Crops
Without the Chinese market, it’s only a matter of time before canola futures are poised to break below C$600 per tonne in its November contract, said Phil Speiss, trader with RBC Dominion Securities in Winnipeg.
Crops
ICE Canada Weekly: Canola looking at C$580
‘Lack of bullishness’ says trader
CNH launches photo feature to identify parts
Equipment owners can take a photo of a part and use an AI-based feature to find a replacement online
Owners of CNH tractors looking for a replacement part can take a photo of the part and upload that photo to a website, which will then identify it and find the necessary replacement.
How to manage wet grains for storage
Prairie weather has a way of upsetting farmers’ harvest plans
As seen at Ag in Motion: Tools are available to monitor and manage moisture and temperature of stored grain, particularly helpful when weather at harvest can throw farmers a curveball.
Pulse Weekly: Canadian pulse production to rise in 2025-26
Statistics Canada projected greater production for dry peas, lentils and chickpeas, as well as declines in dry beans, in its satellite/model-based crop estimates released on Aug. 28, 2025.
Alberta Crop Report: Clear weather aids harvest
Clear skies allowed Alberta producers to advance their harvesting operations during the week ended Aug. 26, 2025.
Catching a landscape before it crashes
Using simulations to study landscape resilience
A University of Manitoba soil scientist is using AI and satellite data to explore how Prairie landscapes respond to long-term stress — and how they bounce back.
Being proactive in storage, handling key to grain safety
Farm Safety: Canola is particularly susceptible to spoilage in storage
A key reason people become trapped in grain is because the stored product has gone out-of-condition. Put the other way, if the grain is in good condition, the less likely you are to have to enter the bin in the first place.
Using steam as a weed control alternative to chemicals
Two application methods highlight efficacy rates and cost differences
A U.S. propane industry group is touting the concept of injecting steam into soil to kill weed seeds, but other research shows difficulties in heating soil to a high enough temperature to kill weed seeds with a mobile implement.
European seed firms hope lupins catch on in Prairie pulse rotations
Lupin could be a formidable feed option with its amino acid and fibre content
Lupins, not yet a crop of choice for farmers on the Canadian Prairies, outpace field peas and faba beans in terms of protein and starch level ratios, with up to 40 per cent protein and six per cent starch.
Ongoing research on chickpea-flax intercrop shows the mix reduces ascochyta blight
The intercrop works for reducing the disease, but Michelle Hubbard, an Agricutlure and Agri-Food Canada researcher, is still working on the why
Michelle Hubbard, an Agricutlure and Agri-Food Canada researcher, says chickpea-flax intercrop works to reduce ascochyta blight disease. She shares some theories on why.
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