The Western Producer Markets Desk provides daily updates on agricultural markets, with recent video commentary including looks into canola, wheat, cattle and feed grains.
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VIDEO: Catch up with the Western Producer Markets Desk
The Western Producer Markets Desk provides daily updates on agricultural markets, with recent video commentary including looks into canola, wheat,…
Drought, farms and The Beaver Manifesto
Despite being less than popular with farmers, beavers have a significant role in water management, especially during droughts, a book…
EcoTea microbial soil treatment gets stress-tested at MBFI
Plot research on a microbial biostimulant at Manitoba Beef and Forage Initiatives’ farm points to modest yield advantages for growers,…
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Avoid bargain-basement canola markets to ease tariff damage
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Several market relationships are out of kilter
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Yellow pea prices collapse on lack of demand
China’s tariffs and India’s accumulated stocks from previous imports have curbed those countries’ demand for Canada’s yellow peas just as…
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Record-sized grain cart unveiled at Ag in Motion 2025
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AgTech Breakfast highlights Canadian startups
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Drought, farms and The Beaver Manifesto
Beavers have a water management role — especially during drought — book argues, despite the rodents being less than popular with farmers
Despite being less than popular with farmers, beavers have a significant role in water management, especially during droughts, a book by an Alberta professor contends.
EcoTea microbial soil treatment gets stress-tested at MBFI
EcoTea biostimulant was applied to cereal forage crops at Manitoba Beef and Forage Initiatives north of Brandon this year, with some initially good results
Plot research on a microbial biostimulant at Manitoba Beef and Forage Initiatives’ farm points to modest yield advantages for growers, though field variations may sway the data. Further study is planned.
Avoid bargain-basement canola markets to ease tariff damage
Market Watch: AAFC’s latest forecast is more bearish for Canadian canola, but much also depends on the U.S. oilseed crop
China’s canola tariffs aside, the global oilseed complex has eased to a lower price level and is likely to stay there for now — that is, unless problems develop with crops in the U.S. or South America.
Several market relationships are out of kilter
We take a look at why extreme positions are being taken in three specific crop commodity markets and why it matters
Commodity watcher John DePutter takes a look at why ‘extreme market positions’ are being taken in corn, wheat and soybean futures — and why that matters to Prairie farmers.
Yellow pea prices collapse on lack of demand
China’s 100 per cent tariff is seen as a blow to the Canadian industry
China’s tariffs and India’s accumulated stocks from previous imports have curbed those countries’ demand for Canada’s yellow peas just as harvest adds price pressure at the farm gate.
Record-sized grain cart unveiled at Ag in Motion 2025
Brent 3298 Avalanche has impressive 3,150 bushel hopper capacity
Unverferth Manufacturing Company needed extra elbow room to unveil their new Brent 3298 Avalanche dual-auger grain cart at Ag in Motion 2025.
AgTech Breakfast highlights Canadian startups
Technologies showcased at Ag in Motion include knowledge-sharing platforms, water-monitoring systems
Technologies showcased at Ag in Motion include knowledge-sharing platforms, water-monitoring systems
Reporter’s Notebook: The best story I never wrote
Glacier FarmMedia | MarketsFarm – There’s a time in every reporter’s career when what would have been a great story slips through their fingers.
Tariffs at forefront of trade
Canola futures got a boost from the last-minute pause to threatened U.S. tariffs on Canadian imports during the first week of February
Phil Franz-Warkentin looks at the positive impact the pause on tariffs had on grain and oilseed markets.
