A soybean crop near St. Adolphe, south of Winnipeg, in September 2023. Manitoba is estimated to have planted 1.426 million acres to soy in 2024, down from 1.595 million in 2023.

Prairie soybean crops stand to benefit in changing climate

Conditions that have curbed soy acres in the West were more market-related than meteorological

Soybeans have been at the vanguard of longer-season crops moving into the Prairie region. The soybean area in Western Canada has expanded rapidly over the past two decades. Manitoba’s soybean acreage increased from zero to over one million acres in the first decade of the 2000s. Manitoba’s soybean acreage continued to increase in the past […] Read more



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Editor’s Rant: Bumper sticklers

Crop forecasting is a thankless job, but necessary

They were good calls at the time. Just a few weeks ago a clutch of farm writers from across Canada converged on Glacier FarmMedia’s Ag in Motion show west of Saskatoon. Some of those writers, myself included, drove past quite a lot of handsome crops en route. In some stretches, the usually blue watery mirages […] Read more



Warm spring in the forecast for most of Canada

Warm spring in the forecast for most of Canada

Moisture predicted to be normal across most of the country

All of Canada, aside from Yukon and parts of the Northwest Territories are expected to see warmer than normal temperatures over the next three months, according to the latest long-range seasonal forecast from Environment and Climate Change Canada, released Feb. 28.



Warm seasonal outlook across country

Warm seasonal outlook across country

Precipitation expected to be normal across most of Canada

Warmer than normal temperatures are expected to continue across all of Canada through the next three months, according to the latest long-range seasonal forecast from Environment and Climate Change Canada, released Jan. 31.