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At the podium, Jeremy Boychyn, co-ordinator of the Plot2Farm program, introduces three Alberta producers, who have participated in on-farm research trials, to delegates attending the Prairie Cereals Summit, organized by the Alberta Wheat and Barley Commissions in December. Producers seated from left to right include Devon Hartzler, who farms near Carstairs, Wade McAllister, who farms near Innisfail, and Gord Ellis, who farms near Olds. Hartzler was involved in projects looking at different barley and wheat seeding rates, McAllister’s project looked at row spacing for wheat, while the 2021 project for Ellis evaluated the effectiveness of a PGR on barley.

A whole new approach to on-farm research

February deadline approaches for the next round of projects

By Lee Hart January 19, 2022

Gord Ellis and Wade McAllister are two Alberta producers who say properly designed, field-scale, on-farm research projects over the past couple of growing seasons have provided some valuable information relevant to their farms. Both producers were involved in the relatively new Plot2Farm program developed by the Alberta Wheat and Barley Commissions. In 2020, Ellis, of […] Read more

A canola crop in an early pod stage in 2020. The demand for canola is in the industry's favour, says the president of the Canola Council of Canada.

Editor's column, Wheat & Chaff

Canola outlook: farmers face disruption, uncertainty and great opportunity

By Kari Belanger January 18, 2022

It was a difficult year for many canola producers across the Prairies in 2021 due to the historic drought, which lowered yields and, in the worst cases, wiped out crops completely. Supply chain challenges compounded the difficulties farmers faced created by the global pandemic. Jim Everson, Canola Council of Canada president, acknowledged these adversities in […] Read more

With dry conditions in southwest Manitoba in 2021, Bill Nicholson harvested a crop that was about a half to two-thirds of a normal yield. He’s expecting it to be another dry growing season in 2022.

Crops, Features

Growers tailor their farm plans for 2022

Farmer Panel: Most are gearing up for dry growing conditions with average yields

By Lee Hart January 18, 2022

After a dry 2021 growing season in most, but not all, parts of Western Canada, farmer panel members for our Jan. 18, 2022, issue of Grainews say they aren’t planning any crazy moves for the coming growing season. However, they will be making some adjustments in fertilizer application rates and crop rotations for 2022, while […] Read more

Federated Co-operatives in November 2021 secured an option on this land north of its Co-op Refinery Complex at Regina. (FCL.crs)

Canola, Crops, Machinery

Co-op, AGT plan to crush canola at Regina

Crusher would feed FCL's planned renewable diesel plant

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News January 18, 2022

Federated Co-operatives’ plans for a renewable diesel processing plant at Regina now also include processing the canola oil needed to supply that plant. Federated Co-op (FCL) on Monday announced a memo of understanding has been signed with Regina grain and pulse crop processor AGT Foods on a joint venture that will “look to construct” a […] Read more

ICE March 2022 canola (candlesticks) with 20-day moving average (yellow line) and November 2022 canola (green line, left column). (Barchart)

Canola, Crops, Markets, Weather

ICE weekly outlook: Despite declines, signs point to increases for canola

By GFM Network News January 13, 2022

MarketsFarm — Although old-crop canola was falling back midway through the week of Jan. 10, analyst David Derwin of PI Financial in Winnipeg said the oilseed should “grind higher” in weeks to come. “The fundamentals haven’t changed at all — they’re not going to get more canola out of the ground until the fall,” he […] Read more

In this photo, the corn on the right has been treated with Utrisha N while the corn on the left hasn’t.

Crops

A new source of nitrogen

Biological products like Envita and Utrisha N enable crops to harvest nitrogen from the air

By Mark Halsall January 12, 2022

It’s an essential element for plant growth, but nitrogen in the air all around us has been unavailable to major crops grown in Western Canada — at least until now. New biological products have arrived in the marketplace that enable crops like wheat, canola, soybean and corn to harvest nitrogen from the air. First on […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Markets

Funds holding record-large net long position in canola

By Phil Franz-Warkentin, GFM Network News January 8, 2022

MarketsFarm — Fund traders remain bullish in the canola market, growing their net long position to a new record in the latest Commitment of Traders report compiled by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). Managed money fund traders were holding a net long position in ICE Futures canola of 68,140 contracts as of Jan. […] Read more

ICE March 2022 canola (candlesticks) with Bollinger bands (20,2). (Barchart)

Canola, Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Canola strength shows no signs of fading

By Phil Franz-Warkentin, GFM Network News January 6, 2022

MarketsFarm — ICE Futures canola contracts started the new year on a firm footing, with little sign that the ongoing strength will end anytime soon. “Is canola expensive? Yes, but everything is expensive,” said analyst Mike Jubinville of MarketsFarm. While canola may look overpriced by some metrics, he noted the high prices were necessary to […] Read more

Louis Dreyfus’ oilseed processing plant at Yorkton, Sask. (LDC.com)

Crops, Reuters

Dreyfus chair owes US$240 million after ADQ deal

Stake sale's proceeds going to repay loan

By Reuters, GFM Network News January 4, 2022

Paris | Reuters — Margarita Louis-Dreyfus, chairperson and main shareholder of Louis Dreyfus Co., borrowed about $240 million from Credit Suisse in a reduced loan arrangement following the sale of a stake in LDC, an annual company report showed. Louis-Dreyfus told Swiss business magazine Bilanz in late 2020 she planned to use the proceeds of […] Read more

General

This week on ‘Between The Rows’

Episode 307, Dec. 22, 2022

By Laura Rance-Unger, GFM Network News January 1, 2022

To hear the latest episode of Between The Rows, CLICK HERE. The show is also available to you each week on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and YouTube.

GFM Network News

U.S. grains: Corn drops to 12-week low on report of massive stocks, record harvest

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures rise, hogs fall on WASDE

Resignation of Saskatchewan wheat breeder draws concern

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