Grain truck unloading wheat in Binscarth, Manitoba on Sept. 25, 2025.

Riding market swings can add farm profit

Regular price trends in the grain market can help farmers pinpoint how and when to sell their grain with more confidence, analyst says

Regular price trends in the grain market can help farmers pinpoint how and when to sell their grain with more confidence, analyst says


Maizex Seeds is releasing two new brands of canola hybrids for use in western Canada. The seeds will be available in fall 2025, so they can be grown in the 2026 growing season. Photo: Maizex Seeds

Manitoba data in on Maizex canola hybrids

Maizex Seeds has two new canola hybrids for western Canadian farmers to plant for the 2026 crop. The latest Manitoba trial data is in on the new varieties

Maizex Seeds has two new canola hybrids for western Canadian farmers to plant for the 2026 crop. The latest Manitoba trial data is in on the new varieties.









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.