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Manitoba crops 99 per cent planted

Five points ahead of average

By Phil Franz-Warkentin June 11, 2025

Reading Time: < 1 minute Seeding operations across Manitoba largely wrapped up during the week ended June 10, with 99 per cent of intended acres in the ground, according to the latest provincial crop report. That was up four points from the previous week and compares with the five-year average of 94 per cent done.

Crops, Reuters

Tariffs on canola seen supercharging Canadian farmers’ shift to spring wheat

U.S. Great Plains farmers skipping the cereal in favour of more profitable crops

By Ed White, Reuters June 9, 2025

Reading Time: 4 minutes The prospect of Chinese and U.S. tariffs on canola have prompted Western Canadian farmers to seed more wheat.

General, News, Reuters

China seeks improved ties with Canada amid rising trade tensions

Carney and Li agreed to establish regular communication channels

By Reuters June 6, 2025

Reading Time: 2 minutes China called on Friday for steps to improve bilateral ties with Canada, saying there were no deep-seated conflicts of interest, following a spike in trade tensions with many of Beijing’s Western trade partners this year.

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

File photo of a pedestrian crossing in front of the World Trade Organization headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland on Dec. 9, 2019. (Photo: Reuters/Denis Balibouse)

News, Reuters

China blocks Canada’s request for review of Chinese duties on agriculture, fish

Next meeting June 23

By Reuters June 5, 2025

Reading Time: 2 minutes China has blocked Canada's request to set up a dispute panel to review additional import duties by China on certain Canadian farming products and fish, a Geneva-based trade official said on June 5.

Markets

ICE canola weekly outlook: Weather to drive market

Conditions range from too dry to too wet

By Phil Franz-Warkentin June 4, 2025

Reading Time: < 1 minute Weather conditions across the Canadian Prairies will likely be a major driver of the canola futures market in the weeks ahead, as attention shifts from the tight old crop supply situation to the prospects for the new crop.

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.

Canola, Markets

ICE Canada Weekly: Canola to move with the weather

Announcement pending on 45Z biofuel tax credit

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm May 28, 2025

Reading Time: < 1 minute As May winds down the prospect of rain saw canola futures on the Intercontinental Exchange fall back on May 28, with the old crop July contract taking the biggest hit.

Daily Network News

New strategies needed for Canadian agriculture to stand out in global trade

Feed Grains Weekly: Cash prices for wheat, barley largely flat

The Canadian GMO mustard wars: Dijon vs canola

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