U.S. farmers struggling with slumping incomes and depressed grain prices have been switching to cheaper generic pesticides and fungicides as they plan for spring planting next year, which market ...

Beijing | Reuters—China has approved the safety of gene-edited wheat for the first time as Beijing cautiously moves forward with commercial growing of genetically modified food crops. Unlike genetic ...

The harvest in Saskatchewan advanced 13 points for the week ended Sept. 16, at 74 per cent complete, despite rain in some parts of the province. Photo: Thinkstock Saskatchewan farmers made good ...

Beijing | Reuters—China’s drive to boost grain production has entered a bottleneck where it is difficult to increase production further, state media reported on Monday, as Beijing launched a new drive ...

Chicago | Reuters—Chicago Mercantile Exchange feeder cattle futures shot to their highest point since July on Monday as a screwworm outbreak in Mexican cattle shut down feeder cattle exports from ...

Chicago | Reuters—Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures fell for a second day on Thursday after reaching three-week highs earlier in the week, as traders awaited the results of the U.S.

Chicago | Reuters—U.S. soybean futures fell on Wednesday on favorable crop weather in South America and concerns about the incoming Trump administration’s hawkish approach to trade with top importer ...

Beijing | Reuters — China is willing to cooperate more closely with Russia in the soybean industry, its agriculture ministry quoted an official as saying on Wednesday, without giving any details.

File photo of soybeans being loaded for transport in Argentina. (Wirestock/iStock/Getty Images) Glacier FarmMedia—There’s a rather wide difference between the United States Department of Agriculture ...

Canadian mustard growers now have access to a flea beetle control tool that was previously the purview of canola. On Sept. 17, Bayer announced that its Buteo start seed treatment has been registered ...

For the week ending December 7, Western Canadian feeder cattle weighing 700 pounds plus traded $10 to $20 higher compared to seven days earlier. Calves under 700 pounds were up $8 to $10 on average.

Oct. 16 marked World Food Day, a global initiative drawing attention to the “right to foods for a better life and a better future.” However, Canada’s food and agricultural policies are falling short ...