Insights and Stories on Crops

China to grow more corn in 2024/25

Oct. 3, 2024 at 2:40 pm CDT

Corn production in China is expected to increase to 293 million tonnes in 2024/25, said a report from the United States Department of Agriculture attache in Beijing, with improved yields overriding a slight reduction in harvested area.

How to keep last year’s canola out of your soybeans

Sep. 27, 2024 at 10:15 am CDT

By Miranda Leybourne

Saskatchewan Crop Report: Harvest nears 80 per cent despite rain

Sep. 26, 2024 at 2:11 pm CDT

By Adam Peleshaty

Manitoba Crop Report: Heavy rainfalls slow harvest

Sep. 26, 2024 at 11:37 am CDT

By Adam Peleshaty

Pulse weekly: Wide-ranging yields for Manitoba dry beans, peas

Sep. 24, 2024 at 5:31 pm CDT

By Adam Peleshaty

Western mustard growers get new flea beetle seed treatment option

Sep. 20, 2024 at 2:46 pm CDT

Mustard has been added to Bayer's Buteo start label to beat back flea beetles

By Alexis Stockford

Saskatchewan crop report: Combining at about three-quarters mark

Sep. 19, 2024 at 12:27 pm CDT

The harvest in Saskatchewan advanced 13 points for the week ended Sept. 16, at 74 per cent complete, despite rain in some parts of the province. The pace of combining was eight points behind this time last year, but 11 ahead of the five-year average.

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Manitoba harvest passes halfway mark: report

Sep. 18, 2024 at 9:48 am CDT

Harvest operations in Manitoba passed the halfway mark during the week ended Sept. 17, with wide ranging yields in the latest provincial crop report.

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Alberta weekly crop report: Harvest yields are coming in lighter than expected

Sep. 13, 2024 at 4:28 pm CDT

Combining of major crops in Alberta progressed 23 points during the week ended Sept. 10, reaching 54 per cent, according to the province's latest weekly crop report. While dry weather helped to advance the harvest, crop yields were not meeting expectations.

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Busting soil testing myths

Sep. 13, 2024 at 12:26 pm CDT

Is your soil fertility program working? Even if it is, common myths about nutrient management and soil sampling can hamper your efforts, according to a soil specialist. Colin Elgie, soil fertility specialist with the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Agribusiness, detailed a number of myths farmers should be aware […]

By Matt McIntosh

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