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File photo of a combine harvesting a wheat crop in Ukraine. (SergBob/iStock/Getty Images)

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APK-Inform issues Ukraine forecast for 2025/26

Cold snap halts spring seeding

By Reuters April 14, 2025

As spring planting continues in Ukraine, its agriculture ministry and consultancy APK-Inform issued their respective crop forecasts. The reports were issued just as Ukraine was still in a bitter cold snap that brought snow to most parts of the country.

Crops, Features

Lambda-cy back in the toolbox

After two years reviewing updated data, regulators rule in favour of a popular pest control product

By Lee Hart February 28, 2025

Prairie farmers are welcoming the return of some important insecticides to the crop protection toolbox — although there’s still some headshaking over why use of the products was interrupted in the first place, and why it took two years for the federal Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) to re-evaluate registration data. Although producers such as […] Read more

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Canola stocks shrink, wheat nudges up

StatCan issues stock report

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm February 7, 2025

With a decline of 19.2 per cent, total canola stocks in Canada dropped from a year ago, while all wheat stocks bumped up 0.9 per cent, Statistics Canada reported on Feb. 7.

File photo of soybeans being loaded for transport in Argentina. (Wirestock/iStock/Getty Images)

Markets, Soybeans

Dry weather could affect Argentina oilseed harvest: USDA attaché

Buenos Aires desk estimates differ from USDA numbers

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm January 7, 2025

Dry weather in Argentina could affect the country's oilseeds as harvest approaches, reported the United States Department of Agriculture attaché in Buenos Aires.

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AAFC adjusts monthly estimates, cites caution for canola exports

Impact of China's anti-dumping investigation unknown at this time

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm December 19, 2024

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada adjusted its latest supply and demand estimates issued on Dec. 19. This followed the updated Statistics Canada figures from two weeks ago.

News, Reuters

Russia bans sunflower, corn seeds imports from four countries

By Reuters December 12, 2024

The Russian agricultural watchdog has banned imports of sunflower and corn seeds from companies in Chile, France, Hungary, and Turkey, it said on Thursday, in line with Moscow's policy to reduce dependency on seed imports.

Canola, Crops, Markets, News, Soybeans

USDA adjusts world, Canadian canola/rapeseed data

Lowers world, Canadian production

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm December 10, 2024

The United States Department of Agriculture made a number of revisions to its data for canola/rapeseed in its monthly world oilseed report. On a particular note, the USDA cut its production estimate for Canada, the world's top producer of the oilseed.

News, Reuters

Russian farmers ditch wheat for other crops after heavy losses

By Gleb Bryanski, Olga Popova, Reuters November 20, 2024

Russian farmers say they will sow less wheat after heavy losses this year, switching to more profitable crops such as peas, lentils, or sunflowers.

AAFC slightly adjusted a few numbers in its November report.

Barley, Canola, Cereals, Corn, Crops, Lentils, News, Oats, Peas, Pulses, Soybeans, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Only small changes in latest AAFC estimates

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm November 19, 2024

There were only small changes to the updated supply/demand estimates from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) released Nov. 19. All of the other data in the AAFC report were carried over from its October report.

Proper machine maintenance, cleaning and monitoring can help reduce the incidence of combine fires during harvest.

Crops, Equipment, Machinery

Take steps to prevent combine fires in sunflowers

In warm, dry, windy weather, cleaning, monitoring and maintenance become even more important

By North Dakota State University October 31, 2024

Row-crop harvest is in full swing across North Dakota, with many crops near completion. Weather conditions have been extremely warm and dry, allowing producers to harvest crops without the pressure to get the grains harvested before winter arrives. However, dry and warm conditions increase the risk of combine fires — especially when harvesting sunflowers. In […] Read more

GFM Network News

U.S. grains: Wheat futures slide on rising world production estimates

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hogs mostly up

CBOT weekly: Sideways trade likely through holidays

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