Reading Time: 2 minutes Yields for Manitoba dry beans and peas vary depending on where you are in the province, according to the Manitoba government's pulse specialist.

Pulse weekly: Wide-ranging yields for Manitoba dry beans, peas

Saskatchewan crop report: Hot, dry conditions help harvest
Reading Time: 2 minutes Saskatchewan’s harvest was more than halfway finished at 61 per cent complete, although not as much as the 68 per cent complete from one year ago. The figure was higher than the 42 per cent reported last week, the five-year average of 50 per cent and the 10-year average of 46 per cent. The southwest region was the nearest to completion at 85 per cent while the northeast region’s harvest was only at 34 per cent.

U.S. human case of bird flu detected without known animal exposure
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services said on Friday that a person hospitalized with bird flu was the first human case detected in the United States without any known animal exposure.

Oats futures rise, cash bids steady
Reading Time: 3 minutes United States oats futures and Western Canadian cash bids for the cereal crop are seeing very different levels of activity in the first half of September.

Saskatchewan canary seed exports surpass C$100 million in 2023
Reading Time: 2 minutes Canary seed exports from Saskatchewan were worth over C$100 million in 2023, the provincial government announced on Sept. 11.

Trade expects mixed bag in WASDE report
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) will be focusing on the monthly World Agricultural Supply/Demand Estimates (WASDE) from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) on Sept. 12.

Most Prairie farm product prices drop: StatCan
Reading Time: 2 minutes Average prices for the majority of crops grown in the Prairies were lower this July compared to the year before, while cattle prices continued to rise, according to Statistics Canada's (StatCan) monthly farm product prices released on Sept. 10.

Saskatchewan Crop Report: Harvest marches on despite rains, hail
Reading Time: 2 minutes Severe storms brought strong winds, heavy rains, and, in some places, golf ball-sized hail over parts of Saskatchewan. Nevertheless, the province’s harvest continued to progress during the week ended Aug. 26, according to the agriculture department’s weekly crop report.

ICE Weekly: StatCan report puts a stop to canola’s rally
Reading Time: 2 minutes Canola prices at the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) were on the rise for most of the week ended Aug. 28, until the release of Statistics Canada’s (StatCan) production estimates for the 2024-25 crop year on Aug. 28.

Alberta Crop Report: Harvest slow going under heat, rains
Reading Time: 2 minutes Harvest progress for major crops in Alberta more than tripled during the week ended Aug. 20 while heavy rains hit northern and central parts of the province.