With Canadian canola growers under new price pressure, federal and Saskatchewan government and industry officials have met to discuss next steps in dealing with China’s canola trade barriers.| The Western ProducerLatest Agriculture News & Top Stories | The Western Producer
The federal Conservatives called for the government to authorize emergency use of the poison strychnine against infestations of gophers.| The Western ProducerLatest Agriculture News & Top Stories | The Western Producer
Cargill’s new Regina crush facility is expected to help raise domestic demand for Canadian canola just as China, usually Prairie growers’ top export buyer, raises a new tariff wall.| The Western ProducerLatest Agriculture News & Top Stories | The Western Producer
Leon Kochian, Canada Excellence Research Chair in Global Food Security at the University of Saskatchewan received a fellowship from the Royals Society of Canada. Kochian has spent four decades studying root architecture.| The Western ProducerLatest Agriculture News & Top Stories | The Western Producer
China purchased just over 20 million tonnes of wheat, corn, barley and sorghum last year, that is well below the 60 million tonnes purchased in 2021-22.| The Western ProducerAgriculture Market News & Market Prices | The Western Pro...
At 12 per cent complete as of Aug. 25, harvest progress in Saskatchewan was well behind the five-year average of 25 per cent finished, the provincial agriculture department reported. Rain and thunderstorms hampered harvesting in some areas of Saskatchewan.| The Western ProducerAgriculture Market News & Market Prices | The Western Pro...
Canadian farmers are forecast to harvest more canola in 2025/26, while there’s to be less wheat, Statistics Canada said in its crop production report on Aug. 28.| The Western ProducerAgriculture Market News & Market Prices | The Western Pro...
Potato Growers of Alberta has released the third in a five-part video series, highlighting the potato industry’s efficient use of water.| The Western Producer
Wheat and canola remain the largest exports with wheat continuing at a record pace and canola remaining the third largest on record.| The Western Producer
Many farmers won’t make a profit growing spring wheat this year, but there should be good demand for high protein, high quality wheat.| The Western Producer
Glencore wants to exit the agriculture business. Neil Townsend believes that is because there’s a “profitability problem” in agriculture.| The Western Producer
Roberts Bank Terminal 2 is entering the construction phase after a decade of approvals and permits. That is music to the ears of Pulse Canada.| The Western Producer
Antoine Bernet of Bayer Crop Science believes that biofuels represent a massive opportunity for oilseed growers in Canada.| The Western Producer