Bangladesh's government has approved the purchase of about 220,000 metric tons of wheat from the United States as part of efforts to cool trade tensions and reduce steep import tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump's administration, a Dhaka official said on Wednesday.
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Locusts spread in Ukraine’s south as war disrupts control measures
A massive locust invasion is threatening sunflower and other crops in Ukraine's southern regions, largely caused by the war against Russia's invasion that makes it impossible to use traditional pest control methods, officials and producers say.
Bank of Canada holds rates steady and says global trade war risk has eased
The Bank of Canada held its key policy rate at 2.75 per cent for the third time in a row on Wednesday, as expected, and said the risk of a severe and escalating global trade war had diminished.
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.
U.S. spring wheat crop looks good but not stellar
Recent crop tour estimates yields will be down slightly from last year’s bin-busting harvest, but not by much
The U.S. spring wheat crop will not be a bin-buster like last year, according to a crop tour.
Canada says Australia has re-opened market access for beef and beef products
Australia has lifted a 22-year-old ban on the import of Canadian beef and beef products, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said in a statement on Tuesday.
Federal government supports soil health strategy
Ottawa revealed its support at a recent soil health conference but did not make a financial commitment
Sophie Beecher, director general at Agriculture Canada, said at a soil conference in Winnipeg that the feds support the idea of a national soil health strategy.
Soil health skepticism prevalent
Survey finds that many farmers see it as a contemporary fad
For five to 10 years, soil scientists and the federal government have been selling “soil health” and promoting farm practices that improve soil health. However, many Prairie farmers aren’t buying it.
Tornadoes are an extreme whirlwind
Tornadoes form when horizontal spinning air in the storm updraft is tilted vertically by a strong updraft.
China’s soymeal glut raises demand doubts ahead of US soybean export season
China's appetite for soybeans is likely to weaken during the peak U.S. marketing season later this year, as record imports earlier in 2025 and tepid demand from animal feed producers have pushed up soymeal inventories at home, trade sources said.
