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While growers in Manitoba are expected to dedicate one million acres to soybeans this year, their production will be small compared to that of American farmers. | File photo

Prairie soybean plant unlikely

There is little to no chance that a major agribusiness will build a soybean crushing plant on the…

Felix Weber's Swinglet flying wing camera can fly for 30 minutes and return to its launch point without aid. The unit weighs 500 grams with an airframe made of Styrofoam. It’s battery powered and carries a 150 gram NIR capable camera. | Michael Raine photo

Lightweight flyer can give farmers a lift  

WOODSTOCK, Ont. — Satellite imaging is an important tool for agronomists, but sometimes the…

Garry Schmitke of Camrose, Alta., picks up the remaining canola swaths before wrapping up harvest for the season. Canola yields varied between fields. Yields were lower on this field along the Battle River Valley because of flooding the previous year. | Mary MacArthur photo

Analysts say fall rally possible  

Crop prices are down from summer highs, but leading market analysts think the slump might be…

Ian Grant, president of DuPont Pioneer, is confident millions of acres of corn will be grown on the Canadian Prairies once breeders develop earlier maturing varieties with cold and frost tolerance. This corn field is near DuPont Pioneer’s Georgetown Research Centre near Toronto. | Sean Pratt photo

West to become significant corn, soybean producer 

GEORGETOWN, Ont. — The northwest migration of North America’s leading grain and oilseed crops…

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