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Alberta Crop Report: Conditions improve

Jun. 30, 2025 at 10:52 am CDT

Crop conditions improved in Alberta during the week ended June 24, but they are still behind historical averages.

Canadian farmers planted fewer canola acres than expected, StatCan projects

Jun. 27, 2025 at 11:58 am CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Prairie wheat prices weaker on sharp drop in U.S. futures

Jun. 27, 2025 at 9:44 am CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Saskatchewan crops firmly normal in development

Jun. 26, 2025 at 4:10 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Feed Grains Weekly: Prices to remain in a ‘funk’ for now

Jun. 26, 2025 at 4:01 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Alberta Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation RJ Sigurdson does the ceremonial fire up of Farming Smarter’s new tractor it was able to purchase with the help of the province’s one-time capital grant of $3.2 million to Alberta’s 12 applied research associations. The boost to Farming Smarter’s equipment for potato research helps with the association’s operating costs as a non-profit association.

Farming Smarter receives financial boost from Alberta government for potato research

Jun. 26, 2025 at 1:23 pm CDT

Farming Smarter near Lethbridge got a boost to its research equipment, thanks to the Alberta government’s increase in funding for research associations.

By Greg Price

IGC raises wheat crop outlook on India, Romania upgrades

Jun. 26, 2025 at 10:09 am CDT

The International Grains Council on Thursday raised its forecast for global wheat production in the 2025/26 season, largely reflecting improved crop outlooks in India and Romania.

By Nigel Hunt Reuters

Pulse Weekly: Manitoba beans, peas in good shape

Jun. 25, 2025 at 4:07 pm CDT

Dry beans and field peas are in good shape so far in 2025, said Daryl Domitruk, executive director for Manitoba Pulse and Soybean Growers.

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Chicago, Illinois, USA - March 28, 2022: Chicago Board of Trade office in Chicago. The Chicago Board of Trade is one of the world's oldest futures and options exchanges.

CBOT Weekly: Prices tumble, uncertainty ahead

Jun. 25, 2025 at 2:50 pm CDT

Grain futures fell on the Chicago Board of Trade last week with more uncertainty waiting in the wings.

By Adam Peleshaty

A combine loads wheat into a truck during harvesting in a field of a local agricultural enterprise in the Cherlaksky district of the Omsk region, Russia.

Agricultural consultancy Sovecon raises 2025 Russian wheat crop forecast

Jun. 25, 2025 at 10:35 am CDT

Agricultural consultancy Sovecon said on Wednesday it had slightly raised its forecast for Russian wheat production for 2025 by 0.2 million metric tons to 83.0 million metric tons, citing improved crop conditions in parts of central Russia.

By Reuters