Crops

The U.N. aid chief says efforts will continue in the coming days to extend a deal allowing the safe Black Sea export of Ukraine grain. It’s a pact Russia has threatened to quit effective Thursday over obstacles to its grain and fertilizer exports. The final two ships are due to leave Ukrainian ports today under the […]

If the US Department of Agriculture is correct, the United States may be in the midst of growing record-breaking corn and soybean crops. On Friday, the USDA released its monthly world agricultural supply and demand estimates, which included its first U.S. production estimates for 2023-24. Corn is projected for a record-large crop of 15.265 billion bushels […]

CN and CPKC Rail supplied a combined 96% of hopper cars ordered in grain week 40, a slight improvement from the previous week’s 95% order fulfillment performance. The slight improvement reflects a small decline in performance for CN and a modest increase for CPKC. In supplying 97% of hopper cars ordered on time in week 40, CN’s […]

Sask Wheat has approved $1.6 million in funding over two years to the eight Saskatchewan AgriARM sites. Each site will receive $200,000 which is going towards extension capacity, purchasing new equipment and furthering agronomic research which can increase wheat and whole-farm profitability. AgriARM is a network of producer-directed applied research and demonstration organizations located across […]

The Government of Canada and Saskatchewan announced that 56 Agriculture Demonstration of Practices and Technologies program (ADOPT) projects and eight Strategic Field Program (SFP) projects received more than $1.4 million in funding in 2023. “Agricultural technology and best practices keep evolving, thanks to dedicated research across the country,” Federal Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau […]

The CEO of Canadian fertilizer giant Nutrien says the company may consider slowing down its previously announced plan to ramp up potash production, in light of falling prices and lower sales volumes. The comments come as the Saskatoon-based company — the world’s largest fertilizer producer — lowered its earnings guidance for the year to between 6.4 […]

A piece of legislation that would provide farmers with carbon tax relief is in front of Canadian senators. Bill C-234, which exempts on-farm fuels like propane and natural gas used in grain drying and barn heating from the federal carbon tax, had its first reading in the senate on March 30th and the second reading […]

Seeding is underway in Saskatchewan, with nine per cent of the crop in the ground, according to the first Crop Report of the season. “Saskatchewan is a global leader in agricultural trade because of the abundance of high-quality, sustainably-produced crops grown in our province,” Saskatchewan Agriculture Minister David Marit said. “As producers undertake the significant […]

Turkey’s Foreign Minister believes the Ukraine Black Sea grain deal could be extended for at least two more months, as officials from the parties involved held the first day of talks yesterday on an extension in Istanbul. Russia has said it would not extend the pact beyond May 18th, unless a list of demands is met to remove […]

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada will not be intimidated by China following tit-for-tat diplomatic expulsions by Ottawa and Beijing. Ottawa expelled Chinese diplomat Zhao Wei on Monday over allegations related to foreign interference, and hours later, China asked a Canadian diplomat in Shanghai to leave by Saturday in response to what it called Ottawa’s “unreasonable actions.” […]