Tensions continue to build in the Black Sea, threatening grain shipments out of Russia and Ukraine.

Geopolitics at play in world wheat markets

A smaller Australian crop and depleting Russian supplies could affect wheat prices in coming months

Ontario wheat, corn and soybean prices came under pressure in early January due to steady farmer selling and a stronger Canadian dollar. The freeze-up of the lake system tends to result in basis deterioration for commodities moving east. Producer selling will ease later in winter and export demand will improve for all grains and oilseeds. […] Read more



Woody Van Arkel never shies away from the opportunity to learn more about his fields, crops and soils.

Making row crops work with perennial cover crops

Learnings from an Ontario grower’s five years of on-farm research

Laurent “Woody” Van Arkel likes to push the boundaries of conventional thinking and strives to understand more about soil and crop interactions. Van Arkel, who farms near Dresden, has finished a five-year, on-farm research project as a participant in Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s (AAFC) Living Lab Ontario initiative in which he integrated perennial cover crops […] Read more

In a four-year crop plan, the best advice is to plant wheat to break the cycle of corn rootworm numbers.

By the numbers – corn rootworm in 2023

Populations were lower but intensity in some regions was higher

Concerns about corn rootworm have increased in the past two years as numbers continue to rise across the province, particularly in areas where corn is a feed source for livestock. Two years ago, Tracey Baute, field crops entomologist with the Ontario agriculture department, noted that resistance to Bt Cry proteins had become an issue, where […] Read more