it has translated into Western Canadian pulse prices holding steady.
Only minor shifts in latest AAFC grain/oilseed balance sheets
Reading Time: 2 minutes Updated supply/demand estimates from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, released Oct. 17, included only minor adjustments to the balance sheets for the country’s major grains and oilseeds.
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.
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.
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