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Prairie Wheat Weekly: Modest increases for cash prices

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm 4 days ago

Spring wheat and durum cash prices were moderately higher across the Canadian Prairies for the week ended Dec. 19. This was despite losses in Chicago and Kansas City wheat and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada projecting larger all wheat ending stocks for 2025/26. Minneapolis wheat bumped up on the week, lending some support to Canadian cash prices.

"Three sisters" cropping, the traditional intercrop mix of corn, squash and beans, is highlighted during the Indigenous Farm and Food Festival in Batoche, Sask. in late September 2025. Photo: Janelle Rudolph

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Regenerative practices meet Indigenous knowledge on the Prairies

The goals of regenerative agriculture have a lot in common with how Indigenous communities historically managed land

By Janelle Rudolph 4 days ago

What do traditional Indigenous agricultural practices and regenerative agriculture have in common? Quite a lot it turns out.

Bunyamin Taran, a flax and chickpea breeder at the University of Saskatchewan's Crop Development Centre, is trying to improve the heat tolerance of flax | Supplied photo

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Flax heat intolerance targeted

Saskatchewan breeder hopes to improve heat tolerance and unlock varieties with better yield gains for Canadian farmers

By Robert Arnason 4 days ago

Saskatchewan flax breeder hopes to improve heat tolerance and unlock varieties with better yield gains for Canadian farmers.

A round bale covered in snow on a Prairie field. Photo: File

News, Weather

What is perfect Christmas weather?

December weather on the Prairies can be all over the map, what can Manitoba expect for the 2025 holiday season?

By Daniel Bezte 5 days ago

What is ‘perfect’ Christmas weather on the Prairies? Here’s where you should head this holiday, according to historical weather data.

The historic facade of what is planned to be the Prairie Innovation Centre for Sustainable Agriculture at Assiniboine College in Brandon, Man., May 27, 2025. Photo: Greg Berg

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New ranking elevates Assiniboine College to national research elite

The post-secondary school in Brandon ranked 47th in measures rating research dollars and output at publicly funded institutions in Canada

By Miranda Leybourne December 20, 2025

Brandon’s Assiniboine College is 47th in a national ranking measuring research dollars and output at publicly funded institutions in Canada.

Cereals, Markets, News, soybeans

Huge crops in South America says analyst

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm December 19, 2025

Although there’s a debate over the size of the South American soybean crop, there’s little doubt that it will be an enormous one, said consultant Michael Cordonnier of Soybean and Corn Advisor in Hinsdale, Ill.

Railways’ maximum grain revenue entitlements are set based on volume-related composite price indices, which are based on historical input costs like labour, fuel and material. Photo: File

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CPKC overshoots grain revenue entitlement, CN stays in bounds

By Geralyn Wichers December 19, 2025

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Railway Company (CPKC) exceeded its grain revenue cap for 2025 and will face a penalty, the Canadian Transportation Agency said on Friday.

Canada exported about $279 million worth of pork and pork products to the Philippines last year according to federal statistics. Photo: Geralyn Wichers

News, Reuters

Pork imports to drop after 2026 as Philippines ramps up hog repopulation drive

By Reuters December 19, 2025

The Philippines’ agriculture ministry expects pork imports to drop five per cent in 2027 and by another five per cent in 2028 as it ramps up efforts to restore pig stocks to pre-African swine fever (ASF) levels, a senior official said on Friday.

Three bee packages. Photo: Creative Commons/vastastateparkstaff

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Canadian beekeepers call for regulatory accountability

Some groups in the sector are frustrated with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s ban on U.S. packaged bees

By Jeff Melchior December 19, 2025

Beekeepers say the Canadian Food Inspection Agency should restore packaged U.S. bee shipments, claiming the agency isn’t following evidence.

Prairie beekeepers faced numerous challenges last year, from weather extremes to disease and pest problems. | Miranda Leybourne photo

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‘Comprehensive, fair’: Regulators double down on honeybee review

Beekeepers are looking for extra stock to make up for bad winter survival; desirable sources of those imports has been a matter of hot debate

By Jeff Melchior December 19, 2025

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says its analysis of packaged imports from the U.S. was even-handed, despite industry complaints.

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: CME cattle tick lower in thin pre-holiday trade

U.S. grains: Wheat extends gains on short covering, war risk

Prairie forecast: Plenty more chances for snow over Holidays

News & Opinion

Prairie Wheat Weekly: Modest increases for cash prices

Regenerative practices meet Indigenous knowledge on the Prairies

Flax heat intolerance targeted

What is perfect Christmas weather?

New ranking elevates Assiniboine College to national research elite

Huge crops in South America says analyst

CPKC overshoots grain revenue entitlement, CN stays in bounds

Pork imports to drop after 2026 as Philippines ramps up hog repopulation drive

Canadian beekeepers call for regulatory accountability

‘Comprehensive, fair’: Regulators double down on honeybee review

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