Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada made several upward adjustments to its supply and demand estimates, after including the data from the Statistics Canada production update earlier this month.
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More canola among AAFC’s 2025/26 projections
Powdery mildew can be combine fire risk
Dust from the disease can ignite to cause combine fires; producers advised to frequently clean their equipment
Depending on the crop, powdery mildew may not be much of a yield killer for grain growers — but dust from the fungal disease can build up to cause fires in combines.
August grain deliveries down from 2024: StatCan
Statistics Canada reported on Sept. 25, 2025 that August major grain deliveries were down from a year earlier.
Editor’s Rant: Over/underwhelmed
Whether existing ag programs fit the bill or not, expect the feds to try to shoehorn problems into them
Successive federal governments have been working to get out of the ad-hoc farm payment business — so whether existing programs fit the bill or not, it’s unsurprising when the feds try to shoehorn problems into one or more of those.
Canadian oilseeds monthly crush – August 2025
Crushing statistics of major oilseeds in Canada for the month of August 2025, reported by Statistics Canada.
ICE Canada Weekly: Pressure on canola is coming
As canola futures find some ground on the Intercontinental Exchange during the week ended Sept. 24, the Canadian oilseed’s path will soon be a steady decline. That’s the assessment from Tony Tryhuk, trader with RBC Dominion Securities in Winnipeg.
Wildfire smoke helped counter extreme heat, benefitting this year’s canola crop
As Canada’s western provinces experience the second-worst wildfire season in decades, driven by hotter and drier conditions due to climate change, some canola farmers say they are seeing an unexpected benefit to the hazy summer skies.
China snaps up Australian canola after trade spat with Canada, sources say
Chinese state trading firm COFCO has bought up to nine 60,000-metric-ton cargoes of Australian canola, three trade sources told Reuters, after Beijing last month imposed preliminary anti-dumping duties on imports of the oilseed from traditional supplier Canada.
Deere’s Tier 4 engines get B30 upgrade
John Deere has increased the biofuel rating of its Final Tier 4 diesel engines from B20 to B30. Photo: John Deere
John Deere has just announced it is increasing the biodiesel approval rating on its Final Tier 4 diesel engines from B20 to B30.
Protect wheat, barley and oats from allergen contamination
Keep It Clean campaign urges farmers to prevent allergen mix-ups
Mixing allergenic crops into cereals can harm trade and consumer safety. Keep it Clean outlines practices to reduce risks on the farm.
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