Alberta Farmer Express

U.S. grains: Soy futures set six-week low as China buys Argentine cargoes, snubs U.S.

Reuters - U.S. soybean futures set a six-week low on Tuesday under pressure from a lack of Chinese demand and increased ...
Alberta Farmer Express

Canadian Barley Research Coalition pledges $1.8 million to USask Crop Development Centre

A group of Prairie crop associations have pledged $1.8 million to continue barley variety development at the University of ...
Alberta Farmer Express

Digital age farmers need truth sleuth mindset

Misinformation and disinformation are enjoying a surge in the age of the internet. Experts say agriculture and farmers ...
Alberta Farmer Express

Big Marble Farms to boost production, lower costs with government grant

Big Marble Farms near Medicine Hat is receiving a $2.2 million grant from Emissions Reduction Alberta to install cutting-edge ...
Alberta Farmer Express

Increased interest-free canola cash advances rolling out

Doubled interest-free advances for canola through the Advance Payments Program are now available says the Canadian Canola ...
Alberta Farmer Express

China trade envoy meets US Midwest delegation as agriculture exports loom large in talks

Senior Chinese trade negotiator Li Chenggang met political and business leaders from the U.S. Midwest. Analysts speculate the ...
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U.S. livestock: Hogs rally ahead of USDA report

Chicago lean hog futures rallied on Tuesday ahead of the USDA's Hogs and Pigs report, due on Thursday. "The report may show a ...
Alberta Farmer Express

Wildfire smoke helped counter extreme heat, benefitting this year’s canola crop

As Canada’s western provinces experience the second-worst wildfire season in decades, driven by hotter and drier conditions ...
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Canada could diversify $12 billion in farm and food exports away from U.S. says FCC

Canada could move $12 billion worth of food and beverage exports to non-U.S. markets according to a new report from Farm ...
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Canadian economy going ‘under the speed limit,’ says FCC analyst

Farm Credit Canada outlined less than impressive numbers for Canada’s economy Sept. 18, and that will spill over into ...
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U.S. grains: Soybeans drop on lack of Chinese demand, wheat hits contract lows

Reuters - soybeans fell to a six-week low on Monday, as a phone call last week between U.S. President Donald Trump and ...
Alberta Farmer Express

Klassen: Feeder market slips off record highs

For the week ending September 20, Western Canadian feeder markets traded steady to $5/cwt lower compared to seven days earlier. There were pockets where ...