CKRM Agriculture

Closing cash prices from Bunge with futures prices from Adam Pukalo of Ventum Financial.

Opening cash prices from Bunge with futures prices from Adam Pukalo of Ventum Financial.

U.S. soybean exporters risk missing out on billions of dollars worth of sales to China this year as trade talks drag on and buyers in the top oilseed importer lock in cargoes from Brazil for shipment during the key U.S. marketing season.

Emerging research suggests a troubling twist in canola disease management. When verticillium stripe is present in a field, the resistance to blackleg built into many canola cultivars appears to break down.

Statistics Canada released its crop production report today (Thu). Canadian farmers are forecast to harvest more canola in 2025/26, while there’s to be less wheat. StatCan estimated there’s about 19.

Closing cash prices from Bunge with futures prices from Adam Pukalo of Ventum Financial.

Harvest operations around the province remains at a slow pace due to thunderstorms in some areas.

Opening cash prices from Bunge with futures prices from Adam Pukalo of Ventum Financial.

Closing cash prices from Bunge with futures prices from Adam Pukalo of Ventum Financial.

It’s a mantra in the world of sustainable food — local is always better. That rule doesn’t apply to peas, canola, wheat and likely other crops grown in Western Canada.