Crops
Reading Time: < 1 minute FVGC announces Erik Nielsen will step into the newly-created role of Director of Policy, Research, and Public Affairs
Fruit and Vegetable Growers of Canada appoint policy lead
Alberta Crop Report: Scattered rains, crop conditions
Central region crops fare best
Reading Time: 2 minutes Scattered showers resulted in variable crop conditions in Alberta as of Aug. 5, 2025.
Nutrien expects more fertilizer use by farmers despite low crop prices
Reading Time: 2 minutes Nutrien expects increased fertilizer use by North American farmers this fall and a good global potash market in 2026 despite some crop prices at multi-year lows.
Prairie wheat bids weaken in early August
Losses in U.S. futures weigh
Reading Time: 2 minutes Hard red spring wheat bids in Western Canada were weaker during the week ended Aug. 7, as a move to five-year lows in the United States futures weighed on prices.
Saskatchewan Crop Report: Varied precipitation as harvest begins
Dry areas begin harvest operations
Reading Time: 2 minutes Some areas of Saskatchewan received more than 100 mm of rain during the week ended Aug. 4, 2025, but others had little to none. Harvest operations began in those dry areas.
Manitoba Crop Report: Dry conditions across province
Despite dryness, crops still in good shape
Reading Time: 2 minutes Much of Manitoba saw dry conditions during the week ended Aug. 4, 2025. However, crop conditions were still in good shape.
CBOT Weekly: More pressure on grain prices
U.S. grain, soybean prices to go lower: analyst
Reading Time: 2 minutes Corn, soybean and wheat futures on the Chicago Board of Trade continue to drop and one Chicago-based analyst says they are going to be even lower.
ICE canola weekly outlook: Spec selling weighs on market
Charts turning bearish
Reading Time: < 1 minute ICE futures canola contracts fell to their lowest levels in two months during the first week of August, with speculative long liquidation behind some of the selling pressure.
Bayer CEO: we will have to stop U.S. glyphosate production if nothing changes
Reading Time: < 1 minute Bayer on Wednesday said it would be forced to stop its U.S. production of widely-used farming weedkiller glyphosate unless regulatory or legal changes are made to stave of litigation that has been weighing on the German company.
Pulse Weekly: Exports down month-to-month
Exports for 2024-25 remain solid
Reading Time: 2 minutes Canadian pulse exports were down in June, but remain solid with one month left in the 2024-25 marketing year, according to Statistics Canada.
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