Prairie crop prices, exports and stocks, crop week 14
November 2 to 8, 2026. Data available by November 13, 2026. Nine crops, each with its story and charts.
Canola
Canola futures slid through the week and spot bids fell about C$34 a tonne with them, while exports had their biggest week of the season.
- Spot bids fell almost as far as futures, so basis on the January contract did not widen.
- Market reports blamed fund selling and weak vegetable oil markets, not trade news.
- A recovery in oil values, or a slowdown in exports, would change the pressure on bids.
CWRS wheat
CWRS bids held steady as a weaker Canadian dollar offset lower US-dollar spring wheat futures, and elevators shipped out even more wheat than farmers' sharply higher deliveries.
- Spot bids and basis barely moved, and basis stayed narrow for this time of year.
- Elevators moved wheat to port faster than farmers brought it in, so the pull on deliveries held.
- Exports running below the pace of the forecast while port stocks build would weaken that pull.
Durum
No durum left through the terminals this week, the first week without terminal exports this crop year, and stocks rebuilt at both country elevators and ports while bids slipped a few dollars.
- The median spot bid fell about C$4 a tonne over the week.
- Farmers delivered more while elevators shipped less, so grain piled up instead of moving to ships.
- A return of vessel loadings would draw these stocks down again and give buyers a reason to compete for grain.
Yellow peas
Yellow pea bids slipped a dollar or two in every region as farm deliveries eased, while country elevators kept shipping out more peas than they took in and port stocks rebuilt.
- Bids eased a little, giving back almost all of last week's gain.
- Elevators drew their stocks down again, and the peas went to the ports faster than ships took them.
- Port stocks rising further while exports slow would reduce the pull on country peas.
Lentils
No lentils left the terminals in bulk for a second week, country elevators kept filling slowly, and price quotes held or eased slightly.
- Saskatchewan's lentil quotes did not change this week, and two Alberta quotes eased.
- With bulk loadings stopped, elevators shipped little, and their stocks now last about twice the usual number of weeks.
- A return of bulk vessels would draw on those stocks; a longer pause would leave the bulk export season further behind.
Chickpeas
Chickpea quotes held for a second week, farm deliveries to elevators halved after two heavy weeks, and elevator stocks eased rather than building.
- Saskatchewan's desi and kabuli quotes were unchanged on 4 November.
- Farmers sold less into elevators, while elevators kept shipping at an above-usual pace.
- Two heavy delivery weeks did not build elevator stocks; a third, with shipments slowing, would.
Barley
Barley exports fell back after a three-week run and country elevator shipments fell to a third of the week before, so elevator stocks rose even though farm deliveries stayed at a six-year low for this week.
- Shipments from country elevators were the lowest for this week in six years.
- Farmers kept selling little, but with so little going out, elevator stocks still rose.
- Port stocks are far below usual, so a new run of export loadings would need country shipments to pick up.
Oats
Oat milling dropped to its lowest for this week in six years after last week's season high, while farm sales stayed below usual and processors' own stocks kept falling.
- Mills ground less than half of what they ground the week before.
- Farmers sold little to elevators or processors, and processors in Saskatchewan used more of their own oats.
- Mills returning to last week's pace with farm sales this low would draw processor stocks down further.
Soybeans
Manitoba's soybean quote fell for a fourth week, by its largest drop in that run, while country elevators finally shipped more than farmers delivered and their stocks fell for the first time since September.
- The Manitoba quote fell about C$19 a tonne, its fourth drop in a row.
- Elevators shipped faster while deliveries eased, so the build-up in country stocks reversed.
- Shipments staying above deliveries would keep working stocks down; heavier farm selling would start the build-up again.