Alberta’s final 2026 crop report put major-crop harvest at 97% complete as of Oct 27, with canola at 94% provincially and the Peace Region still finishing, the Grain Report reports.
Russia issued the first Sea of Azov grain departure permits since July 10. The European Commission trimmed its EU wheat and corn crop estimates. U.S. wheat and corn futures ended October lower, with December corn at a four-month low.
PGI’s takeaway: Prairie harvest is nearly done; Black Sea logistics easing and smaller EU crops are the external balance story. Full regional tables are in the Grain Report.
Sources: Klarenbach Grain Report — https://www.grainreport.klarenbach.ca/p/alberta-harvest-black-sea-wheat-and-eu-crop-cuts-nov-2-2026. Figures above are as reported in that edition.
Trent Klarenbach, BSA AgEc, PAg
Founder and Lead Analyst, Klarenbach Research