Reading Time: 2 minutes Different factors caused crop futures on the Chicago Board of Trade to rise during the week ended Sept. 17, 2025.
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CBOT Weekly: Futures rise on multiple factors
Canadian crop production revised mostly higher from August
Reading Time: < 1 minute Canadian grain and oilseed production in 2025/26 was likely larger than earlier expectations, as warm temperatures and increased precipitation across the Prairies in August helped crop development, according to updated estimates from Statistics Canada released Sept. 17.
Review coming for Canadian wheat breeding
Reading Time: 2 minutes Canadian Wheat Research Coalition says review of the wheat breeding innovation system will make sure research meets farmer needs.
Feed Grain Weekly: Barley, wheat swinging upward
Reading Time: < 1 minute Prices for feed grains on the Canadian Prairies have “started to rebound a little bit,” said Matt Beusekom, trader with Market Place Commodities in Lethbridge.
U.S. grains: Chicago corn, soybeans and wheat firm ahead of crop estimate
Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago | Reuters — Chicago corn, soybean and wheat futures ticked up on Monday as traders awaited U.S. government harvest estimates later this week, with shrinking trade expectations on what are still expected to be large crops, according to analysts. A weaker dollar also underpinned grains and soybeans. Chicago Board of Trade most-active December corn […] Read more
U.S. grains: Corn backs away from gains at close
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures climbed to a 6-1/2 week high on Friday on short covering ahead of the weekend and a U.S. government crop production update next week, and as U.S. export demand remained strong. However, the grain failed to hold onto the advances and settled with small losses in the most […] Read more
Feed Grain Weekly: Barley prices stay steady for now
Reading Time: 2 minutes Susanne Leclerc of Market Master Ltd. in Edmonton said feed barley prices have stayed put over the past week.
CBOT Weekly: Pressure on grain, oilseed prices
Multiple factors dragging down futures
Reading Time: 2 minutes Harvest, crop quality and crop quantity and a lack of demand affected grain and oilseed prices on the Chicago Board of Trade during the week ended Sept. 3, 2025.
Australian crops to surpass 10-year averages
Canola 34 per cent above 10-year average
Reading Time: < 1 minute Australian farmers are forecast to grow slightly more canola and barley this year, while wheat production may dip, according to the latest estimates from the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES).
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.