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Western Farm Report | Input Prices | April 23, 2026 The Structural Condition (Layer 1) The sustained closure of the Strait of Hormuz, following U.S. and Israeli military action against Iran beginning February 28, 2026, has created simultaneous cost pressure across both major Prairie input categories — fertilizer and diesel fuel — through two distinct…
Free to ReadWestern Farm Report | April 2026 Fertilizer prices are climbing again heading into spring 2026, and the combination of higher input costs and softening commodity prices is squeezing grain and oilseed margins across the Prairies. Urea prices have surged more than 48% above year-ago levels in North American benchmark markets as of mid-April. Anhydrous ammonia…
Free to ReadCanola remains the single largest contributor to farm cash receipts across the Prairie provinces, accounting for more than 40 per cent of Saskatchewan’s total farm cash receipts and a comparable share in Alberta and Manitoba. The 2025 crop set a national production record at 21.8 million tonnes, breaking the previous high of 21.5 million tonnes…
Free to ReadThe Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture’s 2026 Crop Planning Guide delivers an uncomfortable message: under high-input assumptions and average yield conditions, no crop in the guide shows a profit in 2026. Spring wheat and durum are explicitly among those in the red. That framing — inputs priced for a target crop, revenue set by the market…
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