This canola field has too many flowers to count, but it is possible to estimate the flowers in one section of canola. What's the population of flowers in this field? | Robert Arnason photo

Oils could shake up canola market

GRAIN MARKETS ANALYSIS DEC. 3: Soybean prices could spill over and break canola out of its sideways trend

INSIDE GRAIN MARKETS DEC. 3: U.S. soybean prices, if they go up, could spill over into canola market for Canadian farmers

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Calling for bigger crops ahead of StatCan report

Statistics Canada will release its first survey-based production estimates for the 2025/26 crop year on Dec. 4, with general expectations for upward revisions to most major crops from the model-based estimates in September. However, as StatCan has shown a tendency to underestimate production in its December reports, many analysts expect actual production may be revised upward in subsequent reports.






Manitoba Agriculture's Manasah Mkhabela at Arborg, Man. in July 2025, discussing trials he's conducting with University of Manitoba soil scientist Mario Tenuta to find the sweet spot for nitrification inhibitors. Photo: Don Norman

How much nitrogen can farmers really cut?

Manitoba fertilizer trials search for the the sweet spot where farmers can cut nitrogen rates, with a nitrification inhibitor, without harm to yield

Manitoba fertilizer trials look for nitrification inhibitor sweet spot, to lower greenhouse gas emissions and cost without hurting yield.