Sean Pratt

Proposed new maritime regulations would be a boost to global biofuel demand, and impact demand for corn, soybeans and canola.

Rabobank says it will be two more years before grain farmers achieve break-even due to “monster” supplies and “sticky” crop input prices.

Export markets have evaporated for U.S. pulse growers, and so have domestic ones. Aid programs that once bought pulses have been “decimated.”

Grain movement has been strong at the Port of Vancouver due in part to a new centralized scheduling system.

Statistics Canada’s model-based production estimates are under scrutiny, but the agency says it is confident in the results.

When I was a cub reporter at the Western Producer 30-some years ago (cough, cough), I would get wildly excited about work trips.

An Italian farm group called Coldiretti is once again besmirching the reputation of imported Canadian durum.

A major flax crush plant is set to open in Russia. ASVA is building the facility in the city of Azov in Russia’s Rostov region.

Canada’s lentil crop is big and likely to get even larger as the year unfolds, say traders at an annual Pulse and Special Crops Convention.

Canadian National Railway is working with the pulse and special crops sector on resolving challenges in shipping those commodities.