Crops & Crop Production Guide

Agronomists share tips for evaluating new crop products and tech: Pt. 2

Summer Series: There is always some new product or technology coming around the corner. How do crop consultants filter out the noise and arrive at a reliable recommendation for their clients?

By Lee Hart June 18, 2025

Reading Time: 3 minutes With new products, new production practices and new technology converging on the agriculture industry at a frenetic pace in recent years, independent agronomists and crop advisors are feeling the pressure to provide clients with recommendations — sort the wheat from the proverbial chaff — about what might or might not work on an individual farm. […] Read more

Soybeans emerge from a field in Manitoba’s Interlake on May 26, 2025. Photo: Greg Berg

Crops, Weather

Varied rains leave parts of Manitoba in need of moisture: report

Planting 100 per cent complete

By Phil Franz-Warkentin June 17, 2025

Reading Time: < 1 minute Varied rainfall across Manitoba left many areas of the province still in need of precipitation, with accumulations at 60 per cent of normal in eastern, Interlake and northwestern regions, reported Manitoba Agriculture in its latest weekly crop report.

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans end higher, supported by crude oil; wheat rises, corn mixed

By Julie Ingwersen, Reuters June 17, 2025

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures closed higher on Tuesday, supported by rising crude oil prices and uncertainty about Midwest crop weather in the weeks ahead, while soyoil prices eased following a sharp two-day rally tied to stronger U.S. biofuel blending mandates.

Lentils, Markets, Pulses

Pulse Weekly: Lentil prices in decline in Western Canada

Green lentils lose as much as seven cents/lb. this month

By Adam Peleshaty June 17, 2025

Reading Time: 2 minutes Lentil prices in Western Canada have seen a sharp decline over the past month, but weather events could provide a bit of a boost.

A photo of Georg Lubberts with farm fields in the background

Crops, Features

Agronomists share tips for evaluating new crop products and tech: Pt. 1

Summer Series: There is always some new product or technology coming around the corner. How do crop consultants filter out the noise and arrive at a reliable recommendation for their clients?

By Lee Hart June 17, 2025

Reading Time: 3 minutes With new products, new production practices and new technology converging on the agriculture industry at a frenetic pace in recent years, independent agronomists and crop advisors are feeling the pressure to provide clients with recommendations — sort the wheat from the proverbial chaff — about what might or might not work on an individual farm. […] Read more

Crops, News, Reuters

U.S. Senate bill would shrink tax credit for biofuels made from foreign feedstocks

By Leah Douglas, Reuters June 16, 2025

Reading Time: < 1 minute U.S. Senate Republicans on Monday proposed a tax bill that would extend a clean fuel tax credit through 2031, but trim 20 per cent of the value of the credit for biofuels made from feedstocks produced outside of the United States.

Photo: Pavlo Gonchar / SOPA Images/Sipa USA

Crops, News, Reuters

Bunge-Viterra merger clears final hurdle with China’s conditional approval

By Ella Cao, Lewis Jackson, Reuters June 16, 2025

Reading Time: < 1 minute China's market regulator has granted conditional approval for global agribusiness Bunge Global's merger with Glencore-backed grain handler Viterra, it said on Monday, clearing the final hurdle for the $34 billion mega-deal announced two years ago.

Canola, Markets

USDA adjusts Canadian canola exports, ending stocks

Data varies from AAFC numbers

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm June 13, 2025

Reading Time: < 1 minute There were some notable changes to Canadian canola made in the United States Department of Agriculture world oilseed report issued on June 12. The USDA increased its call on 2024/25 canola exports and trimmed those for 2025/26, and reduced carryout projections for both marketing years.

Markets, Spring Wheat

Prairie wheat bids dip with U.S. futures, rising loonie

Durum narrowly mixed

By Phil Franz-Warkentin June 13, 2025

Reading Time: < 1 minute Hard red spring wheat bids in Western Canada softened during the week ended June 12, as losses in the United States futures and strength in the Canadian dollar weighed on values.

The USDA building in Washington, D.C. (Art Wager/iStock/Getty Images)

Cereals, Corn, Markets, Soybeans, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

USDA makes small cuts to corn, wheat ending stocks

Few changes the central theme in June report

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm June 12, 2025

Reading Time: < 1 minute The June supply/demand report from the United States Department of Agriculture contained very few changes from May. The USDA issued its World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates on June 12, showing some declines for U.S. corn and wheat ending stocks, while those for soybeans were unchanged.

Daily Network News

Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea found on a southern Alberta farm

Indonesia opens market to Canadian pork, expands beef access

IGC February report adjusts world data

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