Crops & Crop Production Guide

Prairie wheat bids climb with U.S. futures

By Phil Franz-Warkentin April 26, 2024

Reading Time: 2 minutes Spring wheat bids in Western Canada climbed higher during the week ended April 25, as a rally in United States futures provided support. Chart-based speculative buying was behind much of the strength in the futures, as fund traders bought back some of their large net short position. Declining crop ratings for U.S. winter wheat, the […] Read more

Markets, Reuters, Winter Wheat

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs rally on pork demand outlook, rising commodities prices

By Karl Plume, Reuters April 23, 2024

Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) lean hog futures rallied in tandem with other commodities markets on Tuesday as signs of tightening supplies and a favorable pork demand outlook supported prices, traders said.

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Crops, Markets

AAFC makes a few tweaks in Apr S&D report

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm April 19, 2024

Reading Time: < 1 minute Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada made a small amount of changes in its April supply and disposition report released on Apr. 19. Of the changes made, nearly all were slight adjustments to its pulse and special crop numbers.

Crops, Markets

Pulse Weekly: More dry beans for Manitoba

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm April 17, 2024

Reading Time: < 1 minute Planted dry bean acres in Manitoba are expected to increase for 2024/25. While Statistics Canada projected the Keystone Province to see 201,000 acres, a specialist with Manitoba Agriculture said those acres are likely to be a little bit below the StatCan estimate.

Crops, Markets

Organics: Planting decisions still to be made

By Adam Peleshaty April 1, 2024

Reading Time: 3 minutes In the midst of dryness in Western Canada and an organics market stuck in a standstill, organic growers are making decisions on what to plant in the coming weeks. Chances are, they may be dictated by their own rotations.

Crops, General

Hemp sector disappointed new report ignores deregulation

By Robert Arnason March 25, 2024

Reading Time: 3 minutes Leaders in Canada’s hemp industry were hoping an expert committee would recommend significant changes to hemp regulations so it could be treated the same as wheat, canola and other crops. That didn’t happen. Instead, the committee of experts reviewing the Cannabis Act barely mentioned hemp in its 91 page report published March 21.

Crops, Markets

Tightening canola ending stocks for 2024/25: AAFC

By Phil Franz-Warkentin March 20, 2024

Reading Time: 2 minutes Canadian canola ending stocks will likely be tighter by the close of the upcoming 2024/25 marketing year, while the wheat carryout should rise, according to updated supply/demand estimates from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), released March 19.

Crops, General

Pesticides under fire in U.S.

Recent court decisions have threatened farmers' abilities to use some herbicides

By Sean Pratt March 15, 2024

Reading Time: 3 minutes Pesticides are increasingly under attack in the United States and that is keeping farm leaders awake at night.

Crops, Markets

Canadian canola acres to dip in 2024, wheat steady: StatCan

Lower prices, moisture concerns cited; moisture has since improved somewhat

By Phil Franz-Warkentin March 11, 2024

Reading Time: 2 minutes Canadian farmers intend to seed less canola in 2024 compared to the previous year, while overall wheat area should hold relatively steady, according to the latest Statistics Canada survey results released March 11.

Crops, General

Feds, producer groups launch wheat research cluster

Government, groups pool more than $20 million in research dollars

By Geralyn Wichers March 6, 2024

Reading Time: < 1 minute The federal government and private and producer groups announced $20 million toward wheat research today.

Daily Network News

Wheat breeding system no longer works, Canadian Wheat Research Coalition report says

Feed grain weekly: Barley steady in late February

Reduced Argentine soybean harvest, bigger crush says USDA attaché

Crops

Prairie wheat bids climb with U.S. futures

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs rally on pork demand outlook, rising commodities prices

AAFC makes a few tweaks in Apr S&D report

Pulse Weekly: More dry beans for Manitoba

Organics: Planting decisions still to be made

Hemp sector disappointed new report ignores deregulation

Tightening canola ending stocks for 2024/25: AAFC

Pesticides under fire in U.S.

Canadian canola acres to dip in 2024, wheat steady: StatCan

Feds, producer groups launch wheat research cluster

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