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Western Canadian spring wheat prices were mixed, while durum prices were down on Nov. 18, 2025.
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Prairie Wheat Weekly: Spring wheat mixed, durum lower
Made-in-Manitoba sunflower hybrid headed to market
Manitoba Crop Alliance lands U.S. co-operative CHS to commercialize the first confection sunflower variety to come out of MCA’s homegrown breeding program
Manitoba’s confection sunflower growers will have a new seed option next spring developed specifically for performance in the province. The pending commercialization of one of its hybrids is a milestone for the Manitoba Crop Alliance (MCA), the commodity group that represents the province’s sunflower growers. The organization has invested in its own sunflower breeding program. […] Read more
Coalition pledges funds for barley variety development
The Canadian Barley Research Coalition has pledged nearly $1.15 million in funding to work with Agriculture Agri-Food Canada on the development of new barley varieties.
FMC rolls out new burnoff herbicide combo for cereal growers
Avireo pairs up a Group 27 herbicide with a Group 14
FMC Canada has launched Avireo, a unique co-pack combination in the pre-seeding and pre-emergence burnoff market for use by wheat, durum and barley growers in the four western provinces.
USask-led startup testing AI insect management app for Prairie growers
For beta testing, the developers are now seeking Prairie farmers to try it out
An AI-driven insect app identifies pests and beneficials, maps field-level pressure and offers management advice. Its developers at the University of Saskatchewan seek Prairie farmers for winter beta testing.
Ramp up your nitrogen efficiency in winter cereals
Nitrogen ramps are a tool to help farmers hone fertilizer rates for the best, most efficient winter cereal crop
Nitrogen ramps are a tool to help farmers hone their fertilizer rate for the best, most cost-efficient winter wheat or fall rye crop.
Syngenta rolls out Envita Dry nitrogen-fixing biological
Envita Dry ‘gives plants ability to source additional nitrogen from atmosphere’
A new formulation of the Envita bacterium distributed by Syngenta is expected to help farmers tap into more of the nitrogen crops need throughout the season — without adding more fertilizer.
Brazil to reap record soy crop in 2025/2026, increase exports
Brazil’s Conab said the country will reap a record soybean crop of 177.6 million tons in the 2025/2026 harvest year, according to data released on Thursday.
Argentina’s “mega” wheat crop to hit record level, exchange says
Argentina’s 2025/26 wheat crop is projected to reach a record level, the Rosario Grains Exchange said on Wednesday, as the crop records higher yields during the ongoing harvest.
ICE Weekly: Trade progress, new data threaten to break canola’s price range
Canola futures could be affected by trade progress between Canada and China as well as the USDA’s November supply and demand estimates.
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