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Sporadic rains lead to varied crop development in Saskatchewan

Seeding 100 per cent complete

By Phil Franz-Warkentin June 12, 2025

Reading Time: 2 minutes Rains were welcome across much of Saskatchewan during the week ended June 9, but topsoil moisture levels declined and crop damage was a concern in areas that missed out on the precipitation, said the latest provincial crop report.

Barley, Corn, Markets, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Feed Grain Weekly: Demand, supply matching each other

Dryness having little impact on feed prices

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm June 5, 2025

Reading Time: < 1 minute Demand for feed grains continued to hold up fairly good with ongoing dry conditions on the Canadian Prairies not having much of an impact on prices, said Brandon Motz, a manager at CorNine Commodities in Lacombe, Alta.

greg stamp and rob graf at a winter wheat field

Features, Guide Business

Build your farm with these entrepreneurial skills

Today’s farm owners need to be on top of their game like never before — and it all starts with the right skills

By Angela Lovell June 5, 2025

Reading Time: 9 minutes “Farming is an important, low-margin business that has got to be fine-tuned like a guitar to make beautiful music.” This insight comes from Kim McConnell, someone who knows about business success — and how to make that beautiful music. After a long career in the agriculture industry, the former founder of AdFarm is still mentoring […] Read more

Fusarium-infected wheat heads in a wheat field near Stockholm, Sask., on July 20, 2024. Photo: Greg Berg

Cereals, News, Reuters

Two Chinese researchers accused of smuggling ‘potential agroterrorism weapon’ into U.S.

Fusarium poses threat

By Jasper Ward, Reuters June 4, 2025

Reading Time: < 1 minute U.S. federal prosecutors have accused two Chinese nationals of smuggling a dangerous biological pathogen that had the potential to be used as an agricultural terrorism weapon into the United States for research.

Canola, Cereals, Crops, Markets, Pulses, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Spring planting in Manitoba close to finished

Province gets very little rain over the week

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm June 4, 2025

Reading Time: 2 minutes Dry conditions continued to spur quick seeding progress in Manitoba, as the provincial agriculture department reported spring planting reached 95 per cent complete as of June 3.

Steve Rooke of Shark Farms Ltd. near Nanton, Alta., climbs onto to his tractor pulling a Morris Quantum 60 drill and tank during a recent demonstration of Morris seeding equipment organized by Viterra near High River, Alta. Seeding was 90 per cent complete in Alberta as of May 27, ahead of the five-year average of 81 per cent. Photo: Mike Sturk

Barley, Canola, Markets, Oats, Peas, Spring Wheat

As seeding nears end in Alberta, moisture becoming an issue

Planting advances 10 points at 90 per cent complete

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm June 2, 2025

Reading Time: 2 minutes Spring planting in Alberta entered the home stretch with overall progress at 90 per cent seeded as of May 27, the province's agriculture department reported. Provincewide, the pace put Alberta farmers nine points above the five-year average.

Crops, News

Australia forecasts wheat output down 10 per cent on dry conditions

Barley, canola also hit

By Reuters June 2, 2025

Reading Time: 2 minutes Australia's wheat production is projected to drop 10 per cent this year to 30.6 million tonnes, with barley and canola output also expected to fall due to dry conditions across several cropping regions, the agriculture ministry, ABARES, said.

Crops, Livestock, Markets

Feed Grain Weekly: Farmers still waiting on pasture

Buying activity at feedlots continue to be strong

By Adam Peleshaty May 29, 2025

Reading Time: < 1 minute There is still some buying activity at feedlots despite some cattle already being put out to pasture for the summer months, according to Susanne Leclerc at Edmonton-based Market Master Ltd.

Crops, Livestock, News

Manitoba Crop Report: Dry conditions speed up planting

By Adam Peleshaty May 28, 2025

Reading Time: 2 minutes Dry conditions allowed Manitoba farmers to accelerate seeding to 85 per cent completion during the week ended May 25, 2025.

Crops, Markets

Grain deliveries up on year in April: StatCan

Barley the lone exception

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm May 26, 2025

Reading Time: < 1 minute Almost all major grains delivered in April had notable increases from the previous April, Statistics Canada reported on May 26.

Daily Network News

Despite cheaper land costs, Canadian farmers at slight revenue disadvantage to U.S.

Feed grain weekly: Western Canadian barley bids seasonally firm

China’s Q1 pork output up 4.2 per cent from a year earlier, lags expectations

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