Crops & Production Tips

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

Corn, Markets, Soybeans, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

CBOT Weekly: Hard to determine where markets could go

Tariffs issues clouding pathways

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm February 5, 2025

With global trade in something of a chaotic mess due to the Trump administration threatening to impose tariffs and placing levies on China, the futures for soybeans, corn and wheat are very difficult to determine said Terry Reilly, senior agricultural specialist for Marex. Added to that, he suggested there could be a few surprises in the February supply and demand report from the United States Department of Agriculture.

Cattleman’s Corner, Columns, Corn

Corn fields emerge as good forage for overwintering beef cows

Better Bunks and Pastures: Cows will need supplements to make sure they get balanced nutrition while grazing corn

By Peter Vitti February 4, 2025

Corn fields grown especially for overwintering beef cows are a patchwork across our Prairies. Whole corn plants can provide substantial nutrition to maintain precious body condition of gestating beef cows. Yet, nobody should open the gate to any field and allow cows to stampede into it. That’s because there are still some issues in order […] Read more

Corn, Markets, Reuters, Soybeans, Winter Wheat

U.S. Grains: Soybeans climb to highest since July as tariff worries ease

By Reuters, Tom Polansek February 4, 2025

Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures jumped to their highest level since July on Tuesday as concerns eased that trade disputes will disrupt U.S. agricultural exports, analysts said.

Markets, Pulses

Pulse Weekly: Pulse Canada asks for ‘predictable, fair and equitable’ trade

Cherewyk gives reminder of Canada-U.S. relationship

By Adam Peleshaty February 4, 2025

Pulse Canada president Greg Cherewyk said his organization will promote fair trade with its U.S. counterparts despite lingering tariffs.

Boom stability, boom height and travel speed are critical to uniform herbicide application and curbing variability in spray coverage.

Crops, Equipment, Features

Tackling herbicide resistance with smarter spraying

Tom Wolf from Sprayers101.com shares insights on how spraying techniques and technologies can help farmers stay ahead of resistance

By Don Norman February 3, 2025

With herbicide resistance on the rise, farmers can no longer spray their way out of weed problems — but smarter spraying can help prevent making resistance worse. That was the message from spray application specialist Tom Wolf, who spoke recently at the Manitoba Agronomists’ Conference. Wolf, from Saskatoon, is known for his contributions to Sprayers101.com, […] Read more

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

Corn, Markets, News, Soybeans, Winter Wheat

U.S. grains: Corn, wheat, soy rally on delay to Mexican tariffs

By Renee Hickman, Reuters February 3, 2025

Chicago corn, wheat and soybean futures jumped on Monday, rallying from early declines, as U.S. President Donald Trump announced tariffs threatened on Mexican goods would be paused for a month.

The two-striped grasshopper has two pale stripes that extend from its eyes to the tips of its forewings and solid black stripes on its hind legs.

Crops, Livestock

PMRA plans to reinstate lambda-cy use in feed grain crops

PMRA to update guidance, cancel some uses in fruit

By Dave Bedard February 3, 2025

Canadian grain and oilseed growers who’d had to stop using insecticides such as Matador, Silencer and Voliam in 2023 for feed grain crops can expect to be able to use them again starting this spring. Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) on Monday (Feb. 3) announced a round of public consultations, to run until […] Read more

Equipment, Forages, Machinery

New hay tools come west from Claas

Volto tedders and Disco mower conditioners will be available for 2025

By Scott Garvey January 31, 2025

Early in 2024, Claas introduced its new Volto hay tedders and Disco mower conditioners to the European market. The company announced this fall it intends to make those implements available to North American producers in time for the 2025 season. There are two Volto models, the 1300 and 1500, which are available in T or […] Read more

Leaving taller standing stubble in a field increases its aerodynamic roughness heading into later fall and winter.

Crops, Weather

Retain your rain

Farmers can get creative to manage water efficiency on Prairie fields

By Don Norman January 30, 2025

Growers often dismiss the unpredictability of precipitation as pure luck — but they can stack the odds in their favour with the right strategies. “There’s a lot of different dynamics going on with the water balance in the Prairies,” says Phillip Harder, research director and hydrologist at Croptimistic Technologies. In addition to summer rains during […] Read more

Barley, Cereals, Markets, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Feed Grains Weekly: Tariffs ‘an unknown situation’ says broker

Barley, wheat prices largely unchanged

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm January 30, 2025

Movement in feed grain prices remained largely at a standstill across Western Canada due to the looming threat of tariffs by the Trump administration, said Susanne Leclerc of Market Master Ltd. in Edmonton.

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

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