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Nearly 60% of Alberta's major crops were rated in good to excellent condition at the end of August 2026, according to provincial reports cited by Statistics Canada, amid variable precipitation across the Canadian Prairies during the growing season.
Statistics Canada (2026)
Statistics Canada. (2026, September 16). Model-based principal field crop estimates, August 2026. The Daily. https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/260916/dq260916b-eng.htm
Canada's total wheat production will fall 10.9% year over year in 2026, to 36.1 million tonnes, driven by a smaller harvested area (-5.6%, to 24.8 million acres) and lower yields (-5.6%, to 53.6 bushels per acre), according to Statistics Canada's satellite-based estimates released September 16, 2026.
Statistics Canada (2026)
Statistics Canada. (2026, September 16). Model-based principal field crop estimates, August 2026. The Daily. https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/260916/dq260916b-eng.htm
Canada's corn-for-grain production will rise 11.3% year over year in 2026, to 16.5 million tonnes, according to Statistics Canada's satellite-based yield estimates released September 16, 2026.
Statistics Canada (2026)
Statistics Canada. (2026, September 16). Model-based principal field crop estimates, August 2026. The Daily. https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/260916/dq260916b-eng.htm
Canada's oat production will fall 22.7% year over year in 2026, to 3.0 million tonnes - the steepest percentage decline among the country's major field crops - driven by both lower harvested area and lower yields, according to Statistics Canada's satellite-based estimates released September 16, 2026.
Statistics Canada (2026)
Statistics Canada. (2026, September 16). Model-based principal field crop estimates, August 2026. The Daily. https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/260916/dq260916b-eng.htm
Canada's soybean production will grow 7.8% year over year in 2026, to 7.5 million tonnes, according to Statistics Canada's satellite-based yield estimates released September 16, 2026.
Statistics Canada (2026)
Statistics Canada. (2026, September 16). Model-based principal field crop estimates, August 2026. The Daily. https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/260916/dq260916b-eng.htm
Argentina's national maize yield exceeded the historical average in 10 of the 12 farming seasons analyzed under El Nino influence, according to the AgroENSO tool developed by INTA and GEA-CONICET, presented as part of the 2026/27 season outlook.
INTA Argentina (2026)
Instituto Nacional de Tecnologia Agropecuaria (INTA). (2026, September 11). Administrar riesgos y transformar mas agua en mas produccion. Argentina.gob.ar. https://www.argentina.gob.ar/noticias/administrar-riesgos-y-transformar-mas-agua-en-mas-produccion
Argentina's first-crop (early-planted) soybean recorded above-average yields in 91% of the farming seasons analyzed under El Nino influence, according to the AgroENSO tool developed by INTA and GEA-CONICET, presented as part of the 2026/27 season outlook.
INTA Argentina (2026)
Instituto Nacional de Tecnologia Agropecuaria (INTA). (2026, September 11). Administrar riesgos y transformar mas agua en mas produccion. Argentina.gob.ar. https://www.argentina.gob.ar/noticias/administrar-riesgos-y-transformar-mas-agua-en-mas-produccion
92,010 tonnes of wheat were produced by Bolivia in 2025, compared with estimated national demand of 850,000 tonnes per year.
AgroLatam.com (2026)
AgroLatam.com. (2026, 29 de julio). ¿Por qué Bolivia depende cada vez más del trigo y maíz importados? https://www.agrolatam.com/agricultura-latam/bolivia-deficit-trigo-maiz-importaciones-produccion/
US$9 billion went to new research into boosting farm yields, up from US$2.5 billion in 2016.
The Economist (2026)
The Economist. (2026, June 4). Feeding 10 billion people will require new technology. https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2026/06/04/feeding-10-billion-people-will-require-new-technology
4% of global GDP is roughly accounted for by agriculture, above the 1.3% share of global early-stage venture-capital funding attracted by agtech companies in 2024.
The Economist (2026)
The Economist. (2026, June 4). Feeding 10 billion people will require new technology. https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2026/06/04/feeding-10-billion-people-will-require-new-technology
