A field of pennycress (stinkweed) in full flower. Photo: Steve Cermak

Company seeks stinkweed acres in the U.S.

Fit seen in renewable diesel feedstock market, Canola Week told

Reading Time: 2 minutes Kevin Cook wants farmers to grow more weeds. He is the vice-president of breeding at CoverCress Inc., a company that has successfully converted stinkweed, also known as pennycress, into a viable winter oilseed cover crop. The initial target market will be the central United States but it could eventually make its way north to Western […] Read more

Wheat growers in the southern Brazilian state of Parana take advantage of a break in the weather to harvest wheat on Sept. 16.

Brazil muscles into wheat market

The agricultural superpower will be a fierce competitor, but is mainly striving for self-sufficiency

Reading Time: 3 minutes Glacier FarmMedia – Canadian wheat exporters are facing a new competitor in their second biggest market. “The rapid emergence of Brazil as an exporter in Indonesia and other foreign markets has been remarkable,” the U.S. Department of Agriculture said in its recent Grain: World Markets and Trade report. Indonesia bought 2.14 million tonnes of bulk […] Read more


Wheat in progress west of Pathlow, Sask. on Aug. 1, 2022. (Dave Bedard photo)

At Ag in Motion: World may face wheat shortage this year

An analyst says millers should be getting antsy

Wheat is finally becoming a “sexy” crop after years of being the ugly duckling, an analyst says. Stephen Nicholson, global grains and oilseeds strategist for Rabobank, said a series of supply-side threats is making things exciting. Canada’s crops are withering in the fields. MarketsFarm is forecasting 30.4 million tonnes of all-wheat production, well below the […] Read more

Crop conditions in parts of western Saskatchewan have already dropped into crop insurance range, Burce Burnett says. (WeatherFarm video screengrab)

At Ag in Motion: Significant Prairie yield drop expected

'A lot of damage done' by drought, Bruce Burnett says

MarketsFarm has released its first yield estimates for Western Canada’s crops and the outlook is grim. Analyst Bruce Burnett just recently completed a crop tour covering most of Saskatchewan. “Unfortunately, I don’t have a lot of good news on the crop front,” he told growers attending the Ag in Motion show in Langham, Sask. “There […] Read more