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).
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Australian crops to surpass 10-year averages
Canola 34 per cent above 10-year average
Alberta Crop Report: Clear weather aids harvest
Clear skies allowed Alberta producers to advance their harvesting operations during the week ended Aug. 26, 2025.
On-farm research translates crop breakthroughs into ‘farmer speak’
Field-scale crop research gives commercial acumen and real farm reality check to raw science and small-plot agricultural studies
Manitoba’s three major agriculture grower groups support farm-level research to test crop science under the shifting conditions of real farmer fields.
Should you believe boots on the ground or satellites in the sky on Canadian canola production?
Expert’s Radar: It looks like StatCan’s newer high-tech monitoring protocols won the battle this past crop year
Questions remain over just how much canola was grown in Canada a year ago, and whether the satellites and computer models now producing most estimates are as reliable as ground-level surveys, given the data’s weight on canola prices.
Canola market stuck in a downturn
The final quarter of 2025 could be tough time for canola prices, and the Canadian farmers trying to sell the oilseed
The final quarter of 2025 could be tough time for canola prices, and the Canadian farmers trying to sell the oilseed
Farm cash receipts rise in first half of 2025 on livestock gains
Crop receipts roughly level, direct payments fall on reduced crop insurance
Farm cash receipts in the first half of the year were up 3.3 per cent over the same period last year buoyed by livestock receipts. Overall receipts between January and June totalled $49.6 billion, up $1.6 billion from the same period last year, Statistics Canada reported.
Canola council agronomists had big impact on sector
Editorial: A tighter focus on supply and demand development will reap benefits but will cost canola growers a valuable human resource
A tight focus on supply and market demand development at the Canola Council of Canada will benefit farmers, but shedding its agronomy arm will cost Prairie canola growers a valuable human resource.
More canola, a bit less wheat in 2025/26 says StatCan
Mixed projections for other cereals, oilseed, pulses
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.
Canola micronutrients under microscope
Study aims to shed light on micronutrient fertilizer claims for lesser-known canola crop nutrients like boron, copper and zinc
Study aims to shed light on micronutrient fertilizer claims for lesser-known canola crop nutrients like boron, copper and zinc
Verticillium may undermine canola blackleg resistance
Co-infections with verticillium stripe may compromise blackleg resistance protection in canola, new Manitoba research suggests
University of Manitoba research finds verticillium stripe in canola can break down blackleg resistance, creating challenges for disease management and yield protection on the Prairies.
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