Insights and Stories on Crops

Boost your fall soil sampling game

Nov. 1, 2024 at 10:43 am CDT

Fall soil sampling can be supercharged using tips from the Canola Council of Canada. The big ones include collecting a lot of sub-samples in each field, tapping soil depths and sampling known unproductive acres. It’s typical to collect one benchmark composite sample based on a field’s most productive acres. However, […]

(Left to right) Elaine Sopiwnyk, vice-president of technical services at Cereals Canada, with Cereals Canada chief executive officer Dean Dias and Winnipeg South MP Terry Duguid at the Cereals Canada pasta lab in Winnipeg Oct. 15. PHOTO: DON NORMAN

Federal funds announced for Cereals Canada

Oct. 15, 2024 at 3:23 pm CDT

By Don Norman

Prairie Crop Update with Bruce Burnett: 2024 edition

Oct. 15, 2024 at 11:00 am CDT

Saskatchewan crop report: Harvest nearly complete

Oct. 10, 2024 at 2:26 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Manitoba crop report: Most of the harvest off the field

Oct. 9, 2024 at 11:42 am CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Canadian Grain Commission releases August export report

Oct. 8, 2024 at 3:11 pm CDT

The Canadian Grain Commission's monthly report on grain exports for August 2024 - the first month of the 2024/25 marketing year.

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Combine harvester working on a wheat crop at sunset

Alberta harvest well ahead of five-year average

Oct. 4, 2024 at 4:13 pm CDT

Harvest progress in Alberta reached 85 per cent complete as of Oct. 1, progressing 11 points on the week, according to the latest provincial crop report.

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Prairie Wheat Weekly: Strong gains for red spring varieties

Oct. 4, 2024 at 11:27 am CDT

Spring wheat cash prices in Western Canada posted double-digit increases for the week ended Oct. 3, while durum bids were up much more modestly.

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Your fall weed control checklist

Oct. 4, 2024 at 10:26 am CDT

Attention to fall weed control is needed as harvest nears its end. Speaking during a Manitoba Agriculture webinar Sept. 25, provincial weed specialist Kim Brown singled out weeds that thrive in salinity, which concerned many producers this spring. Kochia is perhaps the most infamous weed threat on that list. A […]

By Miranda Leybourne

Combining in Saskatchewan ahead of five-year average

Oct. 3, 2024 at 3:25 pm CDT

Harvesting in Saskatchewan is in the home stretch as warm and dry conditions for the week ended Sept. 30 saw a 12-point gain to 91 per cent complete, the provincial agriculture department reported.

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

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