Markets
Durum crops are a bit of a mixed bag in 2025. Areté Market Intelligence is forecasting 4.33 million tonnes of production in Italy, which is Canada’s largest durum customer.
Markets
Outlook generally bright for global durum crop
European conditions are favourable, but Northern Africa is a mixed bag and Turkey’s crop was hit by a significant frost
Fundamentals overtake tariff fears in canola markets
A strong vegetable oil market including robust soybean oil exports from the U.S. is supporting canola demand
Don’t look now, but canola futures prices have recovered most of losses experienced after the imposition of Chinese tariffs on Canadian canola oil and meal in March.
Nitrogen prices soar on reduced Chinese exports
“Extremely tight” UAN supplies has some growers forces to substitute urea in their spring planting campaign
Urea fertilizer prices have been on a steady climb since the start of the year, says an analyst.
Fuel price relief as carbon tax dropped
With Canada’s carbon tax cancelled and crude oil prices at their lowest since the pandemic, Prairie farmers should see relief in their energy bills.
Potential benefits from U.S. maritime executive order
Executive order to resurrect U.S. shipbuilding industry could give Canadian agri-food exporters a competitive advantage
Canadian farmers and exporters could greatly benefit from one of Donald Trump’s latest executive orders.
Positive sign for biofuel sector
‘Big Oil’ joins biofuel and farm groups in their call for a big increase to biobased-diesel mandate
United States oil industry and biofuel groups are pushing for a massive increase in the country’s biodiesel and renewable diesel mandate.
Brazilian tour proves fruitful for Alberta visitors
Farming Smarter organized the tour to shed light on how farming works in this ag powerhouse
Feeding the planet is a global responsibility, and more than 20 Alberta producers travelled to the southern hemisphere last fall to see how agriculture is done in that part of the world.
Mexican bean crop rebounds after multi-year drought
Mexico’s production has been hampered by lack of certified seed, inadequate irrigation and adverse weather conditions
Mexico’s bean production was 1.01 million tonnes, a 41 per cent increase over the previous year, according to a new report by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS).
Pulse acres juggled because of Chinese pea tariffs
India’s lentil tariff could be reduced or eliminated depending on pulse production in India and Australia
Farmers are likely doing some pulse acreage juggling in the wake of China’s 100 percent tariff on Canadian peas.
Trade war not going away, anytime soon
A veteran of political and policy battles in Washington, D.C. is convinced that the Trump vs. The World trade war will stick around — possibly for many months.
