The sun is about to set on the current Prairie-wide canola variety evaluation program run by the three Prairie provinces’ canola grower commissions. SaskCanola, the Alberta Canola Producers Commission and […] Read more
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Prairie-wide canola variety trial program ending
'Current format' of CPT concludes: commissions

Arbitration leads to deal for CN signals staff
IBEW held 17-day strike in summer
Canadian National Railway (CN) has labour peace with its signals and communications workers through to the end of 2024 coming out of binding arbitration. The 750-odd workers, represented by International […] Read more

U.S. grains: Wheat, soybeans, corn fall on demand concerns
CBOT December wheat touches four-week low
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat, corn and soybean futures fell on Tuesday on concerns that overseas buyers will turn to alternative supplies to meet their import needs, traders said. […] Read more

Pulse weekly outlook: Manitoba’s dry beans, peas show strong yields
MarketsFarm — With the return of typical temperatures and healthy amounts of precipitation throughout the growing season, Manitoba had successful pea and dry bean crops during the 2022-23 marketing year, […] Read more

Growing for new markets
Specialty crop production has many hurdles
Ontario produces a wide range of crops but that range could be even greater if farmers had access to more production information and markets. Evan Elford, new crop development specialist […] Read more

Feds back Montreal port grain terminal for upgrades
CanEst crop container terminal funded for equipment, capacity improvements
CanEst Transit’s grain container terminal at the Port of Montreal is putting $8 million in federal funding toward new equipment and improvements to current infrastructure. Transport Canada, in a release […] Read more

Richardson makes first entry in branded crop inputs
Company launches new N stabilizer, CirrusX
Prairie grain handler and agribusiness Richardson Pioneer has launched itself into self-branded crop inputs with a nitrogen stabilizer, CirrusX. Steve Biggar, associate vice-president of fertilizer and energy products for Winnipeg-based […] Read more

Russian drones hit sunflower oil terminal, Mykolaiv mayor says
Kyiv | Reuters — Russian kamikaze drones hit tanks with sunflower oil at one of the terminals in the Ukrainian port city of Mykolaiv late on Sunday, the city mayor […] Read more

U.S. winter wheat growers seed into dust as Plains drought persists
Chicago | Reuters — With seeding roughly halfway complete, the 2023 U.S. hard red winter wheat crop is already being hobbled by drought in the heart of the southern Plains, […] Read more

U.S. grains: Wheat, soybean futures end firm
Chicago December corn weakens
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures ended slightly higher on Monday but closed well off their session peaks as traders monitored developments in efforts to keep a Black Sea […] Read more