Crops
A $30 million expansion for a southern Alberta mustard facility adds significant milling capacity, improving Prairie mustard growers’ proximity to demand for the raw product.
Crops
Mustard processor expands in southern Alberta
G.S. Dunn's $30 million investment in a southern Alberta mustard-milling facility leads to 70 per cent increase in processing capacity
BASF donates seed, inputs to community growing projects
Thirty-six community fields benefited from the initiative in 2025
Growers or retailers interested in nominating a community project for the Fields of Purpose program in 2026 can contact their local BASF representative.
New high-performance forage training program to launch in 2026
Program will be a resource for farmers, agronomists and others in the forage sector
A new Canadian Forage and Grasslands Asssociation high-performance forage program will be a resource for farmers, agronomists and others in the forage sector.
USDA predicts more wheat in Australia, smaller crops elsewhere
Australia will grow more wheat in 2025/26 than earlier expectations, but production will likely be down on the year in Turkey and Kazakhstan, according to several attaché reports released by the United States Department of Agriculture on Nov. 20, as it continues to catch up following the federal government shutdown.
How much nitrogen can farmers really cut?
Manitoba fertilizer trials search for the sweet spot where farmers can cut nitrogen rates, with a nitrification inhibitor, without harm to yield
Manitoba fertilizer trials seek a sweet spot where farmers can cut nitrogen rates, with a nitrification inhibitor, without hurting yield and with fewer greenhouse gas emissions.
Pulse Weekly: Steady prices, high production for chickpeas
Western Canadian chickpeas saw stable prices and its largest crop in two decades.
Funds held large net short in canola before U.S. shutdown
Speculative fund traders were adding to a recently-established net short position in canola at the end of September, said the first Commitments of Traders report from the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) since the end of the U.S. federal government shutdown.
IGC raises 2025/26 world wheat, corn crop forecasts
Global stocks of grain are set to increase during the 2025/26 season for the first time in four years, the International Grains Council said on Thursday as it raised its forecasts for both wheat and corn crops.
ICE Canada Weekly: Canola likely to remain rangebound
Canadian canola futures are poised to slip back in the short term, although the oilseed could climb slowly higher in the long term, said Jamie Wilton, trader with R.J. O’Brien in Winnipeg, Man.
CBOT weekly: Soybeans watching export news
Soybean futures at the Chicago Board of Trade climbed to their highest levels in a year-and-a-half on Nov. 18, as optimism over increasing sales to China provided support. However, more business will be needed to sustain the upward move, with traders uncertain whether the stated targets will be reached.
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