Record canola yields

[ajl]

It happens every year: first there are the hottest year evah articles, and now we get an annual harvest treat: highest canola yields evah. Like last year, the western producer just released their highest canola yield ever article for 2025. This area is a traditional canola producing region and while canola yield were better than expected, (expected was a wreck due to dry conditions) it was certainly no record. With north central AB, the Peace, and NW Sask being below average, how is there a record canola yield> West central SK that high? My brother does farm in west central SK and did have some of his best ever yields so I will give them that. Last year's highest canola yields evah saw prices eventually get over $16 even after chinese market screwing around so I guess we will see this year.

[furrowtickler]

It’s possible considering yields are a bit higher than anticipated overall to be over 21 mmt
Record , I dunno bout that
Hopefully enough to fill the huge shortage from last year

[furrowtickler]

Interesting how this was hardly mentioned at all before harvest

[Grain Farmer]

Crushers never shut down so still over supply.
less markets.

[Taiga]

Neighbour got 23bu/ac off 6 quarters, surprising because it looked awesome from the road. Drought all summer and is a bone dry fall, next year will be 6th year of drought because the weather pattern has not changed at all.

[goalieguy847]

So why grow canola then?

[FarmJunkie]

I’ve come to the conclusion that all these people writing these articles have absolutely no clue or really care what they say and whether it makes sense or not. They want the shock value in the headline. So when people scan the web they don’t usually read what they see in the headline but believe that the writer is giving a reliable version of reality. Which if u have any common sense u shud know by now there is usually an agenda or spin to every story. Hence the canola story. The writer talks to one guy in a certain area where crops were good so now everyone that’s not in agriculture believes everyone had a good crop. Which leads to the common sense part. Which a lot of people don’t have anymore so these people are easily misled and believe what the writer is saying is true for everyone.
I can honestly say in NW Manitoba the yields were all over the map and in the end the yield will shake out at average to below average for a lot of producers. In the RRV things are definitely a bit more rosy but they are having issues with too much moisture and battling to get the crop off. So for the ass hat that tells the masses there’s record yields I think that person needs to leave the city and use common sense before they write bullshit like that. It’s gonna be tough sledding this year and I can foresee RB auctions having a good year.

[Templeboy]

I'm in NE Sask, crops were better than anticipated but no record. We were hoping for 85-90 percent of average on cereals and with the late rain to be close to average on canola. We missed hail, and heavy rain though the fall which we are thankful for.
Barley came in strong, likely 15 bus over average. Wheat came in about 7 or 8 bushels over average. Oats about 15 bus lower than average but good test weights. Our early canola was (May 8th seeded) was just below average, the canola seeded a week later was 10 bushels better. Wild yields came from low spots and the later seeded fields typically lower and wetter. We had a lot of second growth in the cereals. We swathed way more than usual to bring stuff around and speed up the green, It cost us some yield but it was a bit of a hedge against typical September weather.

[fjlip]

Wheat 2 bu less, canola 3 bu more than 2024, both less than 2023 which had DOUBLE the rainfall. No idea what to call an average, how many years to use in calculations...I could go back 50 years.

[helmsdale]

So why grow canola then?

Honestly, most would ask why I plow a crop in most years!

Let's just say I've convinced myself it's worth it... I won't justify it to others.

Canola? if u think about it, the long term benefits might outweight the short term cost. Agronomic benefits? Weed pressure benefits? Disease benefits? In the poverty zone, perhaps even bin storage/movement benefits?

Not everyone is in the "garden of eden." Decisions in the here and now may make sense to everyone, some, or hardly anyone, but all that eally matters is that u gather up enough this year to plug a crop in next year.