Insights and Stories on Crops

Sep. 13, 2024 at 12:26 pm CDT

Is your soil fertility program working? Even if it is, common myths about nutrient management and soil sampling can hamper your efforts, according to a soil specialist. Colin Elgie, soil fertility specialist with the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Agribusiness, detailed a number of myths farmers should be aware […]

By Matt McIntosh

Sep. 12, 2024 at 4:53 pm CDT

Saskatchewan’s harvest was more than halfway finished at 61 per cent complete, although not as much as the 68 per cent complete from one year ago. The figure was higher than the 42 per cent reported last week, the five-year average of 50 per cent and the 10-year average of 46 per cent. The southwest region was the nearest to completion at 85 per cent while the northeast region’s harvest was only at 34 per cent.

By Adam Peleshaty

Sep. 12, 2024 at 2:10 pm CDT

Coming within market expectations was essentially the central theme in the September supply and demand report (WASDE) from the United States Department of Agriculture released on Sept. 12.

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Sep. 12, 2024 at 11:45 am CDT

United States oats futures and Western Canadian cash bids for the cereal crop are seeing very different levels of activity in the first half of September.

By Adam Peleshaty

Sep. 11, 2024 at 4:49 pm CDT

The ICE Futures canola market held above major chart support during the week ended Sept. 11, as uncertainty over a Chinese anti-dumping investigation tempered any attempts at moving higher.

By Phil Franz-Warkentin