Insights and Stories on Crops

Herbicide researchers pick new fights against weeds

Feb. 12, 2025 at 8:48 pm CST

Glacier FarmMedia – Herbicide development has slowed in recent years, but innovative research methods could soon drive significant progress in the field. For decades, the pace of discovery of new modes of action — that is, how a herbicide interferes with the plant’s normal functions — was robust. From the […]

ICE Canada Weekly: Canola set to climb higher

Feb. 12, 2025 at 3:33 pm CST

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

CBOT Weekly: Tariff threats eclipse USDA report

Feb. 12, 2025 at 1:33 pm CST

By Adam Peleshaty

Pulse weekly: Canadian pulse exports slow down in December

Feb. 11, 2025 at 1:56 pm CST

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Early flooding has little effect on soybean oil, protein composition U.S. study suggests

Feb. 11, 2025 at 1:30 pm CST

By Geralyn Wichers

U.S. wheat, world grain stocks tighten: USDA

Feb. 11, 2025 at 1:07 pm CST

Projected world grain stocks, as well as those for United States wheat, are set to tighten according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's monthly supply/demand report released on Feb. 11, 2025.

By Adam Peleshaty

A close-up of a row of pea seedlings in a garden

Soil carbon measurement and verification system launched

Feb. 11, 2025 at 10:22 am CST

The Canadian Alliance for Net-Zero Agri-food (CANZA) is launching a measurement verification reporting (MRV) system for reporting soil carbon.

By Jonah Grignon

U.S. grains: Corn, soy, wheat futures sag on renewed U.S. tariff worries

Feb. 7, 2025 at 2:44 pm CST

Chicago Board of Trade corn, soybean and wheat futures weakened on Friday on renewed worries that trade disputes could hurt demand for U.S. farm products, analysts said.

By Gus Trompiz Peter Hobson Reuters Tom Polansek

Canola stocks shrink, wheat nudges up

Feb. 7, 2025 at 12:02 pm CST

With a decline of 19.2 per cent, total canola stocks in Canada dropped from a year ago, while all wheat stocks bumped up 0.9 per cent, Statistics Canada reported on Feb. 7.

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Wheat futures jump on Black Sea crop worries, short covering

Feb. 6, 2025 at 3:20 pm CST

Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures climbed to their highest level since October on Thursday as cold weather stoked concerns about potential crop damage in the Black Sea region, analysts said.

By Gus Trompiz Peter Hobson Reuters Tom Polansek