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AAFC ups canola/pea ending stocks projections amid tariff woes

Geopolical risks and trade uncertainty may alter outlook

By Phil Franz-Warkentin March 21, 2025

Canadian canola and pea ending stocks may end up considerably larger at the close of the 2025/26 marketing year than originally thought if recently-imposed Chinese tariffs remain in place through the marketing year, said Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada in its latest supply/demand estimates released March 21.

Kody Blois arrives for a caucus meeting in Ottawa on March 10, 2025. Photo by Artur Widak/NurPhoto

News

Blois in as agriculture minister

By Jonah Grignon March 14, 2025

Kody Blois will take over the role of Canadian Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food in Mark Carney’s cabinet.

Federal Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay, seen here at Agribition, is retiring from politics. PHOTO: FILE

News

New initiative to promote farmer mental health launched

Collaborative solutions wanted

By Phil Franz-Warkentin March 6, 2025

The Canadian government is looking for new ways to help the mental health of farmers across the country — and has launched the Producer Mental Wellbeing Initiative (PMWI) to find "collaborative solutions that employ novel strategies" to do just that.

Markets, News

AAFC adjusts grain/oilseed balance sheets slightly

Canola carryout revised higher, wheat down

By Phil Franz-Warkentin February 19, 2025

Updated estimates from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, released Feb. 19, included only minor revisions to the supply and demand projections for the country’s major crop.

A researcher collects samples from feedlot cattle to track bovine respiratory disease. PHOTO: TEXAS A&M

Livestock

Newly funded Canadian beef research aims for sector improvements

Nine beef research projects funded through the Beef Cattle Research Council will tackle stock health issues, feed efficiency and food safety

By Miranda Leybourne February 13, 2025

Nine new projects have received a collective $1.43 million in funding through the Beef Cattle Research Council’s next call for study proposals. The projects are also backed by more than $3.1 million from additional sources, the organization has said.

Crops, Features

The evolving fight against volunteer canola

As its prevalence grows, farmers are adopting integrated strategies to manage one of the Prairies' most persistent weeds

By Don Norman January 24, 2025

While chemistries out there continue to work for most farmers, the days of spraying their way out of volunteer canola issues are receding in the rearview mirror. “I’m not going to say that herbicides don’t work because there are quite a few herbicide options still to manage volunteer canola,” says Charles Geddes, a research scientist […] Read more

Markets, Pulses

Pulse weekly: Slight Canadian acreage shifts expected in 2025

More peas and lentils, less chickpeas and beans

By Phil Franz-Warkentin January 21, 2025

Total Canadian pulse plantings are expected to hold relatively steady in 2025, with Canadian farmers seeding more peas and lentils while cutting area to chickpeas and edible beans, according to early estimates from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada released Jan. 20.

Corteva recently introduced Trusource, a durum wheat which provides increased dietary fibre and could be commercially available to growers within a couple of years.

Cereals, Cereals Production Guide

New tools could speed up development of cereal varieties

Selection is a business of evaluation, identification — and yes, rejection

By Jim Timlick January 4, 2025

When it comes to developing new varieties of cereal crops, the focus of those efforts can be as much about what doesn’t work as what does, says one breeding expert. Francois Eudes is the director of research, development and technology for the science and technology branch at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) at Lethbridge. As […] Read more

Poor growing conditions this year in the EU may create a greater opportunity for Canadian producers to sell their commodities overseas. Photo: FIle

Markets

AAFC lowers canola ending stocks estimate

By Phil Franz-Warkentin October 22, 2024

Canadian canola ending stocks for the 2024-25 marketing year are forecast to be tighter than earlier expectations, according to updated supply/demand estimates from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), released Oct. 21.

Markets

AAFC ups wheat, canola carryout forecasts

By Phil Franz-Warkentin September 25, 2024

Canadian wheat ending stocks for the 2024-25 marketing year are forecast to be well above earlier expectations, says Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada.

GFM Network News

Prairie forecast: Warm start, then cooler

Confusion cleared on Canadian calf import changes

U.S. livestock: Live cattle continue higher

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