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- Canola, pulse disease rates dropped last yearby Janelle Rudolph on January 8, 2026 at 3:05 pm
There’s not much positive to say about dry years, but often they result in less disease in canola and pulses. Such was the case in Saskatchewan last year.
- AM Market Report – January 8, 2025by Mike Jubinville on January 8, 2026 at 2:37 pm
GOOD MORNING…HERE IS YOUR MORNING MARKET NEWS OVERNIGHT GRAIN TRADE ICE canola futures are up again this morning for what has been an encouraging start to 2026…trading another $4 to $5/tonne higher through the overnight session. Short-covering associated with spec fund commodity position rebalancing has at least played some role supporting this oversold market, along Read more
- The Good, Bad & Uglyby Bruce Burnett - Analysis on January 7, 2026 at 10:18 pm
The Good: The canola market closed up by C$6.10 per tonne with the March contract settling at C$620 per tonne. The move today pushed the contract above the 20 day moving average. The March contract is still 18.19 per tonne lower than the 50 day moving average. This is close to the upside target for Read more
- VIDEO: Farmer sings praises of mechanical weed controlby Greg Berg on January 7, 2026 at 10:04 pm
Saskatchewan farmer Josh Lade talks about his experience using the Seed Terminator on his farm and how the mechanical weed control device reduces herbicide costs.
- New Iridium technology helps block GPS spoofingby John Greig on January 7, 2026 at 9:08 pm
A tiny new chip will allow Iridium’s Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT) signals to be received much smaller devices, create a security backstop against Global Positioning Systems (GPS) spoofing.