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A sunflower crop in bloom near Rathwell in central Manitoba in late July 2025. Photo: Alexis Stockford

Made-in-Manitoba sunflower hybrid headed to market

Manitoba Crop Alliance lands U.S. co-operative CHS to commercialize the first confection sunflower variety to come out of MCA’s homegrown breeding program

By Don Norman 9 hours ago

Manitoba’s confection sunflower growers will have a new seed option next spring developed specifically for performance in the province. The pending commercialization of one of its hybrids is a milestone for the Manitoba Crop Alliance (MCA), the commodity group that represents the province’s sunflower growers. The organization has invested in its own sunflower breeding program. […] Read more

Cereals, Corn, Markets, Soybeans, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

CBOT Weekly: Trade awaits USDA S/D report

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm November 12, 2025

Regardless of the United States government shutdown ending soon or not, the Department of Agriculture is set to issue its supply and demand report on Nov. 14. The USDA cancelled its October edition of World Agriculture Supply and Demand Estimates due to the shutdown and pushed back their November report a few days.

Canola, Cereals, Crops, Markets, Peas, Pulses

Notable changes in exports to China, India

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm November 7, 2025

China and India figured prominently in the September export data issued by the Canadian Grain Commission on Nov. 7. For the most part, the CGC’s numbers highlighted issues with grain, oilseed and pulse exports from licensed facilities to those countries.

A swathed and dried down canola crop lies awaiting the combine near Mariapolis, Man., on Aug. 30, 2025. Photo: Alexis Stockford

Canola, Markets, Soybeans

ICE Canada Weekly: Canola could climb higher through to spring

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm October 29, 2025

With harvest pressure on canola over, the Canadian oilseed could track higher until spring, said David Derwin, commodity futures advisor for Ventum Financial in Winnipeg, Man. Although he cautioned there will be some rough patches along the way.

RJ Sigurdson, MLA for Highwood, is sworn in on June 9, 2023 as Alberta’s minister of agriculture and irrigation. (Government of Alberta video screengrab via YouTube)

Canola, Cereals, Markets, News, Pulses

Sigurdson applauds Alberta farmers

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm October 24, 2025

With Alberta’s harvest virtually wrapped up for 2025, provincial Agriculture Minister RJ Sigurdson offered the government’s congratulations to the province’s farmers.

A field of flax is harvested in southern Manitoba. Photo: Donna Gamache/File

Canola, Cereals, Crops, Forages, Markets, News, Pulses

Most of Manitoba harvest wraps up for 2025

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm October 23, 2025

Manitoba Agriculture issued its final crop report of 2025, showing the overall provincewide harvest at 97 per cent complete as of Oct. 20. Nearly all major crops have finished combining, with 37 per cent of Manitoba’s sunflowers finished, plus 71 per cent of grain corn and small amounts of soybeans and potatoes left to do.

Canola

ICE Weekly: No upside for canola if China situation continues: trader

By Adam Peleshaty October 22, 2025

Tony Tryhuk of RBC Dominion Securities said canola should stay rangebound if Canada’s trade war with China continues.

Canola, Cereals, Crops, Markets, Pulses, Spring Wheat

Good weather pushes Alberta harvest along

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm October 3, 2025

Thanks to a stretch of good weather, Alberta farmers advanced their harvest 12 points during the week ended Sept. 29 to 89 per cent complete. The Alberta agriculture department said that’s seven points above the five-year average.

Canola, Cereals, Markets, News, Pulses, Soybeans

Good progress made in Sask. harvest

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm October 2, 2025

Combining in Saskatchewan is in the home stretch as the province’s agriculture department reported it at 84 per cent complete. Although the harvest advanced 16 points during the week ended Sept. 29, it was eight points behind the five-year average.

Canola, Markets, News, Soybeans

China’s canola, soybeans imports to drop one million tonnes each

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm October 1, 2025

China is expected to import one million tonnes less of canola in 2025/26 than in the previous marketing year, the United States Department of Agriculture attaché in Beijing projected. China was projected to acquire 3.10 million tonnes of canola this year versus 4.10 million in 2024/25.

GFM Network News

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures end weaker, hogs set April low

U.S. grains: Soybeans pull back after setting June 2024 high on Chinese buying

Feed Grain Weekly: Demand grows at feedlots, overseas

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