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Saskatchewan crops in need of rain: report

Intense storms cause some damage

By Phil Franz-Warkentin June 19, 2025

Isolated showers across Saskatchewan during the week ended June 16 brought welcome moisture, but "a good general rain is needed to help push crop development and ensure the crop doesn't begin to deteriorate in condition," said the latest provincial crop report released June 19.

Vivian Argüelles, technical co-operation specialist with IICA and Ryan Beierbach, vice president of the Canadian Cattle Association, participate in a panel discussion at the 2025 Americas Agriculture and Food Security Forum at Olds College on June 17, 2025. Photo: IICA via X

News

Canadian agricultural leaders attend global food security forum in shadow of G7 summit

Agriculture didn’t make the G7 agenda ,yet speakers at the Americas AgForum25 said it forms the foundation for global solutions

By Laura Rance-Unger June 17, 2025

The forum hosted by the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) was designed to ensure agriculture and food stays on world leaders' radar.

A man walks in an empty Ein al-Fejeh spring basin, in Damascus countryside, Syria, May 12, 2025. Photo: Reuters/Yamam Alshaar

News, Reuters

Barren fields, dry wells: after war, drought ravages Syrian farms

Digging wells adds costs as harvests fail; many farmers have heavy debts, want assistance

By Nazih Osseiran, Reuters June 17, 2025

Syrian farmers hoped for some reprieve after Islamist rebels ended Assad' 24 years of autocratic rule in December, but a devastating drought and continued water theft mean their crops are still dying, their pears and plums withering on the branch.

Dori Gingera-Beauchemin served as Manitoba’s deputy agriculture minister for many years before retiring in 2023. She is one of the 2025 inductees to the Canadian Agricultural Hall of Fame. Photo: File

News

Six agriculture leaders named Canadian Agricultural Hall of Fame

The six 2025 Canadian Agricultural Hall of Fame inductees range from long-serving farm policy makers to researchers and business leaders

By Miranda Leybourne June 16, 2025

The six 2025 Canadian Agricultural Hall of Fame inductees range from long-serving farm policy makers to researchers, agriculture advocates and food business leaders.

U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney at the G7 summit in Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada, June 16, 2025. Photo: Reuters/Kevin Lamarque

News

G7 farm groups on governments to support rules-based trade, innovation

Increasingly volatile geopolitical, economic, environmental landscape pressuring farmers say groups

By Geralyn Wichers June 16, 2025

Farm organizations from the G7 countries called for governments to support stable rules-based trade, modernized regulations and other measures to help farmers weather “unprecedented pressures,” the Canadian Federation of Agriculture said in a joint news release, Monday.

Photo: Pavlo Gonchar / SOPA Images/Sipa USA

News, Reuters

Bunge receives China regulatory approval for Viterra deal

By Karl Plume, Reuters June 13, 2025

Global agribusiness Bunge Global has received regulatory approval from China for its acquisition of grain handler Viterra and expects to close the $34 billion deal "on or around July 2," the company said in a statement on Friday.

News, Reuters

Bunge nears China ruling for $8.2 billion Viterra merger, Bloomberg News reports

By Reuters June 12, 2025

U.S. grains merchant Bunge is close to getting a ruling from Chinese regulators on its $8.2 billion (C$11.2 billion) purchase of Glencore-backed Viterra with a verdict expected within days, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday.

Crops, News, Reuters

World food prices dip in May as cereal, sugar and vegoils drop

FAO forecasts record global cereal production in 2025

By Reuters, Sybille de La Hamaide June 6, 2025

Global food commodity prices declined in May, driven by marked drops in cereal, sugar, and vegetable oil prices, the United Nations's Food and Agriculture Organization said on Friday.

In spite of expectations for increased seeding of winter wheat, the immediate challenges include the price per bushel and managing fusarium head blight. (Ralph Pearce photo)

Crops

Alberta Crop Report: Seeding near complete amidst dry conditions

Seeding complete for most crops

By Adam Peleshaty June 6, 2025

Seeding is nearly finished for crops in Alberta despite conditions getting drier and drier.

Wildfire smoke outside Calgary, August 2023. Photo: Sneha Annie Sebastian/iStock/Getty Images

Crops, Weather

What we know about how wildfire smoke affects Prairie crops

Impacts depend on smoke quantity, plant progress, surrounding weather conditions

By Dave Bedard June 3, 2025

Prairie farmers don't have to go far right now to see and feel the effects of smoke in the atmosphere — but what their crops will experience this year is a more complicated matter.

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures gain on higher beef values, tight supplies

Mail strike disrupts grain sample delivery

U.S. grains: Soybeans tick up as market weighs crops, U.S.-China ties

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Saskatchewan crops in need of rain: report

Canadian agricultural leaders attend global food security forum in shadow of G7 summit

Barren fields, dry wells: after war, drought ravages Syrian farms

Six agriculture leaders named Canadian Agricultural Hall of Fame

G7 farm groups on governments to support rules-based trade, innovation

Bunge receives China regulatory approval for Viterra deal

Bunge nears China ruling for $8.2 billion Viterra merger, Bloomberg News reports

World food prices dip in May as cereal, sugar and vegoils drop

Alberta Crop Report: Seeding near complete amidst dry conditions

What we know about how wildfire smoke affects Prairie crops

Canadian Cattlemen Presents: Depth of Field

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