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).
Canola
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.
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.
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.
ICE Weekly: Soyoil influencing canola prices
Up-and-down trade for oilseed
Chicago soyoil prices seem to be the main influencer of canola's price movement during the week ended Aug. 27, 2025.
Manitoba Crop Report: Winter wheat, fall rye harvests almost complete
Rains range from none to 110 mm
Harvest progress continued in Manitoba despite varied rainfall and dry conditions during the week ended Aug. 24, 2025.
Alberta Crop Report: Two sides of the same weather coin
Opposite weather delays harvest operations
Wet weather in the northern half of Alberta and dry weather in the south delayed harvest across the province during the week ended Aug. 19, 2025.
Saskatchewan Crop Report: Rain, humidity delay harvest progress
Provincial harvest only three per cent complete
Rain, humidity and thunderstorms delayed harvesting and crop progress in Saskatchewan during the week ended Aug. 18, 2025.
Moe to go to China to discuss canola tariffs
Federal agriculture minister MacDonald says it's too early to say what help farmers need
Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe said on Thursday that he would travel to China soon for talks on persuading Beijing to drop its new tariffs on canola.
2025/26 canola production jumps nearly 13 per cent
AAFC issues August S/D report
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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