Insights and Stories on Crops

Cereal leaf disease minimal in Alberta but be aware of blown-in stripe rust

Jul. 26, 2024 at 4:10 pm CDT

The province received variable precipitation this spring which had pathologists and producers expecting the arrival of members of the leaf spot complex. However, Kelly Turkington with the Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Lacombe Research and Development Centre said they may have been scorched by the July heat wave.

U.S. grains: Corn and soybeans rise on hot, dry weather concerns

Jul. 25, 2024 at 2:49 pm CDT

By Renee Hickman

Feed Weekly: Crops still in ‘relatively good condition’

Jul. 25, 2024 at 2:35 pm CDT

By Adam Peleshaty - MarketsFarm

Fusarium-infected wheat heads in a wheat field near Stockholm, Sask.

Back to normal for cereal leaf disease in Saskatchewan

Jul. 25, 2024 at 12:37 pm CDT

By Jeff Melchior

Oilseed crush, grain deliveries up year-by-year

Jul. 25, 2024 at 11:02 am CDT

By Adam Peleshaty - MarketsFarm

Crop tour forecasts record wheat yields in parts of North Dakota

Jul. 25, 2024 at 9:19 am CDT

Devils Lake, North Dakota | Reuters – U.S. spring wheat crops in northwest and north-central North Dakota are expected to produce the highest yields since at least 1994, the Wheat Quality Council said on an annual tour on Wednesday. Crop scouts estimated the average hard red spring wheat yield at […]

By Heather Schlitz

ICE Canada Weekly: Attention on canola to soon turn from yields to demand

Jul. 24, 2024 at 4:23 pm CDT

At this time there have yet to be any firm estimates as to what canola yields on the Canadian Prairies are most likely to be. However, once those start rolling in, the canola market will shift towards demand, according to broker Tony Tryhuk of RBC Dominion Securities in Winnipeg.

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Manitoba Crop Report: Crops grow with additional heat

Jul. 24, 2024 at 10:37 am CDT

Warmer conditions helped crops across Manitoba advance in their development during the week ended July 21, according to the province’s weekly crop report.

By Adam Peleshaty MarketsFarm

Pulse Weekly: Heat hasn’t affected Saskatchewan crops … yet

Jul. 23, 2024 at 1:54 pm CDT

After heavy rainfall earlier this summer caused flooding in low-lying areas and washed out some pulse acres, Dale Risula said growers couldn’t wait for the heat to help crops develop. Now, the warmer and drier conditions are doing more harm than good.

By Adam Peleshaty - MarketsFarm

Good demand expected for Canada’s two biggest crops

Jul. 22, 2024 at 12:54 pm CDT

Stephen Nicholson, global sector strategist of grains and oilseeds for Rabobank, said the U.S. hard red winter crop is big and getting larger as the weeks tick by. On the surface that sounds like it would be bad news for Canada's spring wheat growers, but he said big yields often correlate to low protein levels for U.S. HRWW.

By Sean Pratt