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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2025/26 canola production jumps nearly 13 per cent
AAFC issues August S/D report

Tried and true tips still work to control Ascochyta blight
Agriculture Canada pulse pathology researcher shares best ways to mitigate Ascochyta blight in chickpeas
Michelle Hubbard is an Agriculture Canada researcher in pulse pathology who is studying how a chickpea-flax intercrop might control Ascochyta blight.

ICE Weekly: Canola trade choppy, makes weekly gains
Weather, strong loonie fail to prevent canola’s rise
Scattered weather across the Canadian Prairies and a stronger Canadian dollar failed to stop rising canola prices during the week ended July 23, 2025.

Pulse Weekly: AAFC revises data for largest pulse crops
Prairie cash prices stand pat
As pulse crops across the country continue to develop, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada updated its estimates for dry peas and lentils. AAFC issued its July supply and demand report on July 21.

AAFC updates canola in July balance sheet
Bases revision on latest StatCan numbers
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada revised its canola estimates in its July supply and demand report released on July 21.

AAFC makes more adjustments to canola numbers
Also changes dry pea data
With exports of Canadian canola still going strong in 2024/25, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada readjusted its estimates in its June supply and demand report.

USDA adjusts Canadian canola exports, ending stocks
Data varies from AAFC numbers
There were some notable changes to Canadian canola made in the United States Department of Agriculture world oilseed report issued on June 12. The USDA increased its call on 2024/25 canola exports and trimmed those for 2025/26, and reduced carryout projections for both marketing years.

Canadian Wheat Research Coalition funds AAFC variety development
The Canadian Wheat Research Coalition has pledged nearly $20 million in funding for wheat variety development over the next three years.

Time runs out for a negotiated settlement for Canada’s railway labour dispute
Deadline for lockout set by two major railways expires tonight at one minute past midnight
UPDATED: 0745 CST August 22, 2024 – Glacier FarmMedia – As pressure mounts on the federal government to intervene in the labour dispute between Canada’s two largest railways and their workers, the threat of a stoppage became reality earlier today. The countdown to the lockdown deadline set by the railways ran out at one minute […] Read more
Putting a dollar to rangeland benefits
Glacier FarmMedia – How much are native grasslands worth? One research project is aimed at answering that question. The Genome Prairie project, a multi-year, $5.9 million endeavour that involves public and academic stakeholders, will use genomic tools in attempts to figure out the dollar value of rangelands and the ecological goods and services they provide. […] Read more