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Manitoba crops in good shape: Report

Jun. 25, 2025 at 10:29 am CDT

Crops in Manitoba continued to come along nicely, the provincial agriculture department reported for the week ended June 24.

USDA notes shifts in Mexican corn

Jun. 24, 2025 at 3:24 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Mario Segovia and Orlando Rojas, members of the Atacama fog catcher group, check a hydroponic lettuce crop produced with water captured by fog catchers, meshes suspended between two poles that intercept small bits of moisture to collect water from the air in the Atacama Desert, in Chanaral, Chile June 10, 2025.

In Chile’s Atacama, world’s driest desert, growing lettuces with fog

Jun. 24, 2025 at 10:14 am CDT

By Reuters Rodrigo Gutierrez

Alberta crops 21 points below average but soil moisture improving

Jun. 23, 2025 at 2:13 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

AAFC makes more adjustments to canola numbers

Jun. 23, 2025 at 11:27 am CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Hands take a package of food off a grocery store shelf.

Demand for organic goods outpacing Canadian farmers’ ability to produce

Jun. 20, 2025 at 1:59 pm CDT

Canada may be falling behind other countries on organic production as demand for goods increases but production stagnates.

By Jonah Grignon

Prairie Wheat Weekly: Western Canadian bids rise on dryness

Jun. 20, 2025 at 11:36 am CDT

Dryness on the Canadian Prairies, as well as worsening U.S. winter wheat crop conditions and a weakening Canadian dollar raised Western Canadian wheat bids for the week ended June 19, 2025.

By Adam Peleshaty

‘Amber waves of grain’ recede in America’s heartland as wheat farmers struggle

Jun. 20, 2025 at 10:00 am CDT

The Great Plains have long been celebrated for the “amber waves of grain” in the popular hymn “America the Beautiful.” The region’s states produce most of the U.S.-grown crop of hard red winter wheat, favored by bakers for bread. But with prices hovering around $5 (C$6.86) per bushel, U.S. wheat farmers have reached an inflection point, with many forced to either lose money, feed wheat to cattle or kill off the crop.

By Emily Schmall Reuters

Feed Grain Weekly: ‘Consistent demand’ despite potential for more dryness

Jun. 19, 2025 at 11:57 am CDT

Feed corn and feed barley prices in Western Canada have been competitive as the potential for more dryness remains.

By Adam Peleshaty

Kim Brown at crop diagnostic school presenting on water quality and herbicides

Is dirty water sabotaging your herbicide efficacy?

Jun. 19, 2025 at 9:35 am CDT

Glacier FarmMedia – Water cleanliness should be a top priority for producers when considering water quality for spray operations, according to provincial weeds specialist Kim Brown. Water contaminants can tie up active ingredients in herbicides, rendering them ineffective. “If you’ve got dirty water, (substances in there) will actually antagonize or […]

By Miranda Leybourne