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Light signals from neighbouring weeds alter crop plant growth, yield

By University of Guelph March 23, 2023

University of Guelph and USDA researchers uncover a new defense mechanism in plants

In the battle between weeds and crops, weeds are winning. A new theory developed by a University of Guelph researcher suggests why. For the first time, plant scientists have shown […] Read more

Crops

Record winter crop production expected for Australia

Summer crop production seen down on year

By MarketsFarm March 6, 2023

MarketsFarm — Australia will see its highest-ever winter crop production thanks to record wheat and canola harvests, according to the latest crop report from the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and […] Read more

File photo of a combine at work during a harvest in Germany. (Abadonian/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops, Machinery

Germany considering withdrawal from crop-based biofuels by 2030

Lawmakers seek to boost biofuel made from wastes

By Reuters January 24, 2023

Hamburg | Reuters — Germany’s government is considering proposals to phase out the use of biofuels produced from food or animal feed crops by 2030, the German biofuels industry association […] Read more

File photo of vessels on the Mississippi River south of New Orleans on Nov. 5, 2017. (Dave Bedard photo)

Markets/Business

Low Mississippi River threatens grain exports

Industry says Canadian fertilizer supplies aren’t threatened, but falling water levels significantly hamper crop shipments

By Sean Pratt December 27, 2022

Low water levels on the Mississippi River in the United States could have an impact on corn and other grain prices, but are unlikely to affect fertilizer deliveries into Canada, […] Read more

File photo of the Rainbow Bridge across the Niagara River between Ontario and New York. (Bloodua/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops, Markets

Large gap between StatCan, USDA canola estimates

USDA sticks closer to StatCan expectations on wheat

By Glen Hallick December 17, 2022

MarketsFarm — There’s a significant difference in the amount of canola grown in Canada during 2022-23, in the estimate from Statistics Canada (StatCan) compared to that from the U.S. Department […] Read more

Markets

Farm cash receipts on the rise, StatCan shows

By MarketsFarm November 28, 2022

MarketsFarm — Farm cash receipts improved 13.7 per cent during the first three quarters of 2022, Statistics Canada reported Monday. From January to September, those receipts reached $66.7 billion. That […] Read more

Livestock

At least 12 killed in Nigeria attack over farmland

Gunmen appear in village in north

By Reuters November 16, 2022

Abuja | Reuters — Gunmen have killed at least 12 people in an attack on a village in the northern Nigerian state of Plateau, residents and the state governor said […] Read more

File photo of a sunrise over an Alberta barley crop. (MNphotography/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops

Alberta issues final crop report for year

Harvest over 98 per cent done by region and crop type

By MarketsFarm October 15, 2022

MarketsFarm –– For the second year in a row the Alberta harvest wrapped up well ahead of the five-year average. With a gain of three points for the week ended […] Read more

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau views damage to lobster boats from Hurricane Fiona at Stanley Bridge, P.E.I. on Sept. 27, 2022. (Photo: Reuters/Phil Matusiewicz)

Trudeau tours storm-hit Atlantic Canada as power outages persist

Flooding may hit P.E.I. potato crops

By John Morris September 27, 2022

Port aux Basques, N.L. | Reuters — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday started a tour of Atlantic Canada, where thousands were still without power after record-setting storm Fiona ravaged […] Read more

File photo of wild horses running on grasslands in Nova Scotia’s remote Sable Island National Park Reserve. (Photo by Sarah Medill/Parks Canada/Handout via Reuters)

Wild horses face unruly storms as Fiona nears East Coast

Damages feared to buildings, utilities, crops

By Ismail Shakil September 23, 2022

Ottawa | Reuters — Shaggy, long-maned wild horses grazing freely on the sandy grasslands of the crescent-shaped Sable Island in the North Atlantic are expected to come under the swipe […] Read more