Sean Pratt

Sean Pratt

Reporter/Analyst

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Sean Pratt has been working at The Western Producer since 1993 after graduating from the University of Regina’s School of Journalism. Sean also has a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Saskatchewan and worked in a bank for a few years before switching careers. Sean primarily writes markets and policy stories about the grain industry and has attended more than 100 conferences over the past three decades. He has received awards from the Canadian Farm Writers Federation, North American Agricultural Journalists and the American Agricultural Editors Association.

Stories by Sean Pratt

A CN engine sits on the tracks in a rail yard with grain cars visible in the background.
Crop Management, News

Grain movement booms; timeliness a concern

CN sets record and CPKC has big year, but shippers say weekly rail car order fulfilment was disappointing

CN moved a record volume of grain in the crop year that just ended, while CPKC moved the most since 2021-22. But the WGEA said it wasn’t moved at the right time.
A farmer in a red shirt and ball cap stands, with hands on his hips, in the middle of a brilliant yellow canola field in full bloom.
News

Canola Council of Canada’s field agronomy program mourned

Canola council’s field agronomy program was seen as important to the agriculture sector

The Canola Council of Canada recently issued a news release announcing a new strategic framework with three core priorities, ending its field agronomy program.
Ripe wheat near Selkirk, Manitoba in late August, 2024.
Crop Management, Markets, News

Wheat losses expected

Market analyst says spring wheat isn’t a ‘money-making thing’ under current prices

many farmers won’t make a profit growing spring wheat this year, but there should be good demand for high protein, high quality wheat.
Green lentils fared a little better under drought conditions near Netherhill, Sask. on August 28. Michael Robin photo
Markets

Montana lentils may not be as bad as first feared

There was an expectation yields would be poor, but early harvest results show they are better than anticipated

Montana’s lentil crop ratings are dismal, but a processor says the crop is much better than it appears on paper.
An aerial view of the "patchwork" of crops showing a high percentage of blooming, yellow canola fields.
Crop Management, Markets, News

Increasing farmland prices blamed on investors

Firm estimates nine to 15 percent of farmland transactions involve ‘non-farming buyers’; an investor disagrees

a major tax and financial services firm says investors are driving up the value of farmland, preventing young farmers from entering the business. Robert Andjelic said that is bullshit.

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