Glacier FarmMedia — In 2023, Canada shipped $8.6 billion worth of canola products to the United States. The vast majority of that was canola oil and meal, which was valued at $8.3 billion. However, those exports were disrupted in the first couple of weeks of January as canola crushers on the Prairies waited on the
Tariff threat already disrupting ag trade
Manitoba Ag Days: ‘Political manipulations’ hold back canola – analyst
If global politics, tariffs and uncertainty were magically removed from the market, canola prices in Canada would likely be $1.50 per bushel higher, says a veteran markets analyst.
Manitoba Ag Days: Loonie above 70 cents? Not anytime soon, says Farm Credit Canada
The dollar may be in the stratosphere, but few experts are predicting that it will weaken anytime soon. That includes economists with FCC.
Federal spending on climate change soars
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada is drawing flack for the amount of funding dedicated to agricultural greenhouse gas emissions
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada is drawing flack for the amount of funding dedicated to agriculturalgreenhouse gas emissions.
VIDEO: The dollars and sense of on-farm fertilizer
SPERLING, Man. — The retail price of anhydrous ammonia fertilizer was about $1,100 per ton this summer in Western Canada. That number comes from Curtis Hiebert, who farms near Sperling, Man. Hiebert now has a green ammonia production system on his farm, which has a capacity of 100 tons of ammonia per year. Related stories:
VIDEO: Is green ammonia the new diesel?
Glacier FarmMedia — The data is clear: diesel is hard to beat. Using any metric — cost per litre, energy by weight or energy by volume — diesel is a superior fuel to alternatives like hydrogen or ammonia. “Diesel is an absolutely amazing energy carrier,” said David Layzell, a University of Calgary professor and energy
Climate change worries Canadian farmers: poll
Data shows east-west split over climate, cost and government concerns
A poll released Dec. 11 suggests that Canadian farmers worry more about the impacts of climate change than they do about input costs and market prices for canola, corn, wheat and cattle.
Canola yields less oil in 2024
Oil content of western Canadian canola was below the 10-year average, according to the Canadian Grain Commission
The Canadian Grain Commission has flagged lower oil content from the 2024 canola harvest.
PMRA accused of ignoring neonic safety data
Environmental groups, scientists say Bayer influenced the federal agency and its reversal on the safety of imidacloprid
Glacier FarmMedia — Environmental groups and scientists are accusing the Pest Management Regulatory Agency of ignoring data and working too closely with the crop protection industry. The claims are detailed in a Nov. 22 letter to federal health minister Mark Holland from the David Suzuki Foundation, the Canadian Wildlife Federation and others. The letter focuses
Verticillium finds friendly ground in alkaline soil
Research finds higher soil pH worsens verticillium infection
Researchers have learned that Verticillium longisporum, the fungus that causes verticillium stripe in canola, thrives more in slightly alkaline soil. Fungal colonies were larger at higher soil pH.
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