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July 11, 2025

Volatile markets demand attention and quick action to seize opportunities

There has been a lot of volatility in canola markets from late 2024 into 2025 and that has made crop marketing quite a challenge for farmers. Wheat markets are steadier, but high global wheat stocks make for a different kind of challenge when it comes to profitability. Bruce Burnett, Glacier FarmMedia’s director of markets, walks us through potential opportunities and pitfalls when it comes to grain marketing this season.

June 24, 2025

Knowledge is power when it comes to weed management

If you’ve noticed certain weed species growing where you’ve never seen them before, you’re not dreaming. Changing weather patterns mean many troublesome weeds have expanded their range, changed their growth patterns and, in some cases, become hardier and more difficult to control. Weed scientists say that farmers need to adapt to new weed behaviour and growing resistance issues. They talk about updating your weed knowledge, paying special attention to what’s…

June 24, 2025

New awareness campaign aims to strengthen confidence and pride in Canada’s food system

It might surprise, or even shock, you to learn that less than half of Canadians have a positive view of Canada’s food system – that is how food in this country is grown, produced and sold. The reasons are varied, but key is that most Canadian consumers have a narrow understanding of just what our food system is beyond crops in a field and groceries in a store. The Canadian…

June 24, 2025

Subsurface irrigation helps build a sustainable future for this Saskatchewan farm

If you think big, big things can happen. When Brady and Lindsay Funk decided to buy 900 acres of land near Lucky Lake, Sask., they bought knowing they’d have to invest in a new irrigation system to ensure profitability and sustainability. What they didn’t anticipate was that they’d wind up installing Canada’s largest subsurface irrigation system – a huge, high tech, expensive project. Their story shows how taking big risks…

June 24, 2025

Transforming weather forecasting through AI

What if you could get accurate, highly localized weather forecasts as much as a week ahead of seeding or harvest – or any time you have field work to do? Around the world, scientists are harnessing the power of AI to build weather forecasting models that are faster, more accurate and even capable of real-time adjustments. AI weather technology is moving fast and getting better with each new iteration. AI…

June 24, 2025

The ins and outs of using cereal fungicides in dry conditions

What’s the role for cereal fungicides when it’s hot and dry? Is there one? There can be, according to this AAFC scientist. Cereal diseases tend to be less of a worry when conditions are dry, but what’s happening under the canopy might surprise you. Understanding what to look for and where can help you make a more informed fungicide spray decision. Also helpful is the 17 years’ worth of Bayer…

June 24, 2025

Maintaining farm profitability in tough times

How can you protect your margins in these fraught times? Tariffs are starting to bite, the cost of production isn’t coming down, but commodity prices are – what’s a farmer to do? Three financial experts, who are also farmers, say that when times are tight, it’s absolutely critical that producers to have a firm grasp on their true cost of production so that decisions are based in reality rather than…