In its January Outlook for Principal Field Crops, the Market Analysis Group of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada has come out with seeded acreage predictions for the upcoming growing season.

The Ag Canada analysis has very little good news when it comes to 2025-26 price projections.

Wheat and flaxseed are about the only crops where a small price increase is expected while everything else is expected to be lower.

Regarding seeded acreage, Ag Canada is predicting a 4 per cent increase in both wheat and barley acres, with oat acreage up by 7 per cent.

Meanwhile durum acreage is expected to drop by 5 per cent. On canola, a drop of 4.6 per cent is expected due to sliding prices and steady input costs. Marginal acreage increases are expected for flax, dry peas and lentils.

On the other hand, Ag Canada expects chickpea acreage to drop by 12 per cent, with an 11 per cent drop in Canary seed and a 26 per cent drop in mustard.

The biggest change percentage wise is for rye – up a whopping 56 per cent and this estimate is the firmest of all because almost all the crop is fall rye that’s already been seeded. This is the highest acreage of rye since 1990.