Canada will not see a rise in wheat output in 2015; instead, production is now slipping by 8.8% due to dry weather conditions.
As a result, 2015's wheat output will fall 7.4% to 27.1 million tonnes, compared to 2014's record of 29.3 million tonnes, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada said.
Bruce Burnett, a weather and crop specialist with grain marketer CWB, believed that output could sink even lower, to 24 million tonnes.
"The growing conditions are pretty much dismal compared to last year," Burnett added.
In June, a previous forecast put the year's output at 29.7 million tonnes.
According to the government, "below-trend yields" in western Canada have been "assumed to account for extremely dry conditions" in Alberta and Saskatchewan.
Forecasts for yields are likely to be cut down again if dry conditions persist in that region.