Watch this video for a 10-minute update of Prairie crop conditions and markets. Bruce Burnett, a weather and market analyst with The Western Producer Markets Desk, reported on his recent tour of western Canadian crops at Ag in Motion 2025. Follow all our Ag in Motion coverage here Based on what he’s seen across the […] Read more
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Bumper crop potential grows
LANGHAM, Sask. — Western Canadian farmers are sitting on a bumper crop, according to a leading grain analyst. “If we have a nice harvest period, we have the potential for having a close-to-record crop on the Prairies this year,” said MarketsFarm analyst Bruce Burnett. That observation is based on a recently completed 3,500-kilometre crop tour […] Read more
VIDEO: Western Canadian crops rebound in 2024
Glacier FarmMedia – Glacier FarmMedia’s Bruce Burnett took advantage of the drive to Ag In Motion to cast his experienced eye on the Prairie’s crop prospects this growing season. He found that crop conditions are vastly improved over last year, especially in the southwest Prairies. However, the heat forecast for the end of this week […] Read more
Dryness puts Alta. crops behind the eight ball
Much of southern Alberta is in trouble, but the situation is better in Saskatchewan and Manitoba remains a mixed bag
Derek Squair, president of Exceed Grain Marketing, recently completed an extensive crop tour of the province. Squair said it is too early to be making any average yield forecasts because conditions can change in a hurry. He will have a much better idea where things are heading by mid-July.
Crop tour finds wheat yield above average; canola slightly below
Canada’s spring wheat yields will be slightly above average while canola yields will be slightly below normal, according to an early-August crop tour conducted by Argus Media. The company is forecasting a spring wheat yield of 53.3 bushels per acre, eclipsing the Olympic five-year average of 52.4 bu. per acre. The canola forecast is 41 […] Read more
