
Crops

Pulse Weekly: Manitoba conditions on the right track
MPSG executive director more worried about tariffs than growing conditions
With six weeks left until the start of seeding, Manitoba Pulse and Soybean Growers executive director Daryl Domitruk said there are no "red flags" to be seen in current conditions.

With beer drinking down in U.S., barley farmers now fear tariffs
Tariffs could hurt U.S. barley exports to Mexico, Canada
Reciprocal tariffs from Canada and Mexico may raise costs and limit export opportunities for U.S. barley growers, at a time when beer demand is also falling.

Higher Argentine soybean exports says USDA attaché
Changes to export tax spurs exports
Some adjustments to Argentine soybeans were made by the United States Department of Agriculture attaché in Buenos Aires. While the USDA and its attaché agreed Argentina's soybean harvest for the 2024/25 marketing year is to be 49 million tonnes, the two differed on other categories. The report was issued during the week of March 10.

Growers show flax interest amid canola turmoil
Statistics Canada forecasts an acreage drop, but a processor says farmers have been phoning since the U.S. trade war erupted
Statistics Canada has projected that flax acres will decline in 2025. That could happen, but with the trade and tariff uncertainty surrounding canola this winter, more growers are contacting Tyson Fehr and asking questions about the crop.

New national potato wart plan in place for 2025 growing season
The new National Potato Wart Response Plan is complete and will take effect for the 2025 potato crop.

Feed grains weekly: Looming tariffs scaring away demand
Feed market is ‘wait and see’ says broker
Ongoing tariff uncertainty continues to curtail demand in the feed sector across the Canadian Prairies, said broker Evan Peterson of JGL Commodities in Saskatoon.

ICE Weekly: No end in sight for canola’s downfall
U.S., China tariffs sink canola prices
Tariffs on Canadian canola oil and meal imposed by the United States and China have sunk the futures for the oilseed at the Intercontinental Exchange.

CBOT Weekly: Prices expected to slowly recover
Unless tariffs throw a wrench into things
Corn and soybean futures at the Chicago Board of Trade are expected to slowly recover by the end of March, said broker Ryan Ettner of Allendale Inc. in McHenry, Ill. However, the tariff policies of the Trump administration could easily redirect that trend.

Canada to seed more wheat, less canola in 2025: StatCan
Farmers also seeding more peas, corn and oats
Canadian farmers intend to plant more wheat and less canola in 2025, according to the first survey-based estimates for the upcoming growing season from Statistics Canada released March 12. Area seeded to corn, oats and peas is also expected to rise, while soybeans, barley and lentils are forecast to lose acres.

U.S. wheat sees most notable changes in March S/D report
No change was the central theme to the March supply and demand report from the United States Department of Agriculture issued on March 11. In most categories of the World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE), the USDA kept the same data as in its February report.