four silver grain silos in field under bright blue sky

Grain marketing for hard economic times

Manitoba farms face tight profit opportunities this year; what strategies can farmers use to sell their 2025 crop to best financial effect?

Strong harvests in Western Canada clash with low grain prices, trade war-driven market uncertainty and high input costs. What strategies can farmers use to sell their 2025 crop?

FILE PHOTO: Customers speak with a salesman at a BYD dealership in Sant Cugat del Valles, near Barcelona, Spain, September 12, 2025. REUTERS/ Albert Gea/File Photo

Canadian canola futures vibing

It’s Your Business: Words from China’s ambassador were interpreted positively by the canola market

Recent comments from Chinese and Canadian officials offered a shot of positive vibes that lifted ICE canola futures to their highest levels in a month, even without any actual concrete developments on the trade front.



wheat field in St. Andrews, Manitoba in 2018. Photo: Greg Berg

Expert’s Radar: A flat, flat, flat wheat market

An expected drop in U.S. wheat crop would be offset by a predicted surge in Canada and elsewhere

Large global supplies of wheat leave little reason for market prices to move higher — although solid demand for wheat should continue to limit the downside, commodity watcher Phil Franz-Warkentin writes.