Bearish projections from Statistics Canada and a stronger Canadian dollar caused Western Canadian wheat bids to decline during the week ended Sept. 18.
StatCan released its revised principal field crop report on Sept. 17, estimating Canada’s 2025-26 all wheat crop to total 36.624 million tonnes, up from its August estimate of 35.545 million and higher than the 2024-25 production total of 35.939 million.
If realized, it would be Canada’s largest wheat crop since 2013.
Projected durum production was raised by 457,000 tonnes at 6.535 million.
Winter wheat harvests in both Saskatchewan and Manitoba were complete, but the spring wheat harvests in both provinces weighed on prices.
Manitoba’s was at 90 per cent completion as of Sept. 16, while Saskatchewan’s was slowed down by rain at 56 per cent as of Sept. 17.
