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- AM Market Report – April 20, 2026by Mike Jubinville on April 20, 2026 at 1:36 pm
GOOD MORNING…HERE IS YOUR MORNING MARKET NEWS OVERNIGHT GRAIN TRADE ICE canola futures are rebounding $3 to $6/tonne higher so far this morning, regaining some/most of what was lost in the past week. But the chart situation technically remains precarious. Chicago soybean futures are 1 to 2 cents/bu weaker this morning…pulled lower with declining soymeal Read more
- Prairie Weatherby Bruce Burnett - Analysis on April 20, 2026 at 1:15 pm
The eastern areas of the Prairies are reporting some scattered light precipitation, but dry weather is expected to prevail across most of the Prairies today. The next system is expected to push into the Prairies on Wednesday and travel across the southern Prairies through Friday. The system is expected to stall out over Manitoba and Read more
- Investing during periods of uncertainty and volatilityby Herman VanGenderen on April 19, 2026 at 9:30 pm
We can’t control or anticipate world events and how they shape the markets. We can only control our own actions in response to them.
- How Saskatchewan’s satellite forage insurance program is going to workby Janelle Rudolph on April 19, 2026 at 1:30 pm
Saskatchewan Crop Insurance Corp.’s Satellite Forage Insurance Program is officially underway, having replaced the Forage Rainfall Insurance Program.
- Great farm leadership requires curiosityby Arlen Motz on April 18, 2026 at 9:30 pm
Understanding how men and women process, respond and communicate is one of the most overlooked leadership skills. And it changes everything.