Insights and Stories on Crops

Mar. 11, 2025 at 4:59 pm CDT

No change was the central theme to the March supply and demand report from the United States Department of Agriculture issued on March 11. In most categories of the World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE), the USDA kept the same data as in its February report.

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Mar. 10, 2025 at 4:28 pm CDT

A University of Arkansas study showed cold plasma shows promise as a seed treatment against fall armyworm and promoted rice plant development.

By Geralyn Wichers

Mar. 10, 2025 at 3:10 pm CDT

Canadian yellow peas were hit with bad news on March 7, but the pulse received good news on March 10. In the bad news, China announced that Friday it's prepared to impose 100 per cent tariffs on its pea imports from Canada effective March 20, as well as imports of canola oil and canola meal. Plus there are to be 25 per cent levies on imports of Canadian pork and aquatic products.

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Mar. 7, 2025 at 3:13 pm CST

Glacier FarmMedia – With a driving distance 131 kilometres south of Manitoba’s southern border, the recently announced Agristo potato processing plant in Grand Forks, North Dakota, should be exciting news for the province’s potato producers. That’s assuming the normal trade landscape though. The new reality, where U.S. president Donald Trump […]

By Jeff Melchior

Mar. 7, 2025 at 3:04 pm CST

Western Canadian cash prices for spring wheat and amber durum were mixed during the week ended March 6. Declines in the United States wheat complex weighed on Prairie cash prices, as did a stronger Canadian dollar.

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm