Crops & Production Tips

Crops that are less expensive to grow but still have profit potential may look more attractive in the expected market environment.

Expect smaller margins for error in 2025

Unless you're growing pinto beans, sharpen your pencils when calculating costs of production

By Robert Arnason February 9, 2025

Glacier FarmMedia — As of this writing it’s four and a half months until Canadian farmers will plant their next crop and at least eight months before the next harvest. But as of the middle of December, potential profits from growing grains, oilseeds and pulses are looking grim in Western Canada. “Costs have come down […] Read more

Crops, Features

Attend against aphids

Multiplication won’t take long, so if you see just a few, keep checking

By Jim Timlick February 9, 2025

Aphids may be nearly invisible to the untrained eye, but a research scientist who specializes in crop-destroying insects warns Saskatchewan farmers not to turn their backs on the tiny, pear-shaped pests. Tyler Wist, a field crops entomologist with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada in Saskatoon, spoke about the threat aphids can pose to some crops at the […] Read more

The Chicago Board of Trade building on May 28, 2018. (Harmantasdc/iStock Editorial/Getty Images)

Corn, Markets, Reuters, Soybeans, Winter Wheat

U.S. grains: Corn, soy, wheat futures sag on renewed U.S. tariff worries

By Gus Trompiz, Peter Hobson, Reuters, Tom Polansek February 7, 2025

Chicago Board of Trade corn, soybean and wheat futures weakened on Friday on renewed worries that trade disputes could hurt demand for U.S. farm products, analysts said.

Barley, Canola, Cereals, Corn, Lentils, Markets, News, Oats, Peas, Pulses, Soybeans, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Canola stocks shrink, wheat nudges up

StatCan issues stock report

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm February 7, 2025

With a decline of 19.2 per cent, total canola stocks in Canada dropped from a year ago, while all wheat stocks bumped up 0.9 per cent, Statistics Canada reported on Feb. 7.

Detail from the front of the CBOT building in Chicago. (Vito Palmisano/iStock/Getty Images)

Corn, Markets, Reuters, Soybeans, Winter Wheat

U.S. grains: Wheat futures jump on Black Sea crop worries, short covering

By Gus Trompiz, Peter Hobson, Reuters, Tom Polansek February 6, 2025

Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures climbed to their highest level since October on Thursday as cold weather stoked concerns about potential crop damage in the Black Sea region, analysts said.

Crops, Livestock, Markets

Feed Grain Weekly: Markets uncertain after tariff delays

Corn prices could rise if tariffs are imposed

By Adam Peleshaty February 6, 2025

Despite the delay in U.S. President Donald Trump's planned tariffs, there is plenty of uncertainty in the Western Canadian feed grain market.

Corn, News, Reuters

Mexico formally repeals restrictions on GM corn after trade panel ruling

By Raul Cortes February 6, 2025

Mexico City | Reuters – Mexico’s government has repealed previous restrictions on genetically-modified (GM) corn for human use, as well for livestock and industrial uses, according to a notice on Thursday in the official gazette. The United States, which for decades has exported large volumes of GM yellow corn to Mexican buyers, had objected to […] Read more

Corn, Markets, Reuters, Soybeans, Winter Wheat

U.S. Grains: Soybean, corn futures fall on improving Argentina weather forecast

Rains benefit dry Argentine crop areas

By Gus Trompiz, Naveen Thukral, Reuters, Tom Polansek February 5, 2025

Chicago Board of Trade grain and soy futures backpedaled from their highest prices in months on Wednesday as weather forecasts improved in Argentina, analysts said.

Crops, Features

Herbicide researchers pick new fights

Different modes of action may overcome a lull in herbicide discovery

By Don Norman February 5, 2025

Herbicide development has slowed in recent years, but innovative research methods could soon drive significant progress in the field. For decades, the pace of discovery of new modes of action — that is, how a herbicide interferes with the plant’s normal functions — was robust. From the 1950s through the 1980s, an average of one […] Read more

Canola, Markets

ICE canola weekly outlook: Uncertainty overhanging market

Tariff threats and U.S. biofuel questions

By Phil Franz-Warkentin February 5, 2025

A pause on tariffs from the United States gave the canola market a boost during the first few trading days of February, although the outlook remains cloudy, and values ran into resistance on Feb. 5.

Daily Network News

Pulse Weekly: War, weather affecting Manitoba pulse prospects

JBS posts flat Q4 profit on record sales but lower U.S. beef margins

Brazil soybean planting outlook hinges on Middle East war, says Agroconsult

Crops

Expect smaller margins for error in 2025

Attend against aphids

U.S. grains: Corn, soy, wheat futures sag on renewed U.S. tariff worries

Canola stocks shrink, wheat nudges up

U.S. grains: Wheat futures jump on Black Sea crop worries, short covering

Feed Grain Weekly: Markets uncertain after tariff delays

Mexico formally repeals restrictions on GM corn after trade panel ruling

U.S. Grains: Soybean, corn futures fall on improving Argentina weather forecast

Herbicide researchers pick new fights

ICE canola weekly outlook: Uncertainty overhanging market

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