For the 2024-25 crop year, the report provides the final estimates for all crops, incorporating information from Statistics Canada’s (STC) October 8, 2025, release of the supply and disposition for soybeans and corn in Canada. Total production for all principal field crops increased by 4% year-over-year (y/y), leading total supply to increase by 3% as carry-in stocks (beginning-year inventories) were up notably y/y by 7%, helping offset the 34% decrease in imports. Carry-out stocks (ending-year inventories) for all principal field crops declined by 19% y/y, primarily due to a 15% rise in exports largely offsetting a 3% drop in total domestic use. 

For the 2025–26 crop year, the outlook incorporates production estimates from Statistics Canada’s September 17, 2025, release of the Model-Based Principal Field Crop Estimates, based on data as of August 31, 2025. Total production of principal field crops is projected to reach near record levels, up 3% y/y and 8% above the previous fiveyear average. In Western Canada, overall production is estimated to have increased by 4% y/y and is expected to exceed the five-year average by 10%. Harvest is nearing completion across the Canadian Prairies, while soybean harvesting is well underway, and corn harvest operations are just beginning in Eastern Canada. 

The next AAFC Outlook for Principal Field Crops is scheduled to be released on November 19, 2025

Please refer to the full report for all details.
(thousand metric tons)

Source: Statistics Canada (STC) and Agriculture and Agri Food Canada (AAFC)

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