Crops & Crop Production Guide

Sarah Callow-Fisher displaying dried flowers

Outdoor weather affects indoor crops, too

As weather patterns change, farmers across the country are finding solutions — even for indoor crops

By Susanne Wagner March 6, 2025

Reading Time: 4 minutes January is a relatively quiet month at A Beautiful Wild, a flower farm located in Nova Scotia’s Annapolis Valley. The last of the Christmas wreaths and floral arrangements are out the door, and the Valentine’s Day blooms are not yet ready. Owner-operator Sarah Callow-Fisher and her husband, Devan, market their products through local farm […] Read more

Crops, News

VIDEO: Canadian Crops Convention offers hope on trade

Erin Gowriluk of the Canada Grain Council said tri-national co-operate remains alive outside government

By GFM Network News March 5, 2025

Reading Time: < 1 minute The Canadian Crops Convention kicked off in Edmonton today, under the shadow of U.S. tariffs and Canadian counter-tariffs.

File photo of a P.E.I. potato field against the backdrop of the Confederation Bridge. (Onepony/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops

CFIA’s 2024 potato wart survey comes back clean

By Geralyn Wichers March 5, 2025

Reading Time: < 1 minute Canadian Food Inspection Agency potato wart survey turns up no cases of the disease for 2024.

Corn, Markets, Soybeans, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

CBOT Weekly: Tariffs sow uncertainty in markets

U.S. levies create unpredictability in crop prices

By Adam Peleshaty March 5, 2025

Reading Time: 2 minutes Tariffs imposed by United States President Donald Trump have wreaked havoc on the Chicago Board of Trade according to Chicago-based agricultural strategist Terry Reilly.

Demand for organic pulses had been steadily rising before the COVID-19 outbreak, but supply chains are prepared to meet the new demand. Photo: File

Lentils, Markets, Pulses

China’s pulses to inch higher in 2024/25 says USDA attaché

Production has been shrinking

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm March 4, 2025

Reading Time: 2 minutes Total pulse production in China has been projected to increase slightly to 983,000 tonnes in 2024/25 compared to the 959,000 tonnes harvested the year before, according to the United States Department of Agriculture's attaché; in Beijing.

Photo: Victoria Popova/iStock/Getty Images

Lentils, Markets, Peas, Pulses

Pulse Weekly: Silence from India creates uncertainty

Are India’s levies on pulses back or not?

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm March 4, 2025

Reading Time: 2 minutes As the deadline for the government of India to further extend its tariff-free period for pea imports expired on Feb. 28, there has yet to be any statement regarding levies on the country's future pea imports.

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Crops, Features

Picking the right crop varieties for your farm

Use this easy method to help you narrow down your seed choices

By Greg Berg March 3, 2025

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

Damage is seen from a rain-wrapped tornado at Cole, Okla., just south of Oklahoma City, on April 19, 2023, in a screengrab from a social media video. (Photo: Hans Duran video screengrab via Reuters)

Corn, Soybeans, Weather, Winter Wheat

Spring weather to dominate first half of March

Large parts of Argentina, Brazil to be dry

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm March 3, 2025

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.

AAFC slightly adjusted a few numbers in its November report.

Markets, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Prairie Wheat Weekly: Spring wheat bids tumble

Tariff threats, wheat futures pressure bids

By Adam Peleshaty February 28, 2025

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.

Barley, Corn, Crops, Livestock

Feed Grain Weekly: Tariffs could hurt feedlots, grain farmers

Cattle feed industry in Western Canada under threat

By Adam Peleshaty February 27, 2025

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.

Daily Network News

Mosaic misses profit estimates on weak U.S. phosphate demand

Consultations open on expanded regulations for drone pesticide application

Pulse weekly: USDA to buy US$75 million in pulses as part of support package