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- The Good, Bad & Uglyby Bruce Burnett - Analysis on January 28, 2026 at 4:47 am
The Good: Durum exports during week 24 were strong at 175,800 tonnes which pushed the total durum exports this crop year to 2.47 million tonnes. The durum exports were from both coasts with Vancouver terminals shipping 95,500 tonnes and St Lawrence terminals accounting for 56,300 tonnes. Primary terminals shipped 19,000 tonnes last week to U.S. destinations. Read more
- U.S. corn could soon pose threat to barley in feedlot alleyby Sean Pratt on January 27, 2026 at 11:13 pm
Alberta’s cattle feeders have not imported much U.S. corn yet but the crop has become more price competitive with feed barley in recent weeks.
- Agreement with China must been seen as major breakthroughby Kevin Hursh, PAg on January 27, 2026 at 10:47 pm
The deal with China isn’t perfect and it sure hasn’t solved all our problems, but it is certainly injecting some much needed optimism.
- Benefits of conservation agriculture go globalby Carol Thiessen on January 27, 2026 at 9:44 pm
Last April and May, the foodgrains bank undertook research in Ethiopia and Kenya, where members of its local partners have implemented conservation agriculture programs for more than 10 years.
- Spoken questions are what make it an interviewby Jonah Grignon on January 27, 2026 at 8:32 pm
Providing questions ahead of time kills the possibility of follow-up questions and negates any sense of an organic conversation.