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You’re not alone when it comes to making new plans for the crop year, many resources for farmers are available.

Don’t forget the details in your crop plan

Q & A with an expert

By Scott Anderson March 23, 2022

Q: I have the big-picture plan for my farm for 2022, is there anything else I should consider? A: Between the cold weather and the pandemic, the winter months may seem extra long this year. As growers, we need to use this time wisely to prepare for spring. Planning for the 2022 crop is well […] Read more

Among the most serious weed resistance concerns on the Prairies are wild oat and green foxtail, both seen here in this photo from Manitoba’s Interlake region in 2020.

Crops, Features

How to scout for herbicide-resistant weeds

What to look for and when, plus prevention tips and an update on herbicide-resistant downy brome in canola

By Treena Hein March 23, 2022

Get out and scout. Next to diversifying your rotations and herbicide selection as much as possible, it’s a critical part of managing herbicide-resistant weeds on your farm in 2022. Scouting is important because without an accurate and thorough picture of what resistant species exist in your fields, you can’t make the best management decisions. More […] Read more

CCA president Bob Lowe speaks at a press conference in Ottawa on March 21, 2022, calling for federal back-to-work legislation to end a work stoppage at Canadian Pacific Railway. (CPAC video screengrab via YouTube)

Crops, Markets

Ag industry groups seek legislated end to CP stoppage

Feed, fertilizer traffic already way behind, groups say

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News March 22, 2022

Warning they don’t have time to wait on negotiation, representatives for cattle feeders, fertilizer producers and grain growers took to Parliament Hill on Monday to press for the federal government to instead legislate Canadian Pacific Railway’s engineers and conductors back to work. Traffic halted on CP lines just after midnight ET Sunday morning as the […] Read more

This photo, from the July 2021 issue of Grainews, was taken on March 19 but the soil moisture data is from April 1. Spring snowmelt was early with little to no runoff. By that time, it was known the depth of snow and resulting depth of moist soil was highly variable over the quarter section. Soil temperature at three to four inches was 5 C or higher long before May 1.

Columns, Crops

Les Henry: Snow job 2022

Plus, seven tricks to try this spring

By Les Henry March 21, 2022

This year, in the February 8 issue of Grainews on precipitation cycles, I wrote, “The long-term cycles are the climate, but farmers must manage what the weather throws at us in any given year. As the winter rolls on, I have a few tips I will offer about managing around Mother Nature by using all […] Read more

The pod shatter ratings system developed by the Canadian canola industry rates cultivars relative to two designated checks, 45H33 and L255PC, which anchor the numerical/descriptive claim based on seed provider data. The “seeds” in the graph depict a greater amount of potential shatter at low ratings to a lower amount of potential shatter at high ratings. They do not represent the exact amounts of seeds that could shatter out, but rather the relative trend in shatter risk.

Canola, Features

New tool helps canola producers understand variety-specific pod shatter risks

Rating system provides information needed to make harvest timing decisions

By Jeff Melchior March 21, 2022

The Canadian canola industry has a new tool for growers who wish to assess the risk of pod shatter in their canola cultivars. Intended to help producers make better harvest timing decisions and analyze crop loss, this system rates pod shatter resistance in canola cultivars on a scale of one to nine. It was designed […] Read more

Crops, Markets

AAFC warns of uncertainty in latest crop outlook

By Phil Franz-Warkentin, GFM Network News March 19, 2022

MarketsFarm — The supply/demand balance sheets for Canada’s major crops were largely left unchanged in the latest outlook Friday from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. While the March report only saw minor revisions, the government agency cautioned that “the economic outlook, for the world and Canadian grain markets, is particularly uncertain due to the Russian invasion […] Read more

In a 150-acre quarter, the grower losses are $24,300. That’s a loss of 24 cows.

Columns, Crops

Why should you rotate your crops?

Practical Research: Consider these consequences

By Ieuan Evans March 17, 2022

Why do we recommend crop rotations in temperate climates? As you may know, many crops like sugar cane can be grown for two to three years and even up to 10 harvests. Alfalfa crops last five to 10 years. In the southern Prairies, the standard crop rotation used to be wheat, fallow, wheat. Now with […] Read more

ICE July 2022 canola (candlesticks) with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages (yellow, green and black lines). (Barchart)

Canola, Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Canola lower, but expected to climb

By GFM Network News March 16, 2022

MarketsFarm — Although canola prices closed lower on Wednesday, the Canadian oilseed is seen as still likely to grind higher in the coming weeks. “The charts and the patterns that have developed, and are still in place for canola, have been kind of the same for the past few months. The longer-term trends are still […] Read more

Canola, Crops

Oil content of Canada’s canola well below average in 2021

By GFM Network News March 16, 2022

MarketsFarm — The average oil content of Canada’s canola crop came in well below normal in 2021-22, according to the final quality report for the year from the Canadian Grain Commission (CGC). The average oil content came in at only 41.3 per cent for the year, which compares with 44.1 per cent the previous year […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Features

How much do you know about canola seed traits?

Take the Canola Council of Canada quiz to find out

By Jay Whetter March 16, 2022

Through my @CanolaWatch Twitter handle, I put up a poll in January with the question, “Canola growers, how many different hybrids will you grow this year?” The options were one, two, three or four-plus. “Two” was the most common answer, with 35.7 per cent. “One” was second, with 27.9 per cent. When I shared the […] Read more

Daily Network News

CBOT Weekly: USDA predicts declines in planting intentions

Protein Industries Canada funds Saskatchewan pulse ingredient project

February canola crush up from 2025, StatCan reports

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