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Bayer betting on Prairie camelina

Saskatoon-based Smart Earth has been working to optimize the oilseed

By Dave Bedard February 9, 2025

A Saskatoon company’s camelina catalogue is expected to go to develop new farmed fuels under Bayer’s guidance. Bayer announced in January it has closed a deal to buy the camelina germplasm and intellectual property assets of Smart Earth Camelina Corp. There’s been a fair amount of ink over the past 20-odd years about camelina and […] Read more

Crops that are less expensive to grow but still have profit potential may look more attractive in the expected market environment.

Crops, Features, Markets

Expect smaller margins for error in 2025

Unless you're growing pinto beans, sharpen your pencils when calculating costs of production

By Robert Arnason February 9, 2025

Glacier FarmMedia — As of this writing it’s four and a half months until Canadian farmers will plant their next crop and at least eight months before the next harvest. But as of the middle of December, potential profits from growing grains, oilseeds and pulses are looking grim in Western Canada. “Costs have come down […] Read more

Markets, News

Bunge Q4 profit falls on weak crush margins, forecasts 2025 earnings drop

Trade tensions and biofuel uncertainty weigh on sector

By Karl Plume, Reuters February 5, 2025

U.S. crop commodities trader Bunge Global posted a larger-than-expected quarterly profit drop on Wednesday and warned that 2025 earnings could sink to the lowest in six years as trade tensions and biofuel policy uncertainty drag on the agricultural sector.

News, Reuters

ADM quarterly profit falls on weak crush margins, announces layoffs

By Karl Plume February 4, 2025

Chicago | Reuters – Grains merchant Archer-Daniels-Midland ADM.N reported a drop in fourth-quarter profit on Tuesday, pressured by weak oilseed crush margins and uncertainty over U.S. biofuel policy, and said it would be laying off up to 700 employees globally this year. Chicago-based ADM said it aimed to cut costs by $500 million to $750 […] Read more

The two-striped grasshopper has two pale stripes that extend from its eyes to the tips of its forewings and solid black stripes on its hind legs.

Crops, Livestock

PMRA plans to reinstate lambda-cy use in feed grain crops

PMRA to update guidance, cancel some uses in fruit

By Dave Bedard February 3, 2025

Canadian grain and oilseed growers who’d had to stop using insecticides such as Matador, Silencer and Voliam in 2023 for feed grain crops can expect to be able to use them again starting this spring. Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) on Monday (Feb. 3) announced a round of public consultations, to run until […] Read more

Detail from the front of the CBOT building in Chicago. (Vito Palmisano/iStock/Getty Images)

Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn, wheat down; soyoil rallies amid Trump tariff news

By Renee Hickman, Reuters January 31, 2025

U.S. corn and wheat futures fell on Friday on month-end positioning while soybeans traded nearly flat and soybean oil jumped more than two per cent in volatile trade amid ongoing uncertainty around U.S. President Donald Trump's plans for tariffs.

Chickpeas in India. (Nikhil Patil/iStock/Getty Images)

News, Reuters

India faces warmer February, winter crops at risk

By Rajendra Jadhav, Reuters January 31, 2025

India is set to see above-average temperatures in February after a warmer than normal January, the weather office said on Friday, posing a risk to key winter-sown crops such as wheat, rapeseed and chickpeas.

File photo of the Canada-U.S. border crossing connecting Sarnia, Ont. and Port Huron, Michigan. (Eyfoto/iStock/Getty Images)

News, Reuters

Facing Trump tariffs on piglets and crops, Canadian farmers revise sales plans

By Ed White, Reuters January 31, 2025

Canadian farmers are renegotiating livestock contracts with U.S. buyers and finding local markets for crops they previously planned to sell south of the border to minimize the economic hit from potential new U.S. tariffs.

Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn and soy retreat on profit-taking, US tariff fears

By Heather Schlitz, Reuters January 30, 2025

Chicago Board of Trade corn and soy futures fell on Thursday as traders booked profits following recent rallies and ahead of the weekend, when U.S. President Donald Trump says he will impose tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico, traders said.

News, Reuters

EU vessel sanctions weigh on Russian grain exports, central bank says

By Reuters January 30, 2025

The European Union's sanctions on vessels transporting Russian grain, along with Turkey's wheat import ban, impacted Russian grain exports at the end of 2024, the country's central bank said on Thursday.

Daily Network News

ICE weekly: War news driving canola markets

War is increasing food prices, insecurity say IMF, World Bank and UN food agency

B.C. agrochemical startup gets $1.2M in federal funding

Oilseeds

Bayer betting on Prairie camelina

Expect smaller margins for error in 2025

Bunge Q4 profit falls on weak crush margins, forecasts 2025 earnings drop

ADM quarterly profit falls on weak crush margins, announces layoffs

PMRA plans to reinstate lambda-cy use in feed grain crops

U.S. grains: Corn, wheat down; soyoil rallies amid Trump tariff news

India faces warmer February, winter crops at risk

Facing Trump tariffs on piglets and crops, Canadian farmers revise sales plans

U.S. grains: Corn and soy retreat on profit-taking, US tariff fears

EU vessel sanctions weigh on Russian grain exports, central bank says

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AgCanadaTV Special Feature: Crop pest insects to watch out for in 2026

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