Kody Blois is less than a week into his role as Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food and Rural Economic Development, but already he's firing off missives and steering policy direction. There's a reason for the quick pace — an election call could come at any moment, or the government could fall on Monday, March 24,... Read More
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Making the most of every input dollar matters, especially when crop prices are in the doldrums, but cutting back on fertilizer can end up curtailing yield. There's a better way to manage those nitrogen input dollars! For this episode of The Agronomists, host Lyndsey Smith is joined by soil scientist John Heard, and senior agronomist... Read More
The average value of Canadian farmland continued to climb in 2024, increasing by 9.3 per cent, less than the 11.5 per cent increase reported in 2023, according to the 2024 FCC Farmland Values Report. “The limited supply of farmland available for sale combined with lower borrowing costs resulted in an increase in the average price... Read More
Knowing the nutrient status of a crop and the soil it is grown in can give a producer vital information for making management decisions throughout the season. Whereas traditionally growers would take plant tissue and soil samples from their fields to send to a lab for testing, ATP Nutrition has developed a diagnostic tool that... Read More
Unlike a railway strike or work stoppage where crop can't move to port, the latest tariff threat by China to impose huge taxes on canola oil and meal risks devaluing the entire crop, says Dean Roberts chair of Sask Oilseeds. That distinction, Roberts says, means Canada needs to move very quickly to remedy the situation... Read More
Erratic is the word of the day and the markets are responding hour-by-hour, day-to-day, and week-to-week with the news, says Anne Wasko of Gateway Livestock Exchange in this episode of the Beef Market Update. In the southern U.S., cash markets bounced back last week and have managed to hold those gains. This follows a cycle... Read More
Weather is a central topic in many coffee shop conversations, plays a large role in the success or failure of a crop, and is outside of a wheat grower's control. But that doesn't mean farmers can't at least try and out-maneuver Mother Nature. Dr. Brian Beres, senior research scientist at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)…Read More
Will the U.S. plant over 95 million acres of corn? Will canola move unfettered into China? What about getting crop out of the Black Sea region? Will that be possible? All of these questions and more are in the commodity pricing mix right now, and Neil Townsend, market analyst with GrainFox, says that investors are... Read More
Agriculture has been a tough business over the last couple of years in Western Canada, and Leigh Dudley, regional director for Canada west at FBN, doesn't foresee that changing in 2025. In this report from the Crop Production Show in Saskatoon, Sask., Dudley and RealAgriculture's Amber Bell discuss the impact that tariffs, commodity markets and... Read More
Peter “Wheat Pete” Johnson brought home more than just a tan from Costa Rica; there were lessons to be learned, even while enjoying a rejuvenating vacation. In this episode of Wheat Pete's Word, Pete talks about some of these lessons, such as the need for a break, the difference that climate can make, Canadian pride,... Read More