Spring Wheat & Production Tips

The USDA attache in Australia is calling for a smaller wheat crop in 2025/26.

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Smaller Australian wheat crop in 2025/26

Dry conditions cut into production says USDA attaché

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm April 29, 2025

Australian wheat production has been projected to drop in 2025/26 by 3.11 million tonnes, according to the United States Department of Agriculture attaché in Canberra. The attaché projected the country’s wheat output at 31 million tonnes for the coming marketing year.

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Higher deliveries in most grains; Canola drops back March to March

Canola drops back March to March

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm April 28, 2025

There were several increases in the producer deliveries major grains report for March compared to a year ago, according to Statistics Canada on April 28. However, there were notable decreases in canola and rye from March to March.

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CWRS bids dip with U.S. futures, CPSR firm

Spring wheat prices for week ended April 24

By Phil Franz-Warkentin April 25, 2025

Hard red spring wheat bids in Western Canada moved lower during the week ended April 24, but other wheat varieties held firm despite losses in the United States futures.

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Feed Grain Weekly: Prices rise on seasonality

C$3 to C$5/tonne weekly increases reported

By Adam Peleshaty April 24, 2025

Feed prices in the Lethbridge area during the week ended April 24 were slightly higher as growers get deeper into springtime.

Features, Spring Wheat

Know your wheat yield components for a better crop

Knowing the four components of wheat yield and how to ‘crunch’ numbers can help farmers boost their harvest

By Jeff Melchior April 19, 2025

Most producers could tell you their yields for 2024 — but one U.S.-based grain expert wants to see more attention paid to what he describes as the four core components that went into creating those yields.

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AAFC tweaks monthly data, but holds canola exports

But year-to-date exports nearly 7.40 million tonnes

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm April 17, 2025

Although Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada made several small revisions to its April supply and demand report compared to the previous month, it did not alter any of its canola numbers.

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.

Cereals, Markets, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Prairie Wheat Weekly: Movement in cash prices mixed

Most spring wheat rises, durum slightly lower

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm April 11, 2025

While Western Canadian cash prices for spring wheat were mostly higher during the week ended April 10, those for amber durum eased back.

Organic growers have watched conventional crop prices rise over the past few months which has cut into their premiums. Photo: iStock/Getty Images

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CBOT Weekly: April S/D report generates few changes

Trump tariffs on, off days prior to report

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm April 10, 2025

Very little changed in the monthly supply and demand report from the United States Department of Agriculture on April 10 from its March estimates, including the note at the top stating the data considered the trade policies at the time of publication.

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Later is better when spraying for fusarium

Some advice to growers still recommends spraying earlier, but researchers say recent studies point in the opposite direction

By Robert Arnason April 10, 2025

Research and field testing in North Dakota indicate the best time to spray for fusarium head blight is when the first flowers appear in the centre of the wheat head.

GFM Network News

U.S. livestock: Feeder cattle hit contract highs on tight supply

U.S. grains: Soybeans tumble on doubts over U.S.-China trade progress

Alberta harvest wrapping up: report

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