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Five things to consider when selecting alfalfa varieties

Research shows penny-pinching doesn’t pay off

By Don Norman May 8, 2025

When shopping for the right alfalfa variety, it’s usually well worth splurging for a top yielder, retired University of Wisconsin-Madison professor and forage expert Dan Undersander says. Undersander ran 298 alfalfa yield trials between 1985 and 2016. Results clearly showed penny-pinching doesn’t pay off when it comes to choosing a variety. “Out of those 298 […] Read more

Canola, Markets

ICE canola weekly outlook: ‘Toppy’ market watching weather

Squeeze possible for old crop

By Phil Franz-Warkentin May 7, 2025

Tight supplies could send old crop canola futures higher before the new crop harvest, but values were showing signs of running into resistance in early May.

Barley, Canola, Cereals, Corn, Forages, Hay, Markets, News, Oats, Peas, Pulses, Soybeans, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Seeding in Manitoba picking up the pace

Most fields still have good soil moisture

By Glen Hallick May 7, 2025

Overall spring planting in Manitoba reached eight per cent complete as of May 6, with some areas of the province much further along, the latest provincial crop report said.

The Chicago Board of Trade building on May 28, 2018. (Harmantasdc/iStock Editorial/Getty Images)

Cereals, Corn, Markets, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

CBOT Weekly: Keep an eye on demand in S/D report

Demand for U.S. corn, planted acres could change

By Glen Hallick May 7, 2025

Demand will be the main thing to watch when the United States Department of Agriculture releases its May supply and demand report next week.

Demand for organic pulses had been steadily rising before the COVID-19 outbreak, but supply chains are prepared to meet the new demand. Photo: File

Lentils, Peas, Pulses

Pulse Weekly: Seeding begins in Saskatchewan

More lentils, fewer peas anticipated

By Adam Peleshaty May 6, 2025

Pulse seeding has already begun in Saskatchewan with the dry south putting in lentils, while other parts of the province make preparations.

Crops, News

Grain, oilseed millers’ sales, volumes projected to decline in 2025

Ongoing trade tensions, U.S. policy reviews make oilseed demand difficult to gauge says FCC

By Geralyn Wichers May 5, 2025

Grain and oilseed millers are predicted to see sales, volumes and margins decline in 2025 according to Farm Credit Canada's food and beverage report.

Forage brassica growing in a demonstration plot.

Crops, Forage, Forages

No recipe, only guidelines, to cover crops

There are many factors to consider when growing cover crops

By Becky Zimmer May 5, 2025

More farmers and ranchers are looking at cover crops for many reasons, ranging from animal health, to reducing erosion, to capturing moisture. But how can people make them work on their operation? Kevin Elmy sees the benefits of a more hands-on approach to cover crop management. Through Cover Crops Canada, he talks with farmers and […] Read more

Crops, Markets

Industry believes green pea supplies are over-reported

Analysts say crop insurance data and high prices indicate that stocks of the crop are higher than Statistics Canada is reporting

By Sean Pratt May 2, 2025

Canada has far fewer green peas than the government is reporting, says an analyst. “Purely from a price perspective, markets believe the Canadian harvest was smaller than estimated by Statistics Canada,” Stat Publishing noted in a recent article.

A wheat crop in southern Saskatchewan. A recent Cereals Canada report showed that Canadian wheat production has a lower carbon footprint compared to the U.S. and Australia. Photo: Greg Berg

Cereals, Markets, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

USDA attaché projects more wheat than AAFC in 2025/26

Ottawa desk a pinch lower on harvested area

By Glen Hallick May 2, 2025

At 35.67 million tonnes of all wheat in 2025/26, the United States Department Agriculture attache in Ottawa came in 1.12 million tonnes more than the preliminary estimate from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada.

‘There isn’t a lot of pricing available out there for old or new crop on a lot of commodities.’ – Scott Shiels. Photo: Thinkstock

Cereals, Markets, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Prairie Wheat Weekly: Cash prices mixed on lower U.S. futures

By Glen Hallick May 2, 2025

Western Canadian cash prices for spring wheat were mixed during the week ended May 1, while those for amber durum fell back.

U.S. livestock: Cattle markets up ahead of report

U.S. grains: Soybean futures fall after Trump-Xi call

Prairie Wheat Weekly: Western Canadian bids slightly decline

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U.S. livestock: Cattle markets up ahead of report

U.S. grains: Soybean futures fall after Trump-Xi call

Prairie Wheat Weekly: Western Canadian bids slightly decline

Crops

Five things to consider when selecting alfalfa varieties

ICE canola weekly outlook: ‘Toppy’ market watching weather

Seeding in Manitoba picking up the pace

CBOT Weekly: Keep an eye on demand in S/D report

Pulse Weekly: Seeding begins in Saskatchewan

Grain, oilseed millers’ sales, volumes projected to decline in 2025

No recipe, only guidelines, to cover crops

Industry believes green pea supplies are over-reported

USDA attaché projects more wheat than AAFC in 2025/26

Prairie Wheat Weekly: Cash prices mixed on lower U.S. futures

Canadian Cattlemen Presents: Depth of Field

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