Rainfall delays harvest in Canada, causing crop quality to deteriorate

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智通财经2026/09/15 10:11

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Canadian farmers are struggling to push forward with harvesting, as regular rainfall is occurring at inopportune times, while Canada is the world's largest canola exporter and a major wheat producer.
There is growing external concern that what could have been the best-ever harvest for most farmers in Western Canada is being compromised in terms of quality, potentially reducing farmers' income prospects and decreasing the global supply of high-quality crops.
A farmer from Saskatchewan said that previously all his crops were top-grade, and now he considers himself lucky to get second grade. He estimates that if the grade drops from first to second or third, crop prices could fall by about 0.3 to 1 Canadian dollar per bushel, which could mean losses of over 100,000 Canadian dollars for his farm.
Normally, by the second week of September, his wheat harvest should be finished and significant progress made with canola, but this year as of last Friday, less than a quarter of his 4,300 acres of wheat and 3,000 acres of canola had been harvested—a situation widespread from Alberta to Manitoba.
Statistics Canada is scheduled to release its first crop production estimate on Wednesday, but analysts have pointed out that the damage caused by rainfall occurred after the agency completed its analysis.
According to the report from the Saskatchewan Agriculture Department, as of September 7, only 27% of crops had been harvested, compared to the five-year average of 58%. In Alberta, as of September 8, about 21% of crops had been harvested, with the five-year average at 43.5%.
Canadian farmers still have time to complete the harvest, as snowfall and frozen ground typically do not occur until late November, but every additional day in wet fields threatens the quality of wheat and durum—something crucial for millers and processors who rely on healthy Canadian supplies and also forms the basis for farmers' pricing.
Grains could lose color and weight from being soaked by rain, with some kernels possibly sprouting, and mold and fungi may spread internally, which is not easily detected by the naked eye.
Farmers had previously worried that the warm and humid July would cause crops to contract various diseases; early damage may compound with late-stage infections. As the harvest season began, the overall national crop looked healthy and substantial, but the current challenge is to retrieve what is still in the fields.

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Rainfall delays harvest in Canada, causing crop quality to deteriorate

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