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Feed grain weekly: Prices slip back on good supplies

Demand for corn from Manitoba, U.S. wanes

By GFM Network News February 23, 2023

MarketsFarm — There are sufficient supplies of feed barley, wheat and corn across the Prairies, according to Evan Peterson, trader with JGL Commodities. In turn, that’s putting pressure on prices. Peterson said a shortage of trucks and truck drivers last summer and fall led buyers to acquire as much feed as possible to get through […] Read more

Cereals, Crops, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: Grain bids quietly drift lower

Oats still making their way into feedlots

By GFM Network News February 16, 2023

MarketsFarm — Prices for feed barley and wheat in Western Canada drifted lower during the week ended Wednesday. Erin Harakal, trade manager for Agfinity Inc. at Stony Plain, Alta., said a relatively milder winter across the Prairies has resulted in less consumption of feed grains in feedlots. In turn, feedlots are not purchasing as much […] Read more

Good soils or loamy soils are ones that contain equal parts of sand, silt and clay. Unfortunately, this ideal mix is not that common on the Prairies.

Columns, Crops

What is soil?

Let’s explore the properties of your cropland’s soil

By Ieuan Evans February 15, 2023

In everyday conversation involving agriculture, we hear about poor soils, clay soils, good soils, ruined soils, eroded soils, degraded soils, sandy soils, silty soils and so on. These names or descriptions are, for the most part, meaningless and very subjective. Soil is, in reality, a storehouse of water, mineral compounds of multiple complexities and plant-essential […] Read more

The nutritional requirements of calved-out first-calf heifers is much different than that of mature cows, yet the feed needs to be presented into a denser post-calving diet due to the heifers’ smaller dry matter intake (DMI) and lower forage gut-capacity.

Cattleman’s Corner, Cow-Calf, Livestock

First-calf heifers need to be prepared for rebreeding

They need to calve in good condition and then be kept in good condition as they also continue to grow and nurse a calf

By Peter Vitti February 13, 2023

It’s easy to envision beef heifers that give birth to their first calf only as a younger version of mature brood cows. However, they do have extra challenges after calving that must be addressed to get rebred in the next few months. As young animals, giving birth for the first time and nursing a newborn […] Read more

Barley, Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat

Feed weekly outlook: Grain stocks set tone for barley, wheat

Barley expected to go bullish in April, May

By GFM Network News February 9, 2023

MarketsFarm — Statistics Canada’s (StatCan) grain stocks report issued earlier this week largely met trade expectations, according to Winnipeg-based independent trader Jerry Klassen. The survey-based report, which estimated the country’s grain stocks as of Dec. 31, was neutral for spring wheat, supportive of durum, and pointed toward barley being somewhat bullish come spring, he said. […] Read more

“It just makes tracking your inventory and your contracts a lot easier... I don’t have to spend days on the computer entering contracts and doing spreadsheets.” – Sean Edwards.

Markets, News

New tool for grain marketing at your fingertips

Combyne marketing app built for grain producers

By Jim Timlick February 7, 2023

A new software system developed by a Canadian tech firm promises to make grain marketing easier and more efficient for farmers across the country. Combyne was developed by Alain Goubau and his Ontario-based company, Combyne Ag. It was released to the public in November 2021 and is available for mobile devices and computer desktop use. […] Read more

Cereals, Crops, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: Prairie markets hold steady

U.S. corn imports keep lid on domestic grains

By Phil Franz-Warkentin, GFM Network News February 3, 2023

MarketsFarm — Feed grain markets in Western Canada have seen little change over the past few weeks. Feed barley bids across Western Canada have generally held steady over the past month, with the spot market topping out at $9.58 per bushel in Alberta, according to Prairie Ag Hotwire data. Prices in Manitoba and Saskatchewan are […] Read more

Rats cause many millions of dollars in damage to crops, food losses and buildings in Canada annually.

Columns, Crops

Successful pest protection and prevention programs

Given the right advice and a willingness to co-operate, Prairie growers can do a lot to mitigate or prevent crop yield losses

By Ieuan Evans February 2, 2023

Pests of all kinds — weeds, animals, insects or diseases — would like to find a good home on your crop production acres. Prevention is by far the best method of pest control. If you can stop or prevent the pest from gaining a foothold on your acres, you are winning the battle. You do […] Read more

Wheat being loaded onto a cargo ship in Vancouver in 2011. (File photo: Reuters/Ben Nelms)

Crops, Markets

China top destination for Canadian grains, oilseeds

CGC data points to key destinations

By Phil Franz-Warkentin, GFM Network News February 2, 2023

MarketsFarm — China is the top destination for Canadian grain and oilseed exports through the first five months of the 2022-23 marketing year, accounting for roughly a third of the total movement, according to the latest monthly report from the Canadian Grain Commission. Canada has exported 6.566 million tonnes of grains, oilseeds, and pulses to […] Read more

Bonnie Mandziak says precision ag companies must do a better job of providing farmers with guidance on how to use the data that precision ag technology generates.

Crops, Features

Precision ag panel spells out benefits and slow adoption rate

The challenges to variable-rate-technology uptake and other precision ag tools, and industry direction and focus

By Jim Timlick February 1, 2023

While interest in precision agriculture has surged in Canada over the past decade, it’s no secret it isn’t being adopted as quickly as some in the industry would like to see. Garth Donald, manager of agronomy in Western Canada for Decisive Farming by Telus Agriculture, agreed the adoption rate for precision ag methods such as […] Read more

GFM Network News

U.S. livestock: Cattle rebound on technical buying

U.S. grains: Soybeans fall as rapid harvest overshadows China trade hopes

Good weather pushes Alberta harvest along

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