Crops
Reading Time: 2 minutes Quebec-based Nortera Foods is closing its Lethbridge frozen vegetable facility in June as part of a strategic restructuring, ending 75-year processing run in region.
Nortera’s Lethbridge plant closure ends 75 years of frozen vegetable processing in southern Alberta
Closure of Nortera's Lethbridge facility ends 75 years of frozen vegetable processing, leaving roughly 6,000 contracted acres and 70 jobs in limbo as the company consolidates operations in Quebec
Pulse Weekly: War, weather affecting Manitoba pulse prospects
Manitoba pulses could be affected by the ongoing war in Iran as well as spring weather, said the former executive director of Manitoba Pulse & Soybean Growers.
CBOT weekly outlook: Soybeans/corn awaiting acreage data
Soybean and corn futures at the Chicago Board of Trade posted some large price swings during the week ended March 25, as market participants reacted to the shifting news out of the Middle East and adjusted positions ahead of upcoming acreage data from the United States Department of Agriculture.
ICE Canada Weekly: More behind canola, soyoil than crude oil prices
There’s more to canola futures on the Intercontinental Exchange than crude oil and vegetable oils prices, said David Derwin, commodity futures advisor for Ventum Financial in Winnipeg.
U.S. researchers bet on hybrid, GMO seeds to make wheat profitable again
Scientists are developing hybrid wheat seeds that promise higher, more consistent crop yields as drought becomes more common across the U.S. Plains.
Feed Grain Weekly: Seasonal gains expected this spring
Feed grain prices have not yet been affected by rising fuel costs, but will continue to rise nonetheless, said a Lethbridge-based trader.
EU crop monitor sees lower soft wheat and rapeseed yields in 2026
Crop monitoring service MARS said on Monday it expects the European Union’s average soft wheat yield to reach 5.98 tonnes per hectare this year, five per cent lower than in 2025.
Cutbacks linked to drop in variety applications
Plant Breeders’ Rights Office receiving fewer cereal applications, 15 years after feds closed agriculture research facilities
Reading Time: 3 minutes The Plant Breeders’ Rights Office is receiving fewer applications for IP protection, for wheat and other cereal crop varieties
Two new conveyors from AGI
New models provide the choice between gas and electric drives
Reading Time: 2 minutes For grain growers needing to move a lot of bushels quickly, AGI offers two new high-throughput conveyors: the gas-over-hydraulic FX4 SP, and the top-drive electric FX4 18S.
USDA attachés forecast some changes in China’s oilseeds, cereals
As China heads into the 2026/27 marketing year, the United States Department of Agriculture attachés in Beijing projected a few minor to moderate changes in the country’s soybean, canola, corn and wheat crops.