Canada’s seed rule modernization is finally seeing the end of the tunnel, but not everyone in agriculture is convinced about the changes or that the timeline is good enough.
Oats
Five years and counting: Inside Canada’s seed regulatory overhaul
Canada’s seed rule modernization is finally seeing the end of the tunnel, but not everyone’s convinced about the changes or that the timeline is good enough, given agriculture’s quick-changing landscape
GMO market access issues remain concern for growers
The technology to genetically alter crops has never been more accessible, but managing the policy aspect has been, and will continue to be, complicated
One would think that three decades of no ill health effects from eating food made with GM crops would be considered long enough, but that’s the world in which we live.
Manitoba Crop Report: Harvest near completion despite snowfall
Despite snowfall in the northwest region, Manitoba’s harvest advanced to 93 per cent completion as of Oct. 13, 2025.
‘Nothing bullish’ for sliding oats market
Oats futures at the Chicago Board of Trade have trended steadily lower for the past three months, with cash bids in Western Canada seeing a similar trend.
Alberta Crop Report: Harvest more than three-quarters finished
Alberta’s provincial harvest as of Sept. 23, 2025 was 78 per cent complete, said the province’s weekly crop report.
August grain deliveries down from 2024: StatCan
Statistics Canada reported on Sept. 25, 2025 that August major grain deliveries were down from a year earlier.
Saskatchewan Crop Report: Harvest advances despite rains
Saskatchewan’s harvest advanced to 68 per cent as of Sept. 22, 2025 despite rains and high humidity across the province.
Controversy fails to sink plant growth regulator use in Manitoba oats
Plant growth regulators in oats got some bad press last year, but some farmers maintain they’re helpful
Plant growth regulators in oats got some bad press last year, but some Manitoba farmers maintain they’re helpful and do their job: to reduce lodging.
2025 cereal harvest hits highs and lows in Manitoba
Oat harvest was complicated by heavy rain, while wheat yields so far are all over the map and depend on each area’s drought situation
Manitoba’s oat harvest was complicated by heavy rain, while wheat yields so far are all over the map and depend on each area’s drought situation.
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