Insights and Stories on Crops

Your fall weed control checklist

Oct. 4, 2024 at 10:26 am CDT

Attention to fall weed control is needed as harvest nears its end. Speaking during a Manitoba Agriculture webinar Sept. 25, provincial weed specialist Kim Brown singled out weeds that thrive in salinity, which concerned many producers this spring. Kochia is perhaps the most infamous weed threat on that list. A […]

Feed Grains Weekly: Feed prices stabilizing, but weight an issue

Oct. 3, 2024 at 4:12 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Combining in Saskatchewan ahead of five-year average

Oct. 3, 2024 at 3:25 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Bayer to acquire HyTech canola facility

Oct. 3, 2024 at 3:16 pm CDT

By Adam Peleshaty

China to grow more corn in 2024/25

Oct. 3, 2024 at 2:40 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

CBOT Weekly: USDA report, short-covering raising prices

Oct. 2, 2024 at 4:12 pm CDT

The USDA Quarterly Grain Stocks report as of Sept. 1 caused prices at the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) to rise during the week ended Oct. 2, 2024.

By Adam Peleshaty

Pulse Weekly: Strong export demand boosts most green lentil pricing

Oct. 2, 2024 at 9:57 am CDT

Prices for green lentils were steady to higher for the week ending Sept. 27, according to Prairie Ag Hotwire. A broker credited increased foreign demand.

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

EU cuts wheat crop estimate to 12-year low

Sep. 27, 2024 at 1:34 pm CDT

European wheat production forecast at 12-year low. Corn, barley, oilseeds also down on year.

By Gus Trompiz Reuters

How to keep last year’s canola out of your soybeans

Sep. 27, 2024 at 10:15 am CDT

Fighting off volunteer canola in your soybean crop begins with added effort to keep your non-volunteer canola from escaping the back of the combine the year before. While there’s already been a lot of work done on the matters of volunteer canola issues and canola harvest loss, recent research from the University […]

By Miranda Leybourne

Saskatchewan Crop Report: Harvest nears 80 per cent despite rain

Sep. 26, 2024 at 2:11 pm CDT

Despite rainfall across Saskatchewan, the province's harvest still advanced five points at 79 per cent complete as of Sept. 23. This year's pace is currently ahead of the five-year and 10-year averages.

By Adam Peleshaty