Crops
A U.S. study showed that while forage yields were slightly reduced in wetter years due to shade cast by solar panels, the yields were up during dry periods, suggesting the panels may help moderate the effects of drought on pasture.
Crops
Shady solution? Solar panels may ease drought stress on pasture
Alberta Crop Report: Scattered rains, crop conditions
Central region crops fare best
Scattered showers resulted in variable crop conditions in Alberta as of Aug. 5, 2025.
Nutrien expects more fertilizer use by farmers despite low crop prices
Nutrien expects increased fertilizer use by North American farmers this fall and a good global potash market in 2026 despite some crop prices at multi-year lows.
Prairie wheat bids weaken in early August
Losses in U.S. futures weigh
Hard red spring wheat bids in Western Canada were weaker during the week ended Aug. 7, as a move to five-year lows in the United States futures weighed on prices.
Saskatchewan Crop Report: Varied precipitation as harvest begins
Dry areas begin harvest operations
Some areas of Saskatchewan received more than 100 mm of rain during the week ended Aug. 4, 2025, but others had little to none. Harvest operations began in those dry areas.
PhiBer’s Dash sprayer trailer line adds a drone tender
Could drone spraying become a fast-growing equipment segment?
In view of steadily increasing demand for its farm equipment lines, PhiBer Manufacturing has embarked on an ambitious expansion to its current footprint at Crystal City in south-central Manitoba.
Manitoba Crop Report: Dry conditions across province
Despite dryness, crops still in good shape
Much of Manitoba saw dry conditions during the week ended Aug. 4, 2025. However, crop conditions were still in good shape.
CBOT Weekly: More pressure on grain prices
U.S. grain, soybean prices to go lower: analyst
Corn, soybean and wheat futures on the Chicago Board of Trade continue to drop and one Chicago-based analyst says they are going to be even lower.
ICE canola weekly outlook: Spec selling weighs on market
Charts turning bearish
ICE futures canola contracts fell to their lowest levels in two months during the first week of August, with speculative long liquidation behind some of the selling pressure.
Bayer CEO: we will have to stop U.S. glyphosate production if nothing changes
Bayer on Wednesday said it would be forced to stop its U.S. production of widely-used farming weedkiller glyphosate unless regulatory or legal changes are made to stave of litigation that has been weighing on the German company.
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