Insights and Stories on Crops

Organic markets in full summer slowdown mode

Jul. 1, 2021 at 6:09 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin Glacier FarmMedia staff The summer doldrums have set in on the Canadian organic markets, with prices holding relatively steady and not much moving as sights settle in on the new crop. “It’s been relatively slow,” said Jason Charles of Minnesota-based Pipeline Foods, which also operates facilities in […]

Organic price quotes: June

Jul. 1, 2021 at 6:03 pm CDT

By OrganicBiz

StatsCan shows 2020 farm income up significantly

May. 27, 2021 at 10:22 pm CDT

By Allan Dawson

India’s federal police probe bosses of two fertilizer companies

May. 20, 2021 at 3:37 pm CDT

By rajendra-jadhav

Prairie growers on lookout as insects seize opportunity

May. 20, 2021 at 1:23 pm CDT

By Adam Peleshaty

Farm cash receipts up in 2020

Mar. 2, 2021 at 7:43 pm CST

MarketsFarm — New data from Statistics Canada on Tuesday showed Canadian farm cash receipts went up in 2020, despite the COVID-19 pandemic, on the strength of rising crop prices and exports. The total value of farm cash receipts in the country totalled $71.7 billion in 2020, an 8.1 per cent […]

By MarketsFarm Team

U.S. Senate confirms Vilsack as Biden’s ag secretary

Feb. 23, 2021 at 7:52 pm CST

Reuters — The U.S. Senate on Tuesday confirmed Tom Vilsack to head the Department of Agriculture, returning the former Iowa governor to the job he held under ex-President Barack Obama. The 100-member Senate approved Vilsack 92-7. He needed a simple majority in the Democratic-controlled chamber to be confirmed. As secretary […]

By Tom Polansek

High fertilizer prices likely to climb more

Feb. 12, 2021 at 8:26 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Expect fertilizer prices to resume increasing, despite having fallen back recently. Prices began their sharp rise around the middle of December and beginning of January. “They will go higher as demand goes up at seeding time,” Mike Jubinville of MarketsFarm Pro in Winnipeg said. Jubinville reported urea prices […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Ontario extends lost-labour production insurance

Jan. 5, 2021 at 5:08 am CST

A temporary expansion of Ontario’s AgriInsurance program, to cover losses caused by COVID-19-related short-handedness on the farm, will be held over. The province and federal government on Dec. 22 announced the expansion of coverage will be extended to cover the 2021 program year — and that it will insure production […]

By Dave Bedard

U.S. grains: Soybeans firm as South American crops struggle

Nov. 27, 2020 at 4:48 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago soybean futures ended higher on Friday as continued dryness in South America threatened to stress the crop in Brazil and Argentina, while strong export demand strengthened corn and wheat. Chicago Board of Trade’s most-active soybean futures added 7-3/4 cents to $11.91-3/4 a bushel, ending the […]

By Christopher Walljasper

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