Insights and Stories on Crops

Pouring corn grain into tractor trailer after harvest

Record yields forecast for U.S. corn and soybeans

Aug. 12, 2025 at 1:38 pm CDT

Record large corn and soybean yields are expected in the United States this year, according to the latest estimates from the U.S. Department of Agriculture released Aug. 12.

China slaps anti-dumping duties on Canadian canola

Aug. 12, 2025 at 9:12 am CDT

By Ella Cao Lewis Jackson Naveen Thukral Reuters

Person standing in a field holding a box of vegetables.

Fruit and Vegetable Growers of Canada appoint policy lead

Aug. 11, 2025 at 10:45 am CDT

By Jonah Grignon

Alberta Crop Report: Scattered rains, crop conditions

Aug. 8, 2025 at 3:54 pm CDT

By Adam Peleshaty

Nutrien’s potash mine at Allan, Sask., has been operating since 1968.

Nutrien expects more fertilizer use by farmers despite low crop prices

Aug. 8, 2025 at 2:14 pm CDT

By Ed White Reuters

Ripe wheat near Selkirk, Manitoba in late August, 2024.

Prairie wheat bids weaken in early August

Aug. 8, 2025 at 11:59 am CDT

Hard red spring wheat bids in Western Canada were weaker during the week ended Aug. 7, as a move to five-year lows in the United States futures weighed on prices.

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Saskatchewan Crop Report: Varied precipitation as harvest begins

Aug. 7, 2025 at 4:22 pm CDT

Some areas of Saskatchewan received more than 100 mm of rain during the week ended Aug. 4, 2025, but others had little to none. Harvest operations began in those dry areas.

By Adam Peleshaty

Manitoba Crop Report: Dry conditions across province

Aug. 7, 2025 at 10:35 am CDT

Much of Manitoba saw dry conditions during the week ended Aug. 4, 2025. However, crop conditions were still in good shape.

By Adam Peleshaty

CBOT Weekly: More pressure on grain prices

Aug. 6, 2025 at 3:11 pm CDT

Corn, soybean and wheat futures on the Chicago Board of Trade continue to drop and one Chicago-based analyst says they are going to be even lower.

By Adam Peleshaty

ICE canola weekly outlook: Spec selling weighs on market

Aug. 6, 2025 at 3:11 pm CDT

ICE futures canola contracts fell to their lowest levels in two months during the first week of August, with speculative long liquidation behind some of the selling pressure.

By Phil Franz-Warkentin