May 23, 2025

Canada’s canola supply grows tighter

Analysts say Agriculture Canada may have to cut its ending canola stocks estimate in half in response to booming exports. Read more on this prediction from this Western Producer article.

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May 23, 2025

Profitable Practices: Spot spraying takes aim on hard-to-kill weeds, reduces herbicide use

Spot spray technology is helping one Saskatchewan farmer tackle herbicide resistance, cut costs, and stay committed to sustainable practices — all without sacrificing efficacy. Find out more on spot spraying from this Real...

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May 23, 2025

Canola School: Turning last year’s cereal into this year’s success

In this episode of RealAgriculture’s Canola School, Mike Palmier, agronomist and partner at MNP Ag Intellect, talks about the key strategies for managing cereal trash to optimize canola emergence in the spring.

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May 23, 2025

Wheat Pete’s Word: Cold stress, stripe rust scouting & planting those soybeans

From chilly air to fast-growing wheat, it’s been another week of agronomic twists and regional contrasts. In this episode of Wheat Pete’s Word, host Peter Johnson tackles early forage harvest lessons, cold water imbibition...

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May 09, 2025

Wheat breeding priorities shift based on regional stresses, market demands

As climate variability and export sensitivities reshape wheat production, U.S. breeders are refining their focus to meet farmers’ evolving needs. Speaking on RealAg Radio, Drs. Marla Barnett and Dylan Larkin of Limagrain C...

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May 09, 2025

Corn curveball: What the heck is with the July-Dec spread?

What’s going on with corn? That’s the question making the rounds after the July corn contract dipped this week. The shift is sudden, and according to Ted Seifried, chief market strategist at Zaner Ag Hedge, it could signal...

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May 09, 2025

Researchers look for genetic key to cold sweetening

Cold sweetening in stored potatoes has plagued growers for years and appears to be an unsolvable problem. Cold sweetening builds up soluble sugars during storage, contributing to browning and potential acrylamide toxin for...

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May 09, 2025

Industry believes green pea supplies are over-reported

Canada has far fewer green peas than the government is reporting, says an analyst. “Purely from a price perspective, markets believe the Canadian harvest was smaller than estimated by Statistics Canada,” Stat Publishing no...

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May 09, 2025

Good agronomy urged under uncertain canola market

The best option for canola producers may be to apply agronomy practices that can improve profits for little to no added cost, says the Canola Council of Canada (CCC), which earlier this spring posted the article, “9 agrono...

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May 09, 2025

India urged to bring back pea tariff

India’s pulse trade is pushing for the government to implement a large tariff on imported yellow peas. Bimal Kothari, chair of the India Pulses and Grains Association, recently told the Hindu Businessline that he wants to ...

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May 09, 2025

One change to improve Prairie canola yield

Crop rotation and nutrition were singled out for their potential to increase canola yield during the Canola Council of Canada’s 2024 surveys. Find out more on their importance from both producers and agronomists in this Ma...

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May 09, 2025

AB sugar beet growers sign contract with processor

April showers may bring May flowers, but they also bring long-term stability to the sugar beet industry in Alberta. Negotiations between the Alberta Sugar Beet Growers (ASBG) and Rogers Sugar that continued into May have c...

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April 26, 2025

Soybean School: When is a soybean plant’s yield potential most hurt by stress?

Understanding when a crop is most vulnerable to stress is key to maximizing yield potential. Check out the full Soybean School episode above on the correlation between stress timing and yield with Seth Naeve, recorded at t...

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