Spring wheat plantings, the biggest portion of Canada's all-wheat production, are seen reaching 19.4 million acres, also the most since 2001 and up 7.5 percent from last year, the report showed.
Stories by Rod Nickel
Canadian farmers to produce more wheat than expected, most canola in three years
WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Aug 29 – Canadian farmers will harvest more wheat than expected, and the biggest canola crop in three years, a report featuring the government’s first official harvest estimates showed on Monday. Canada’s crop production is rebounding strongly after severe drought ravaged last year’s harvest – welcome news for a world coping with stranded […] Read more
Nutrien eyes potash production boost amid turmoil in Russia, Belarus
WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Feb 1 (Reuters) – Nutrien Ltd, the world’s biggest potash miner, could boost production by up to 29 percent in coming years, depending on any sanctions facing rival producers in Russia and Belarus, the Canadian company’s interim CEO told Reuters. Prices of granular potash fertilizer are near 10-year highs in the United States […] Read more
Philippines lifts suspension of Canadian beef imports
WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Jan 29 (Reuters) – The Philippines has lifted its suspension of Canadian beef imports, which it imposed due to detection of a cattle disease last month, Canadian Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau said on Saturday. Canada detected a case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in December on an Alberta farm, the country’s first known […] Read more
Canadian farmers face cattle feed shortage due to drought, transport strains
WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Jan 25 (Reuters) – Canadian farmers say they are just days away from running out of feed for cattle, due to severe drought last summer damaging crops needed to fatten them over winter and transportation bottlenecks. The drought devastated Prairie pastures and has now forced feedlots in Alberta, the main cattle-producing province, to […] Read more
South Korea lifts temporary suspension of Canadian beef
WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Jan 19 (Reuters) – South Korea is lifting its temporary suspension of Canadian beef imports that it imposed after Canada detected a case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in December, Canadian Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau said on Wednesday. South Korea halted the shipments after Canada last month reported its first BSE case in […] Read more
Saskatchewan gets lift from record helium activity
WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Jan 18 (Reuters) – Saskatchewan is seeing record activity in exploration for helium, as global demand rises like a hot air balloon for the gas used to manufacture semiconductors and conduct medical tests. Saskatchewan produces only 1 percent of the world’s helium, dwarfed by Qatar and the United States. The provincial government hopes […] Read more
China, Philippines suspend beef imports from Canada after BSE case
WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Jan 10 (Reuters) – China and the Philippines have suspended imports of Canadian beef due to Canada’s detection in December of a cow infected with bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), a spokesperson for Canada’s agriculture department said on Monday. The moves follow an import suspension by South Korea last month, after Canada reported its […] Read more
Fertilizer shortage may lead to spring scramble on North America’s farms
Nov 24 (Reuters) – A global shortage of nitrogen fertilizer is driving prices to record levels, prompting North America’s farmers to delay purchases and raising the risk of a spring scramble to apply the crop nutrient before planting season. Farmers apply nitrogen to boost yields of corn, canola and wheat, and higher fertilizer costs could […] Read more
Dollars in the dirt: Big Ag pays farmers for control of their soil-bound carbon
WINNIPEG, Manitoba/CHICAGO, Oct 25 (Reuters) – The biggest global agriculture companies are competing on a new front: enticing farmers to join programs that keep atmosphere-warming carbon dioxide in the soil. Fertilizer producers Nutrien Ltd and Yara, agribusiness giant Cargill Inc, and seed and chemical dealers Corteva Inc and Bayer AG are paying growers for every […] Read more
