Crops
Reading Time: 2 minutes Market demand and unique grain traits make oats an increasingly attractive ingredient for craft beers, says Sask. brewer at the 2025 Crop Production Show in Saskatoon
Crops
Crop Production Show 2025: Oat beers having a moment
Crop Production Show 2025: U.S. tariffs could impact Canadian oat market as early as next week
Reading Time: 2 minutes Producers shouldn't panic just yet, says oat market analyst at the 2025 Crop Production show
CBOT Weekly: S/D report underpinning U.S. corn, soybeans
More winter wheat acres pressures prices
Reading Time: 2 minutes Corn and soybean futures on the Chicago Board of Trade continued to be supported by the latest supply and demand report issued by the United States Department of Agriculture, said analyst Bryan Strommen of Progressive Ag in Fargo, ND. Meanwhile, wheat has been contending with pressure from an increase in acres.
USDA announces new interim rule for biofuel guidelines
Reading Time: 2 minutes The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced a new interim rule on Jan. 15, 2025 to aid production of biofuel feedstock crops as well as promote climate-smart agriculture.
Crop Production Show 2025: Ag research sector has productivity problem: panellists
Reading Time: 2 minutes Saskatchewan deputy agriculture minister Bill Greuel said the Canadian agriculture research sector has a productivity problem during an agriculture research panel discussion held Tuesday in Saskatoon as part of Crop Production Week 2025.
Canadian canola exports surging in 2024/25
China top customer
Reading Time: < 1 minute Canadian canola exports continued to stay far above those in 2023/24, the Canadian Grain Commission reported earlier in January. In the CGC's monthly report those outbound shipments of canola from licensed facilities at the end of November reached 3.84 million tonnes which are up by more than 80 per cent from a year ago.
Pulse Weekly: Edible bean prices firming up
Reading Time: < 1 minute Edible bean prices in Manitoba are on the rise despite the threat of tariffs on Canadian imports from United States president-elect Donald Trump as soon as he takes office later this month.
COMMENT: Fertile land for growing vegetables is at risk — but a scientific discovery could turn the tide
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.
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.
A message from April Stewart, Country Guide's Associate Editor
