Hello, As I begin retirement in the next week I want to say it has been a pleasure working with all of you in the mustard industry over the many years. My mustard years started at a Demeter seed cleaning plant in Warner, AB in 1980 as a summer worker while going through university. My… Read More

The lack of adequate moisture and early season heat waves dominated the news in mustard crop reports the previous three years but this year the news changed with mustard growing areas having adequate moisture and temperatures below average thus far. May was particularly cold and much of the seeding was delayed to the end of May and… Read More

Spring planting on the Canadian and USA prairies has started after what could be easily termed a warm winter. Some cold weather landed in mid-January for a week and after that we had three brief but solid storms in February that provided reminders that winter was not asleep. But for the rest of the season… Read More

The 2024 Olds Products mustard contracting program began in December and finished up later in January. Although, more normal than not, we are very pleased to have virtually every grower return from the previous year. Thank you. Over the 15 years that Olds Products has contracted directly with growers we have been reminded, ever so often, that… Read More

The paint on the latest mustard production estimate from Statistics Canada is not dry yet but the effects will add some cold water on the fire that has been burning under the record-breaking spot prices over the last two years. After the grower survey was completed by Statistics Canada the number of harvested mustard acres… Read More