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American Farmers Making Good Seeding Progress

Seeding in the U.S. is progressing rapidly.

Dan Basse is president of AgResource Company in Chicago.

"We've got a record seeding pace," he said. "We're now about 50 per cent done on U.S. soybean seeding, that's a record for this time of the year. Looking at about the 12th of May. We've got the corn seeding pace now exceeding 75 per cent as we would estimate it today, not a record, but well along. Dry weather has been kind, we need to see some rain in portions of the Northern Plains and Canadian Prairies, but other than that it's a relatively good start for U.S. crops as it sits today."

The USDA released its May WASDE report on Wednesday.

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Alberta Honey: A Day at Molenkamp Honey Farms

Video: Alberta Honey: A Day at Molenkamp Honey Farms

When was the last time you read the label on your honey?

We spent a day at Molenkamp Honey Farms with Michael Molenkamp, who has been keeping bees for 17 seasons and runs three to four thousand hives. In mid-September, he was finishing treatments and getting his bees ready for winter, and he walked us through how Alberta honey gets made.

Alberta has just 150 commercial beekeepers running 300,000 colonies, and together they produce 40% of Canada’s honey. Long summer days and golden canola fields give Alberta honey a light flavour that’s hard to match anywhere else.

Molenkamp calls Alberta beekeepers some of the most resilient farmers he knows. There’s plenty of Alberta honey to go around, but a lot on our shelves isn’t from here, so his ask is simple. Give the label a second look and choose honey made by Alberta beekeepers, or buy straight from a beekeeper near you.