Insights and Stories on Canola

Jul. 11, 2025 at 4:14 pm CDT

Varied precipitation and warm temperatures were generally beneficial for crop development across Alberta during the week ended July 8, according to the latest provincial crop report released July 11.

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Jul. 9, 2025 at 3:33 pm CDT

With the speculative fund selling and relatively decent crop conditions on the Canadian Prairies, a broker said canola futures have little option but to continue falling back.

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Jul. 9, 2025 at 10:37 am CDT

Many areas of Manitoba received varied amounts of rainfall during the week ended July 6, 2025. However, it was not enough to replenish moisture in some areas.

By Adam Peleshaty

Jul. 9, 2025 at 9:59 am CDT

It can feel like the lottery when it comes to which fields get rain and which ones don’t when clouds roll in. But what does that mean for fertilizers that need soil moisture to get nutrients moving into plants? Marla Riekman, soil fertility specialist with Manitoba Agriculture, shares what she’s […]

Jul. 8, 2025 at 9:00 am CDT

Update No. 8, July 8, 2025 (below): Bruce visits a canola and soybean field and both crops are progressing nicely – the canola is bolting and flowering and the soybeans are in the V4 to V7 stage. A little bit of rain reportedly fell in the area which helped these […]