Insights and Stories on Crops

Cutting nitrous oxide emissions without cutting the crop

Apr. 11, 2025 at 10:52 am CDT

Glacier FarmMedia – Canadian agriculture is being pushed to looking for a new balance when it comes to nitrogen emissions. It’s a critical nutrient, essential to life and agriculture, but its byproduct, nitrous oxide (N2O), is also powerful greenhouse gas, one that federal government has aimed to slash. Canadian farmers […]

Agronomy for better decision-making in the field

Mar. 25, 2025 at 11:31 am CDT

Herbicide researchers pick new fights against weeds

Feb. 12, 2025 at 8:48 pm CST

By Don Norman

A soybean crop in Manitoba's Interlake in 2022.

The power of pulses in your crop rotation

Jan. 31, 2025 at 10:22 am CST

By Miranda Leybourne

Mustard growers need ‘canola level’ crop protection

Nov. 4, 2024 at 11:49 am CST

By Don Norman

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, […]

By Jeff Melchior

(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

The recent $7.3 million in federal money to Cereals Canada is slated for international market improvements and research into the impact of environmental conditions on cereals

By Don Norman

Prairie Crop Update with Bruce Burnett: 2024 edition

Oct. 15, 2024 at 11:00 am CDT

Update No. 9, Oct. 11, 2024 Update No. 8, Aug. 1, 2024 Update No. 7, July 26, 2024 Update No. 6, June 27, 2024 Update No. 5, June 20, 2024 Update No. 4, June 6, 2024 Update No. 3, May 16, 2024 Update No. 2: May 9, 2024 Update No. […]

Saskatchewan crop report: Harvest nearly complete

Oct. 10, 2024 at 2:26 pm CDT

Combining in Saskatchewan is virtually complete with the provincial report putting the harvest at 97 per cent finished overall. That's a gain of six points during the week ended Oct. 7, as parts of the province contended with rain delays.

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Manitoba crop report: Most of the harvest off the field

Oct. 9, 2024 at 11:42 am CDT

Combining in Manitoba advanced 12 points at 85 per cent complete for the week ended Oct. 7. While some crops made great amounts of progress, others did not. The largest gains were made in the province's soybean and flax harvests as they are up 41 points apiece at 70 and 61 per cent finished respectively.

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

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