Canola stands ready for harvest in central Manitoba.

Vegetable oil demand may offset bad biofuel news

Global biodiesel/renewable diesel demand for canola oil to slump, but overall vegetable oil demand seen increasing

Global biodiesel and renewable diesel production is expected to decline for the first time in a decade, and that’s bad timing for a Canadian canola industry looking for new markets to sell the oilseed.






Oat bids are good due to strong demand

Canada’s oat crop looks promising

Canada’s planted oat area is thought to have increased 2.6 per cent from last year and 2025 yields are estimated to be up 2.8 bushels

Oat market demand is strong. At the same time, Canada’s planted oat area is up an estimated 2.6 per cent from last year and 2025 yields may be up 2.8 bushels to the acre.


Breen Neeser talks to Nigel Buffone at Ag in Motion

Farmers Business Network to open Manitoba facility

A new agricultural chemical distribution centre in Brandon will be one of two that Farmers Business Network plans to build on the Prairies

A new agricultural chemical distribution centre in Brandon will be one of two that Farmers Business Network plans to build on the Prairies.




Scott Moe, left, talks to Western Producer reporter Sean Pratt at the Ag in Motion farm show near Langham, Saskatchewan. Photo: Paul Yanko

Moe’s outlook on Carney, trade challenges

Concerns about U.S., China trade barriers

Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe is ready to turn the page and start working with Prime Minister Mark Carney on important shared issues for Saskatchewan and Canada, including agricultural issues, such as providing regulatory certainty in the renewable fuels market.