Crops & Production Tips

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

Barley, Cereals, Markets, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

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.

Canola, Corn, Markets, Soybeans, Winter Wheat

Speculative net long position grows in canola

Bullish bets rise

By Phil Franz-Warkentin April 28, 2025

Speculative fund traders continue to add to their net long position in canola futures, according to the latest Commitments of Traders report from the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).

Barley, Canola, Cereals, Markets, News, Oats, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

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.

Canola, Features

Concerned over canola? Focus on agronomy

In a stressful market environment, best practices can reduce risk and drive profit

By Jeff Melchior April 27, 2025

The best option for canola producers in the current market environment may be to apply agronomy practices that can improve profits for little to no added cost, the Canola Council of Canada says.

Markets, Spring Wheat

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.

Farmers can now choose between multiple track and tire technologies that help reduce the compaction risks around supersized grain carts.

Crops, Equipment, Features, Traction & Compaction

Supersized grain carts a weighty problem

They can boost harvest efficiencies, but also ramp up risk of serious soil compaction. Here are some tips to reduce that risk

By Mark Halsall April 25, 2025

Grain carts can still cause serious soil compaction whether they’re on tracks or wheels, but Scott Shearer’s research at Ohio State indicates less of a yield hit with tracks compared to wheels in unfavourable soil conditions. Here are some tips to reduce compaction risk.

taking a picture of a cereal crop in alberta

Cereals, Crops, Features

Getting greener: How Prairie cereals have reduced their carbon footprint

Reports shed new light on Prairie cereal growers’ work implementing best practices

By Don Norman April 25, 2025

Cereals Canada released several reports on March 20 highlighting the relatively small environmental footprint of Canadian wheat, durum, barley and oats compared against other top-producing countries.

Columns, Potatoes, Practical Tips

Potatoes Prairie-wide

Practical Research: How Prairie researchers uncovered a serious potato disease’s hiding place

By Ieuan Evans April 25, 2025

As a consequence of cleaning up potato diseases, the most recent yields in Prairie potatoes, as of 2024, are 20 tons per acre for Alberta and 18 for Manitoba.

Barley, Corn, Livestock, Markets, Spring Wheat

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.

Crops, News

Chinese tariffs could mess with U.S. soybean plans

The fate of canola prices hangs in the balance as American growers decide how to react to 125 per cent tariffs imposed by China

By Sean Pratt April 24, 2025

Soybeans could be headed for a wild ride this growing season, says an analyst. Rich Nelson, chief strategist at Allendale Inc., said the outlook ranges from “terribly bearish” to mildly bullish depending on tariffs and weather

Daily Network News

Klassen: Stronger barley prices weigh on feeder cattle values

Russia stops ammonium nitrate exports for one month amid global supply crunch

Farmland climbs higher in spite of headwinds: Farm Credit Canada report

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