Canadian agricultural exports are moving at a record pace in 2025. According to the Canadian Grain Commission, weekly exports to June 1 are up by 7.5 million tonnes from last year. The largest rise was in canola.
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Canadian agricultural exports at record pace so far this year
Despite all the hubbub about tariffs and trade wars, Canada’s ag exports in 2025 are flowing at record pace
Section control helps weed out double-up input costs
Farm equipment with section control technology helps Canadian farmers dodge the extra cost of overlapping seed or fertilizer application
Farm equipment with section control technology helps Canadian farmers dodge the extra cost of overlapping seed or fertilizer application. It’s one example of how precision farm technology can benefit agriculture.
The ingredients of a Prairie thunderstorm
Sometimes the smallest addition can make a storm truly memorable
Weather columnist Daniel Bezte says Manitoba farmers can expect many thunderstorms every summer, but only some become severe, if they have all the right ingredients.
Canada’s interprovincial trade push makes for strange allies
Breaking down interprovincial trade barriers has become a national group project among Canada’s provincial governments, and that’s made for some strange alliances
Breaking down interprovincial trade barriers has become a national group project among Canada’s provincial governments, and that’s made for some strange alliances
Prairie weather could mean higher prices
Lack of rainfall is putting some snap into new crop canola contracts
A number of factors including climbing crude oil prices and likey biofuel policy changes in the U.S. are driving canola futures contracts higher.
Maple Leaf Foods spin off approved
Shareholders voted in favour of Canada Packers Inc., which will cover the food company’s pork operations
Maple Leaf Foods shareholders approved with an overwhelming majority the food processing company’s plan to spin off its pork operations to Canada Packers Inc.
North American swine industry facing social acceptance challenges
The public is making demands and creating expectations upon an industry it doesn’t understand, U.S. expert says
Despite making significant strides in environmental sustainability in recent decades, the pork industry is still under pressure from the public.
AgGronomyTV: 2025 insect year kicks off on the Prairies
With a new growing season comes a new season (unfortunately) of pest insects that aim to make a meal of your crops. Here, John Gavloski, entomologist with Manitoba Agriculture, talks about two insects in particular – flea beetles and pea leaf weevils – and why growers should be concerned if they spot significant numbers of
AGCanadaTV: In case you missed it; your national ag news recap for June 13, 2025
Minority of Canadians think food system on right track Only three in ten Canadians think the food system is on the right track according to new data from the Canadian Centre for Food Integrity. This is the lowest sentiment has fallen in the seven years the centre has kept track. In 2024, Eighteen per cent
Manitoba watches true armyworm migration
True armyworms blowing into Manitoba haven’t sparked alarm in 2025, but agriculture entomologists urge farmers to scout their crops anyway for the damaging pest insect
True armyworms blowing into Manitoba haven’t sparked alarm in 2025, but agriculture entomologists urge farmers to scout their crops anyway for the damaging pest insect.
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