Crops

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.” […]

Saskatchewan Trade and Export Development Minister Jeremy Harrison announced that exports to the United States hit an all-time high. Exports in 2022 were valued at $29.3 billion, a 74 percent increase since 2018. The provincial government says crude oil ($13.3 billion), potash ($6.5 billion) and canola oil ($2.8 billion) are the 3 most common exports […]

Ukrainian grain farmers in areas now free from Russian occupation are wondering if they should risk their lives to clear explosives before the critical spring planting season.  They are also dealing with soaring production and transportation costs caused by Russia’s blockade of many Black Sea ports.  Experts predict losses, a reduction in output and potentially […]

Flax fields will be fewer and farther between in Western Canada this year, according to Statistics Canada’s First survey-based seeding intentions report for 2023-24. In a report released late last month, StatsCan projected only 689,000 acres of flaxseed to be planted this spring, an 11.6 per cent decrease from the year before. More significantly, the total […]

Farmers and agronomists have a new tool to calculate nutrient requirements of crops, thanks to the University of Saskatchewan. The Prairie Nutrient Removal Calculator is an online tool, USask says in a news release, that provides a critical piece of information to help make on-farm fertilizer decisions. It was developed by Two USask soil scientists […]

Minnesota farmer James Wolf will not have his farm equipment returned to him for the 2023 growing season after a federal judge on Thursday denied a motion in an ongoing organic crops conspiracy case. Wolf was indicted by a grand jury last year on three counts of wire fraud as a result of an alleged conspiracy […]