Canadian farmers will plant more canola in 2026/27, while lowering their pulse and special crop area, according to the first supply/demand estimates from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada for the upcoming marketing year.
Confirmation of a record-large corn crop in the United States should keep feed grain bids in Western Canada under pressure in the near term, as the domestic market works to remain competitive.
Global grain production is rising faster in the 2025/26 season than previously forecast and stocks also look set to climb this season, the International Grains Council said on Thursday.
Farm office FranceAgriMer on Wednesday cut its forecast for French soft wheat exports outside the European Union in 2025/26, to 7.50 million metric tons from 7.60 million expected last month, but still more than double the volume shipped in 2024/25.
If there’s one bright spot in the Prairie feed grain market that would be export prices for barley and wheat. Susanne Leclerc of Market Master Ltd. in Edmonton said the grain elevators have upped their prices in order to meet export demand.
There were no Western Canadian feeder cattle sales for week ending December 27. The shortened holiday week is always a time for cattle producers to call in and discuss factors that will influence the feeder market over the next couple months. In the short-term, finishing feedlot margins are the main factor driving the feeder market.
Feed prices for barley and wheat have pulled back a little following an upward swing that started in November and ended in early December, said Travis Ebens of CorNine Commodities in Lacombe, Alta.
The Grain Industry Association of Western Australia (GIWA) slightly lowered its estimates for the state’s 2025/26 production of wheat, barley and canola on Friday but said the harvest of winter crops was still on track to be the biggest ever.