Planting the Future: FCC expands Innovation Network with 6,000-acre Manitoba farm - MacGregor
Farm Credit Canada (FCC) is expanding its Innovation Farm Network, a key part of its long-term strategy to make Canada a global leader in agricultural innovation and productivity.
Media Release - July 15, 2025
Producers look to protect their canola plants towards back half of 2025 growing year
As we enter the heart of July and the back half of the 2025 growing season, producers are looking to protect their crops to help ensure they don’t lose any yield come harvest time. That’s especially the case for canola, as plants start heading towards full bloom and will start forming pods and seeds.
Ag Research Facility holds Open House
Science paves the way to new technology and advancements designed to help put more money in producer pockets.
Some of that work is happening right here at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada's Swift Current Research and Development Centre.
Associate Director Samia Berraies says she was surprised at the number of people that are not aware of the important work and research that is happening right here.
Grain movement is starting to slow down
With the end of the crop year coming up on July 31st, we are starting to see a seasonal slowdownof grain movement.
CN's Assistant Vice President of Grain, David Przednowek says even with the seasonal decline, they have still registered just over half a million tonnes of grain movement per week over the past couple of weeks.
"We are seeing the demand for CN supply hopper cars for grain movement decline. You know, in the past couple of weeks we've seen orders for CN supply equipment in that 3334 car per week range. "
Winter wheat advocate set to retire
Ducks Unlimited Canada agrologist has promoted winter cereals for decades and remains hopeful about the crop’s future
Winter wheat was a big deal on the Prairies from about 2006 to 2014.
Total acreage ranged from 800,000 to 1.3 million, with the lion’s share of the crop seeded in Manitoba and Saskatchewan.
Ken Gross, a Ducks Unlimited Canada agrologist who has promoted winter cereals for decades, described that period as the “second wave” of winter wheat on the Prairies.
The canola markets have experienced significant volatility
Bruce Burnett, Director of Weather and Markets with Glacier Farm Media says that's mainly driven by various factors affecting the broader oilseed market.
Canadian Crop Hail Association following up on over 2000 hail claims in the Prairies
Rainfall across the prairies and even provincially has been quite variable this year.
Some areas have seen some pretty wicked storms bringing heavy rain, high winds and hail.
The Canadian Crop Hail Association says storm activity across the prairies in the last two weeks of June resulted in farmers filing well over 2000 hail claims.
According to the report mid-June thunderstorms dropped pea- to toonie-sized hail across Western Canada.
Farm and Food Care Saskatchewan looking for 2025 Champion Award nominees
Farm and Food Care Saskatchewan is once again looking for nominees for the 2025 Champion Award.
The award recognizes an individual who has taken the initiative to engage or educate consumers about food and farming in our province. Nominees have used their skills to help inform consumers about production practices and have done a measurable job of promoting our industry.
Farm & Food Care Saskatchewan works with a selection panel to recognize a person who strives to engage consumers about agriculture and helps farmers to build public trust in our province and beyond.
Big global wheat crop expected to pressure prices
World wheat stocks could climb to 271 million tonnes by the end of 2025-26, up from 264 million tonnes at the end of 2024-25
There will be plenty of wheat in the world in 2025-26, say analysts.
“As we enter mid-year Northern Hemisphere harvest, a larger-than-expected crop is expected to limit the upside in global wheat prices,” Dennis Voznesenski, agricultural economist with the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, said in his recent Agri Commodity Weekly Alert.
Farmland price drop predicted
Analysis says market correction could see values fall by 50 per cent
A technical analysis of Saskatchewan farmland values reveals they could be on the verge of tumbling by more than 50 per cent.
Trent Klarenbach, a grain marketing analyst, believes farmland values are reaching a peak and could soon be retracing to the previous high set in 1981.