Corteva’s new Trusource wheat is designed to be good for the gut, but farmers won’t have trouble stomaching another one of its virtues. It’s designed to be a premium product for a specialty market. “When there’s consumer demand and we can fulfil it, it creates value for the farmer,” said Loralee Orr of Corteva Agriscience, […] Read more
Big durum crop likely to close door on price rally
Production in the major exporting nations will be around 22.7 million tonnes, or three million tonnes more than last year
SASKATOON — Durum prices are unlikely to rally despite strong demand for the product, say a couple of grain industry observers. “It’s going to be a grind in the durum market,” said MarketsFarm analyst Bruce Burnett. Related stories: Canada’s big crop is weighing down the market. Farmers produced an estimated 6.03 million tonnes of durum […] Read more
New wheat on the block for sawfly, midge
Glacier FarmMedia – A major agronomic announcement at Ag in Motion 2024 was the introduction and naming of a new sawfly and midge tolerant Canadian Western Red Spring wheat: AAC Oakman VB. The variety still has two years of propagation ahead, but distributor SeCan expects it to hit the commercial market in 2026. Related story: […] Read more
Crop quality looks good so far
Grain commission says it’s still early, but the samples that have arrived are reason to be optimistic
SASKATOON — Keystone Agricultural Producers is encouraging farmers to take advantage of the Canadian Grain Commission’s Harvest Sample Program. Crop quality is variable this year due to some abnormal growing season weather conditions, so it’s hard for a farmer to know how to market their grain. Related stories: “With the collection of samples, (the CGC) […] Read more
Canola, wheat harvest estimates slip
Latest Statistics Canada report shows downward revisions in both crops from the August report
Glacier FarmMedia – MarketsFarm – Hot and dry weather saw crop conditions decline across much of Western Canada over the past month, with the latest model-based production estimates from Statistics Canada showing downward revisions in both canola and wheat production from the August report. Canadian canola production for 2024-25 was forecast at 18.98 million tonnes […] Read more
Europe’s crop problems generate market opportunities
While crop production prospects in our nearest competitor, the United States, appear to be great, weather has not been so kind in other parts of the world. The outlook for a huge American crop has weakened grain prices, but the outlook for Canada’s crop exports in 2024-25 will also be affected by harvests in Europe, […] Read more
Cereal quality in trouble
SASKATOON — The quality of Canada’s early-harvested cereal crops is disappointing, according to industry officials and analysts. “The growers that we’re talking to about cereal harvest (mostly barley and durum in Alberta and western Saskatchewan at this point) are saying that yields are average but that quality is not great,” Johnston’s Grain said in the […] Read more
Dry conditions hurt durum outlook
Southeast Saskatchewan is sole bright spot in durum growing areas SASKATOON — The latest U.S. durum production estimate could be a harbinger of what’s to come in Canada, says an analyst. The U.S. Department of Agriculture is now forecasting 2.09 million tonnes of U.S. production, down 14 percent from its July estimate. GrainFox chief analyst […] Read more
Innovation in intercropping saves time
Infield separator allows crops to be sorted before leaving the field to simplify both on-farm storage and sales
MIDALE, Sask. — The long winter’s work of separating mixed crops is getting easier on Rosengren Farms. Colin Rosengren has been intercropping for 20 years and staff used to spend months cleaning and separating grain after harvest. So, he designed and built an infield separating system to do exactly what it says: separate each crop […] Read more
East-west agricultural issues are more similar than different
I both farm and work out of southern Ontario, but these days I find myself spending more time in Western Canada. Most recently I was at Ag In Motion, the outdoor farm show near Langham, Sask., where it was great to see lush crops after several years of drought. There’s a lot made of the […] Read more
