Trent Klarenbach

Trent Klarenbach, B.S.A. AgEc, PAg, is founder and lead analyst of Klarenbach Research in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. He covers commodity markets from Prairie grain to junior mining and Canadian energy. He publishes The Daily Kernel, The Daily Board, the Klarenbach Grain Report, the Klarenbach Special Crops Report, and Commodity Ape, and is a contributing analyst at Barchart.com. More at klarenbach.ca and the podcast.

Saskatchewan

Farm Insurance for Prairie Producers: Premiums, Coverage, and What Changed

Oct 13, 2026

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1 min read

Farm Insurance for Prairie Producers: Premiums, Coverage, and What Changed

A plain-language guide to rising farm insurance costs, shrinking coverage options, and what operators are watching.

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Saskatchewan

Fuel and Fertilizer Costs for Prairie Farms: What Moves the Bill

Oct 13, 2026

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1 min read

Fuel and Fertilizer Costs for Prairie Farms: What Moves the Bill

A plain-language guide to the main drivers of diesel, fertilizer, and related input costs, and what producers can watch.

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Tariffs

Oct 13, 2026

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1 min read

Trade Risks for Prairie Grain and Cattle: Tariffs, China, and Market Access

A short guide to the trade issues that move Prairie farm decisions: China market access, U.S. tariffs, and export logistics.

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Saskatchewan

Canadian Farmland Values: What the Numbers Mean for Prairie Producers

Oct 13, 2026

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1 min read

Canadian Farmland Values: What the Numbers Mean for Prairie Producers

How FCC reports farmland values, why Alberta and Saskatchewan diverge, and what cooling appreciation means for equity and cash flow.

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Daily Edition

Farm Dust and Glyphosate Hit Lungs in 5 Days: USask Study

Oct 13, 2026

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4 min read

Farm Dust and Glyphosate Hit Lungs in 5 Days: USask Study

A Manitoba lab builds a brain for driverless tractors, equipment sales keep sliding, and a Sask turkey farm sells out.

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Daily Edition

Manitoba Farmers Call 2026 the Worst Crop in a Decade

Oct 12, 2026

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4 min read

Manitoba Farmers Call 2026 the Worst Crop in a Decade

Ten inches of extra rain swamps a Dacotah farm, Alberta's vote puts grain exports in question, and farm safety gets $1.07M.

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Policy & Trade

Farmland Values, Farm Insurance, Ottawa's $1B Fund: Top 5

Oct 10, 2026

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Farmland Values, Farm Insurance, Ottawa's $1B Fund: Top 5

The 5 stories Daily Kernel readers couldn't stop clicking this week, from farmland values to China's tariff cliff.

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Daily Edition

Sask Harvest Hits 82%, Manitoba Gets a Livestock Cop

Oct 9, 2026

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4 min read

Sask Harvest Hits 82%, Manitoba Gets a Livestock Cop

Canola sits at 72% combined, U.S. farm debt may be bigger than Washington can count, and World Egg Day turns 30.

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Daily Edition

Farmland Values Rise 3.8%, Alberta Leads, Sask Cools

Oct 8, 2026

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5 min read

Farmland Values Rise 3.8%, Alberta Leads, Sask Cools

FCC mid-year review shows Alberta outrunning Saskatchewan on land values, plus dyed diesel rules, fuel theft and a Sask ag scholarship.

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Daily Edition

Farm Insurance Premiums Climb as Coverage Shrinks: CFIB

Oct 7, 2026

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4 min read

Farm Insurance Premiums Climb as Coverage Shrinks: CFIB

Most agri-businesses paid more for coverage in 2026, farm credit demand is surging, and a Sask barley legend gets his due.

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Daily Edition

Ottawa's Billion-Dollar Band-Aid & Fertilizer Roulette

Oct 6, 2026

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2 min read

Ottawa's Billion-Dollar Band-Aid & Fertilizer Roulette

AAFC launches a $1B Food Link Fund for food hubs, plus fertilizer wild cards, comeback weeds, and a slow-moving seed unit.

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Daily Edition

China Farm Tariff Relief Expires Dec. 31, Beijing Mum

Oct 5, 2026

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3 min read

China Farm Tariff Relief Expires Dec. 31, Beijing Mum

Canola meal, pea and seafood tariff breaks hit a year-end cliff, while FCC courts private capital for its $1B processing fund.

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Policy & Trade

Dairy Ban, Cattle Tracing, Sask Harvest: Week's Top 5

Oct 3, 2026

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Dairy Ban, Cattle Tracing, Sask Harvest: Week's Top 5

This week's top reads: a U.S. dairy ban, Alberta's cattle tracing plan, a breeding push, and Sask harvest swings.

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Daily Edition

Sask. Harvest Leaps to 63% Complete After a Dry Week

Oct 2, 2026

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5 min read

Sask. Harvest Leaps to 63% Complete After a Dry Week

Plus a Belarus potash update, Clean Fuel Regulation changes that could reach the canola bin, and new VIDO animal disease hires.

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Daily Edition

Farm Groups Call for National Plant Breeding Strategy

Oct 1, 2026

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4 min read

Farm Groups Call for National Plant Breeding Strategy

Breeding funding ends in 2028, a 33-foot Canadian spray drone meets Transport Canada, and Alberta bets $5.9M on cattle genomics.

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Daily Edition

Alberta Beef Producers Back Phased Cattle Traceability Plan

Sep 30, 2026

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4 min read

Alberta Beef Producers Back Phased Cattle Traceability Plan

Plus a national ag-tech testing network, FBN teams with Google on farm AI, and a Kentucky tractor that plants alone.

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Daily Edition

U.S. Import Ban Hits Canadian Dairy as Trump Awaits Apology

Sep 29, 2026

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5 min read

U.S. Import Ban Hits Canadian Dairy as Trump Awaits Apology

Trump's import ban goes live, Omaha-built combines meet Canada's parts tariffs, and Sask Wheat takes over wheat research leadership.

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Daily Edition

Sask Harvest 41% Done as Farm Stress Calls Pile Up

Sep 28, 2026

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4 min read

Sask Harvest 41% Done as Farm Stress Calls Pile Up

Rain-stalled combines push Sask farmers to the edge. Plus: Brandt adds three dealer stops, and an Alberta ranch weans by the weather.

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Policy & Trade

Blood Potash, Tech Shortage, Molasses Ban: Top 5 Reads

Sep 26, 2026

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Blood Potash, Tech Shortage, Molasses Ban: Top 5 Reads

This week's top 5: Moe's blood potash blowup with Trump, a farm-tech shortage, and a molasses ban nobody saw coming.

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Daily Edition

Canada Wheat Exports Off to Record Start, Up 68%

Sep 25, 2026

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Canada Wheat Exports Off to Record Start, Up 68%

Record wheat export pace as Black Sea chaos shifts demand, plus Mondelez backs farm growth equity and whey tariffs bite.

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Daily Edition

Canada Needs 26,500 Farm Equipment Techs, Dealers Warn

Sep 23, 2026

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Canada Needs 26,500 Farm Equipment Techs, Dealers Warn

8 in 10 dealers can't keep up with service demand, and fake online dealers are selling combines that don't exist. Here's the playbook.

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Daily Edition

Ottawa Closes 7 Ag Research Farms Despite Committee Push

Sep 23, 2026

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4 min read

Ottawa Closes 7 Ag Research Farms Despite Committee Push

Indian Head, Scott, Lacombe and Portage still on the list, as a new study pegs home processing at $5.4B and China buys peas.

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Daily Edition

Trump Wants Belarus Potash. Moe Calls It "Blood Potash."

Sep 22, 2026

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Trump Wants Belarus Potash. Moe Calls It "Blood Potash."

Sask's premier goes nuclear on Trump's fertilizer pivot, plus a $500 robot that kills weeds with a laser and Monette's feedlot fight.

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Daily Edition

U.S. Bans Canadian Molasses, Blames a Hamilton Refiner

Sep 21, 2026

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U.S. Bans Canadian Molasses, Blames a Hamilton Refiner

A sugar lobby feud over "fake" Canadian molasses gets a Sept. 29 import ban, and dairy farmers who use the stuff are the innocent bystanders.

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Policy & Trade

Diesel Costs, Potash Deal, Harvest Delays: Week's Top 5

Sep 19, 2026

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2 min read

Diesel Costs, Potash Deal, Harvest Delays: Week's Top 5

Beef trade reopens, a new potash deal lands, and Prairie farmers face rain delays, fuel spikes, and slow harvest progress.

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