Cereals Canada has published a new series of sustainability reports for the Canadian cereals value chain. The reports cover Canadian non-durum wheat, durum wheat, barley, and oats. Six environmental indicators were used as markers of sustainability in the reports — carbon footprint, soil organic carbon, fertilizer use, irrigation, pesticide use, and soil erosion. These same… Read More
Category: Crop Production
While many of the acreage decisions are already made, recent trade turmoil and tariff threats will absolutely factor in to both commodity prices and cropping figures, says Brian Comeault, co-founder of new market analyst firm Ireland Comeault Lafoy (ICL). Farmers — and their advisors — are grappling with a near-constant barrage of trade unknowns, including both… Read More
Agriculture is forever evolving and so is the business of fertilizer and crop nutrition. It’s been 20 years since fertilizer heavyweight, The Mosaic Company, was formed by a merger between IMC Global and Cargill’s crop nutrition division. The company’s mission is to help the world grow the food it needs, says director of new product… Read More
What’s the story on sulphur? We’re glad you asked! This week’s episode of Wheat Pete’s Word tackles several agronomic questions regarding winter crop green-up, farm safety, going to the theatre, and insects overwintering. Plus, as promised, there’s plenty to cover on sulphur applications: when, how, where, and most importantly, what form, and there’s a caution… Read More
The 16 Canadian farm groups that are members of the Agriculture Carbon Alliance (ACA) are welcoming Prime Minister Carney’s order-in-council scaling down the federal consumer carbon tax to zero, but are calling for further legislative changes to provide long-term certainty. “The reduction of the consumer carbon price to $0 is a good first step for… Read More
Making the most of every input dollar matters, especially when crop prices are in the doldrums, but cutting back on fertilizer can end up curtailing yield. There’s a better way to manage those nitrogen input dollars! For this episode of The Agronomists, host Lyndsey Smith is joined by soil scientist John Heard, and senior agronomist… Read More
The average value of Canadian farmland continued to climb in 2024, increasing by 9.3 per cent, less than the 11.5 per cent increase reported in 2023, according to the 2024 FCC Farmland Values Report. “The limited supply of farmland available for sale combined with lower borrowing costs resulted in an increase in the average price… Read More
Knowing the nutrient status of a crop and the soil it is grown in can give a producer vital information for making management decisions throughout the season. Whereas traditionally growers would take plant tissue and soil samples from their fields to send to a lab for testing, ATP Nutrition has developed a diagnostic tool that… Read More
Unlike a railway strike or work stoppage where crop can’t move to port, the latest tariff threat by China to impose huge taxes on canola oil and meal risks devaluing the entire crop, says Dean Roberts chair of Sask Oilseeds. That distinction, Roberts says, means Canada needs to move very quickly to remedy the situation and… Read More