Crops
Reading Time: 4 minutes Research work at Quebec's Laval University's Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences, carried out in partnership with 14 vegetable farms, offers hope for ensuring the sustainability of their soils.
COMMENT: Fertile land for growing vegetables is at risk — but a scientific discovery could turn the tide
Cuts to U.S. soybean, corn production
U.S. soybean, corn stocks mixed, more winter wheat planted
Reading Time: 2 minutes The United States Department of Agriculture cut its calls for 2024/25 U.S. soybean and corn production in its World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) released Jan. 10.
Prairie Wheat Weekly: Cash prices step back
Stronger greenback weakens U.S. wheat
Reading Time: 2 minutes Western Canadian cash prices for spring wheat and amber durum were lower during the week ended Jan. 9.
Feed Grains Weekly: Demand lull to keep prices lower for now
Increases unlikely until late February
Reading Time: 2 minutes As January began, feed grain prices on the Canadian Prairies remained lower and are likely to stay that way until spring, commented broker Evan Peterson of JGL Commodities in Saskatoon.
Second spring wheat futures market on the horizon
Making the smallest contract even smaller - analyst
Reading Time: < 1 minute The CME Group has plans to launch a new Hard Red Spring Wheat futures and options market in the second quarter of 2025, rivalling the Minneapolis hard red spring wheat contracts now traded through the MIAX platform.
Idemitsu to begin trial of non-edible oilseed crop for aviation fuel
Reading Time: < 1 minute Idemitsu Kosan will begin a trial plantation of the non-edible oilseed tree crop Pongamia in Australia from mid-January to assess its potential as a feedstock for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), the Japanese crude oil refiner said on Thursday.
ICE Weekly: No news means no canola price movement
Reading Time: 2 minutes A lack of significant news has prevented canola prices at the Intercontinental Exchange to break out of its recent trading range to start 2025.
Pulse Weekly: India extends duty-free period
But two months not enough to spur price increases
Reading Time: < 1 minute Canadian yellow pea producers may have received something of a Christmas present from the Indian government late last month, as the duty-free period for India’s yellow pea imports was extended from Dec. 31 to Feb. 28.
Dry weather could affect Argentina oilseed harvest: USDA attaché
Buenos Aires desk estimates differ from USDA numbers
Reading Time: 2 minutes Dry weather in Argentina could affect the country's oilseeds as harvest approaches, reported the United States Department of Agriculture attaché in Buenos Aires.
Canadian Prairies, U.S. Midwest to get colder in January as South America becomes hotter, drier
Some warmer temps for Prairies during week of Jan. 6
Reading Time: 2 minutes Meteorologist Drew Lerner said he expects colder than normal temperatures across the Canadian Prairies and much of the United States Midwest in January, while a good portion of South America is to be hotter than normal.
A message from April Stewart, Country Guide's Associate Editor
