Insights and Stories on Crops

Sugar beet growers seek to expand sector with domestic policy

Dec. 13, 2023 at 11:19 am CST

The Alberta Sugar Beet Growers want a national domestic sugar policy, which the organization says could lay the foundation for resurgence in the sector.

Pulse weekly outlook: Good prices for green, yellow peas

Dec. 12, 2023 at 2:45 pm CST

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm MarketsFarm

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U.S. grains: CBOT grain, soybean futures tumble after monthly USDA data

Dec. 8, 2023 at 3:27 pm CST

By Brendan O'Brien Reuters

USDA lowers wheat carryout calls, minor adjustments elsewhere

Dec. 8, 2023 at 12:57 pm CST

By Glacier FarmMedia Phil Franz-Warkentin

Are buffer strips right for your farm?

Dec. 7, 2023 at 10:05 am CST

By Jim Timlick

U.S. grains and oilseeds trading South American weather/charts

Dec. 6, 2023 at 3:13 pm CST

The seasonal slowdown in the North American grain and oilseed markets has traders in the Chicago futures taking direction from shifting weather forecasts out of South America, with technical chart signals also at play in the futures heading into the New Year.

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Australian crops improve, but well off recent records

Dec. 4, 2023 at 1:03 pm CST

Australia’s winter crop production likely beat earlier expectations but will still be down considerably compared to the record-large production in recent years, according to the latest crop report from the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES).

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Major strawberry plant producer changes hands

Dec. 4, 2023 at 11:36 am CST

The Quebec company billed as Canada’s largest producer of strawberry plants has picked up new ownership after nearly 70 years. Production Lareault, based on just over 450 acres at Lavaltrie, Que. — about 40 km northeast of Montreal, in the province’s Lanaudiere region — has been acquired by investors Antoine […]

By Dave Bedard

Merit Foods pays off operating lender, no deal yet for plant

Dec. 4, 2023 at 9:38 am CST

A Winnipeg pea and canola protein processor in receivership since this spring remains mothballed for now with no firm buyer — but has paid off one of its three secured creditors. Merit Functional Foods, which entered receivership March 1 after just two years’ operation, has sold all its remaining finished […]

By Dave Bedard

Canadian wheat, canola harvests expand, rebound from dry conditions

Dec. 4, 2023 at 9:35 am CST

Canadian farmers will harvest more wheat and canola than was expected several months ago, as crops rallied from dry conditions that threatened yields, a government report showed on Monday.

By Reuters Rod Nickel