Insights and Stories on Crops

Wheat plants genetically modified with a strain called HB4, which have a gene that helps them better tolerate drought, are pictured inside a laboratory at Bioceres Crop Solutions in Rosario, Argentina July 19, 2022. REUTERS/Agustin Marcarian

GM wheat gets closer to reality in U.S.

Sep. 24, 2025 at 1:46 pm CDT

Argentine company signs deal with Colorado Wheat Research Foundation to commercialize drought tolerant wheat in the U.S.

black cows wearing neck collars at a farm show

Rotational grazing helps farmers stretch feed in a dry year

Sep. 24, 2025 at 9:41 am CDT

By Diana Martin

barley plant close up. taken at AAFC plots at AIM on July 15, 2025. Photo: Janelle Rudolph

Canadian Barley Research Coalition pledges $1.8 million to USask Crop Development Centre

Sep. 23, 2025 at 2:35 pm CDT

By Geralyn Wichers

Pulse Weekly: More peas, lentils in Alberta

Sep. 23, 2025 at 2:15 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

More corn, less wheat to be grown in Mexico says USDA attaché

Sep. 23, 2025 at 1:09 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Windmills in central Manitoba disappear into heavy smoke June 9, 2025. Wildfires in Manitoba and across Western Canada led to widespread air quality warnings through May and June 2025. Photo: Alexis Stockford

Wildfire smoke helped counter extreme heat, benefitting this year’s canola crop

Sep. 23, 2025 at 10:02 am CDT

As Canada’s western provinces experience the second-worst wildfire season in decades, driven by hotter and drier conditions due to climate change, some canola farmers say they are seeing an unexpected benefit to the hazy summer skies.

By Reuters

Canadian durum samples show damage from wet weather

Sep. 22, 2025 at 3:34 pm CDT

Canada’s durum crop has been damaged from rainy, damp conditions, with some farmers holding off on harvesting crops in the hopes of drier weather the Canadian Grain Commission said.

By Ed White Reuters

Argentina throws wrench into China-U.S. soybean trade says Cordonnier

Sep. 22, 2025 at 2:08 pm CDT

In an unexpected move, Argentina has seriously disrupted any possible new crop soybean purchases to be made by China from the United States, said analyst Michael Cordonnier of Soybean and Corn Advisor Inc. in Hinsdale, Ill.

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm