Photo: Greg Berg, file

AAFC makes few changes to November S/D report

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada made only a handful of alterations for its November report on principal field crops. The only changes AAFC made were with all wheat and durum exports plus domestic use for all wheat and corn in the estimates released on Nov. 24. The report had been initially scheduled for Nov. 19, but AAFC said they chose to delay it until after the United States Department of Agriculture issued its November supply and demand estimates following the U.S. government shutdown.



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

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