Crops, Features, Guide Business

The Future of Crop Irrigation

Reading Time: < 1 minute Sub-surface drip irrigation is starting to be used on the Canadian Prairies and promises higher…

4 days ago

Crops, Features, Guide Business, Markets, Production

Producers aren’t panicking over tariffs and trade threats

Reading Time: < 1 minute The influence of tariff and trade uncertainity on farm business decisions.

December 19, 2025

Crops, Features, Guide Business, Production

Riding the tariff roller-coaster

Reading Time: < 1 minute What producers are doing to minimize the risk created by ongoing trade uncertainty.

December 18, 2025

Must Reads

• Crops, Features, General

  

  Sensing the soil: Root cell research finds ‘stress hormone’

  Reading Time: < 1 minute Research into how root cells react to soil stressors could help plants better adapt to…

  December 10, 2025

• Crops, Fruit/Vegetables, General, Production

  

  Could crop sharing be a viable option for your farm?

  Reading Time: < 1 minute Crop sharing could be a good option for young and beginning farmers.

  November 26, 2025

• Crops, Features

  

  Agronomists share tips for evaluating new crop products and tech: Pt. 3

  Reading Time: < 1 minute With new products, new production practices and new technology converging on the agriculture industry at…

  June 19, 2025

• Crops, Features

  

  Agronomists share tips for evaluating new crop products and tech: Pt. 2

  Reading Time: < 1 minute With new products, new production practices and new technology converging on the agriculture industry at…

  June 18, 2025

• Crops, Features

  Agronomists share tips for evaluating new crop products and tech: Pt. 1

  Reading Time: < 1 minute With new products, new production practices and new technology converging on the agriculture industry at…

  June 17, 2025

• Crops, Features

  The agronomist wish list: Brunel Sabourin

  Reading Time: < 1 minute What do agronomists wish farmers would ask for, or stop asking for, or understand better…

  May 23, 2025

Crops

New Syngenta fungicide targets anthracnose, white mould, Ascochyta blight

By Jeff Melchior 8 hours ago

Reading Time: < 1 minute Lentil growers in Canada have a new option for controlling three major disease threats to the crop.

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Crops

Canada’s public wheat breeding under review

By Sean Pratt 12 hours ago

Reading Time: 2 minutes Canada’s public wheat breeding system is under review. The report is due in March.

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Crops, Reuters

IGC raises 2025/26 world grains forecast to record 2.5 billion tons

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By Reuters 14 hours ago

Reading Time: < 1 minute Global grain production is rising faster in the 2025/26 season than previously forecast and stocks also look set to climb this season, the International Grains Council said on Thursday.

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Canola, Markets

ICE Weekly: All eyes on Carney in China

By Adam Peleshaty 1 day ago

Reading Time: < 1 minute Jamie Wilton, trader for RJ O’Brien in Winnipeg, said he and the canola trade is watching and waiting while Prime Minister Mark Carney visits China this week.

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Cereals, Corn, Markets, News, Soybeans, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

CBOT Weekly: Expect sideways trading for now

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm 1 day ago

Reading Time: 2 minutes Look for trading of soybeans, corn and wheat at the Chicago Board of Trade remain sideways for the balance of January, perhaps longer, said Ryan Ettner, broker with Allendale Inc. in McHenry, Ill.

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Crops, News

Researcher tackles tricky traits of saskatoon berry for future variety development

By Geralyn Wichers 1 day ago

Reading Time: < 1 minute A University of Saskatchewan researcher seeks to catagorize varieties of the saskatoon berry — a fruit historically difficult to breed due to its complex genetic makeup.

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Markets, Spring Wheat

Prairie CWRS wheat bids firm to start 2026

By Phil Franz-Warkentin 2 days ago

Reading Time: < 1 minute Canada Western Red Spring wheat bids moved higher in early January, as support from a weaker Canadian dollar countered the bearish influence of small declines for spring wheat futures in the United States.

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Canola, Markets, News

Large gap in canola ending stocks between AAFC, USDA

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm 2 days ago

Reading Time: 2 minutes There’s a 760,000-tonne difference in the ending stocks for Canada’s 2025/26 canola crop respectively estimated by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and the United States Department of Agriculture. Aside from that, the canola data from AAFC and the USDA remain quite similar.

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Markets, Pulses

Pulse weekly: U.S. pulse production below early expectations

By Phil Franz-Warkentin 2 days ago

Reading Time: < 1 minute Pulse production in the United States failed to live up to earlier expectations in 2025, according to updated production estimates from the U.S. Department of Agriculture released Jan. 12, 2026.

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Crops, News

Western Grains Research Foundation commits $2.71M to new crop research projects

By Miranda Leybourne 3 days ago

Reading Time: < 1 minute The Western Grains Research Foundation has committed $2.71 million to fund 15 new crop-related research projects across Western Canada.

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