VIDEO: The Western Producer Markets Desk crop outlook for 2025

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Bruce Burnett, left, Jerry Klassen and Ranulf Glanville talk markets at the Ag in Motion farm show near Langham, Sask.

Watch this video for a 10-minute update of Prairie crop conditions and markets.

Bruce Burnett, a weather and market analyst with The Western Producer Markets Desk, reported on his recent tour of western Canadian crops at Ag in Motion 2025.

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Based on what he’s seen across the three Prairie provinces, the region is headed for an average crop over all. Drought conditions are significantly limiting production potential across the south, but those losses are offset by better growing conditions further north.

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Burnett warned that while there is upside potential for oilseeds prices, tariff wars and ongoing political uncertainty are keeping the canola market on edge. A record corn crop projected for the U.S. will limit potential gains for cereals.

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Laura Rance-Unger

Laura Rance-Unger

Executive Editor for Glacier FarmMedia

Laura Rance-Unger is the executive editor for Glacier FarmMedia. She grew up on a grain and livestock farm in southern Manitoba and studied journalism at Red River Community College, graduating in 1981. She has specialized in reporting on agriculture and rural issues in farm media and daily newspapers over the past 40-plus years, winning multiple national and international awards. She was awarded the Queen’s Jubilee Medal for her contribution to agriculture communication in 2012. Laura continues to live and work in rural Manitoba.

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