Late season snow and unpredictable forecasts complicated spring planning for Manitoba farmers coming into the 2025 season.
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Farms fight unpredictable spring weather
Late season snow and unpredictable forecasts complicated spring planning for Manitoba farmers
CBOT Weekly: Planting pace outweighs Trump comments
Rapid planting paces for major U.S. crops outweighed President Donald Trump's comments on trade with China at the Chicago Board of Trade during the week ended April 23.
Trade instability likely to tighten 2025 crop profit margins says FCC
Farmers in both west and east unlikely to deviate much on seeded acres of canola, wheat, soy and corn despite volatility
Tight margins could get tighter amid trade instability as farmers prepare to seed this year’s crop, say Farm Credit Canada economists.
ICE Canola Weekly: Canola prices rise despite trade wars
Canadian oilseed thrives amidst Chinese tariffs
Despite the trade war between the United States and practically every other country, canola prices were on the rise for the week ended April 9, 2025.
Shrinking sea ice
The last few years have seen some of the smallest sea ice coverage, plus a look into the continued spring melt on the Prairies
The last few years have seen some of the smallest sea ice coverage, plus a look into the continued spring melt on the Prairies.
Weather models fail to agree on spring 2025 forecast
It’s hard to tell what kind of spring farmers in Western Canada will face in 2025, looking at the variation in weather model predictions
It’s hard to tell what kind of spring farmers in Western Canada will face in 2025, looking at the variation in weather model predictions.
VIDEO: Underdrill Light Kit helps turn night into day during seeding
Seeding season is just around the corner and that often means you’re competing with the weather. So, running a drill or seeding unit at night in order to get a crop in the ground is far from out of the question, but it’s hard to see how that equipment might be functioning in the dark.
Seeding in Alberta nearly complete, with strong emergence
Spring planting in Alberta was virtually complete according to the province’s latest crop report. As of June 11, seeding in Alberta was a smidge under 100 per cent complete provincewide and on par with the five-year average. The Peace River Region ranked 100 per cent complete for its major crops, while the south, central, northeast
Saskatchewan spring planting virtually complete
At 98 per cent complete, spring planting in Saskatchewan has essentially wrapped up for 2024, although for rain has delayed farmers’ last rounds in the northeast and east-central regions of the province. For the week ended June 10, it was the northeast that received the most precipitation in Saskatchewan. The province’s latest crop report noted
Manitoba seeding nears completion: report
Manitoba farmers made good seeding progress in early June despite wet conditions, with 92 per cent of intended acres in the ground – up nine points from the previous week, according to the latest provincial crop report for the week ended June 11. Spring cereals, peas, and grain corn were approximately 97 per cent complete.
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