Crops
Reading Time: 5 minutes Based on the amount of seed information available to growers in the past, we get the impression that it was a bit like throwing darts when it came to choosing an ideal seed. Your method of choice may have been to try a variety that your farm neighbour had success with or maybe you just […] Read more
Picking the right crop varieties for your farm
Use this easy method to help you narrow down your seed choices
Spring weather to dominate first half of March
Large parts of Argentina, Brazil to be dry
Reading Time: 2 minutes Be it the Canadian Prairies or the United States Midwest, spring-like weather is on its way for the first couple of weeks of March, said Drew Lerner, president and chief agricultural meteorologist for World Weather Inc. in Overland, Kan. Meanwhile, the dryness that has dominated parts of Argentina and Brazil is likely to continue for the next several weeks.
Prairie Wheat Weekly: Spring wheat bids tumble
Tariff threats, wheat futures pressure bids
Reading Time: 2 minutes Tariff threats from United States President Donald Trump and declining U.S. wheat futures have pressured Western Canadian wheat bids during the week ended Feb. 27, 2025.
Feed Grain Weekly: Tariffs could hurt feedlots, grain farmers
Cattle feed industry in Western Canada under threat
Reading Time: < 1 minute Upcoming tariffs by United States President Donald Trump could greatly affect feedlots and grain farmers in Western Canada according to Market Place Commodities president Jim Beusekom.
ICE Canada Weekly: Tariffs coming, may not last long says analyst
Canola likely to tally post-tariffs
Reading Time: < 1 minute To Errol Andersson of Errol's Commodity Wire in Calgary, there's little doubt the Trump administration will press ahead with tariffs on Canada and Mexico.
CBOT Weekly: Tariffs front and centre at CBOT
Trump’s threats pressure crop markets
Reading Time: 2 minutes Tariff threats from United States President Donald Trump caused a downturn at the Chicago Board of Trade during the week ended Feb. 26, 2025.
Pulse Weekly: Prices to dictate spring acres, broker says
Reading Time: 2 minutes Prices for new crop pulses will largely determine how many acres will be grown this spring, according to Levon Sargsyan of Johnston's Grain in Calgary.
Arctic doomsday seed vault gets more than 14,000 new samples
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Svalbard Global Seed Vault, storing food crop seeds from around the world in man-made caves on a remote Norwegian Arctic island will receive more than 14,000 new samples on Tuesday, a custodian of the facility said.
Prairie Wheat Weekly: Modest increases across the region
Reading Time: 2 minutes Western Canadian cash prices for spring wheat and amber durum made small gains during the week ended Feb. 20. Support came from higher prices in the United States wheat complex, but a stronger Canadian dollar limited the increases
Feed Grains Weekly: Overbooked end-users worried about tariffs on Canadian beef
Feed wheat, U.S. corn too expensive
Reading Time: 2 minutes There won't be a whole lot of movement of feed grains on the Canadian Prairies any time soon, stated Darcy Haley, vice-president of Ag Value Brokers in Lethbridge. He said not only are the end-users overbooked, but the relentless uncertainty over tariffs continues to dominate the cattle industry across Western Canada.
A message from April Stewart, Country Guide's Associate Editor
