Crops
Crop Aid SS is a Saskatchewan-made spray that’s intended to help farmers manage saline soils by leaching salts away from the root zone.
Crops
New soil treatment targets saline patches in fields
A Saskatchewan company’s product focuses on water flow through the soil, offering an alternative to gypsum and organic amendments
Conagra considers selling its share in Ardent Mills
Conagra and Cargill each own 44 per cent of Ardent Mills, while CHS owns the remaining 12 per cent
Conagra is open to selling its 44 per cent share in Ardent Mills, North America’s largest milling company.
Pulse Weekly: Looking for trade deal to benefit Canadian growers
As trade talks between Canada and India are soon to restart, Pulse Canada said it’s looking for any deal arising out of those talks to be beneficial for Canadian pulse growers.
AAFC makes few changes to November S/D report
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada made only a handful of alterations for its November report on principal field crops. The only changes AAFC made were with all wheat and durum exports plus domestic use for all wheat and corn in the estimates released on Nov. 24. The report had been initially scheduled for Nov. 19, but AAFC said they chose to delay it until after the United States Department of Agriculture issued its November supply and demand estimates following the U.S. government shutdown.
Mustard processor expands in southern Alberta
G.S. Dunn's $30 million investment in a southern Alberta mustard-milling facility leads to 70 per cent increase in processing capacity
A $30 million expansion for a southern Alberta mustard facility adds significant milling capacity, improving Prairie mustard growers’ proximity to demand for the raw product.
BASF donates seed, inputs to community growing projects
Thirty-six community fields benefited from the initiative in 2025
Growers or retailers interested in nominating a community project for the Fields of Purpose program in 2026 can contact their local BASF representative.
New high-performance forage training program to launch in 2026
Program will be a resource for farmers, agronomists and others in the forage sector
A new Canadian Forage and Grasslands Asssociation high-performance forage program will be a resource for farmers, agronomists and others in the forage sector.
USDA predicts more wheat in Australia, smaller crops elsewhere
Australia will grow more wheat in 2025/26 than earlier expectations, but production will likely be down on the year in Turkey and Kazakhstan, according to several attaché reports released by the United States Department of Agriculture on Nov. 20, as it continues to catch up following the federal government shutdown.
How much nitrogen can farmers really cut?
Manitoba fertilizer trials search for the sweet spot where farmers can cut nitrogen rates, with a nitrification inhibitor, without harm to yield
Manitoba fertilizer trials seek a sweet spot where farmers can cut nitrogen rates, with a nitrification inhibitor, without hurting yield and with fewer greenhouse gas emissions.
Pulse Weekly: Steady prices, high production for chickpeas
Western Canadian chickpeas saw stable prices and its largest crop in two decades.
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