Insights and Stories on Crops

Sep. 4, 2025 at 4:31 pm CDT

The federal Conservatives called for the government to authorize emergency use of the poison strychnine against infestations of gophers.

By Jonah Grignon

Sep. 4, 2025 at 2:46 pm CDT

Saskatchewan farmers advanced their harvest 11 points during the week ended Sept. 1, bringing it to 23 per cent complete. However, that’s still 17 points behind the five-year average despite dry conditions throughout most of the province.

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Sep. 4, 2025 at 2:34 pm CDT

Glacier FarmMedia – Emerging research suggests a troubling twist in canola disease management: When verticillium stripe is present in a field, the resistance to blackleg built into many canola cultivars appears to break down. “What we have discovered very recently is that not only do these two pathogens cause disease, […]

By Don Norman

Sep. 4, 2025 at 1:12 pm CDT

Leon Kochian, Canada Excellence Research Chair in Global Food Security at the University of Saskatchewan received a fellowship from the Royals Society of Canada. Kochian has spent four decades studying root architecture.

By Geralyn Wichers

Sep. 4, 2025 at 1:05 pm CDT

Susanne Leclerc of Market Master Ltd. in Edmonton said feed barley prices have stayed put over the past week.

By Adam Peleshaty