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Alberta cereal crops lead the way in terms of favourable development in the latest provincial crop report. Photo: File

Crop conditions in Alberta see remarkable turnaround

By GFM Network News June 30, 2022

MarketsFarm – As the heydays of summer approach, Alberta reported that its crops were in good shape. The crop report placed all crops in the province at 75 per cent good to excellent, slightly above the five-year average. The rains throughout June were credited with the turnaround, but overall growth and development remained somewhat behind […] Read more

Severe weather in the form of heavy rains and large hail hit some areas in rural Manitoba. Photo: iStock/Getty Images Plus

Crops, Weather

Extreme weather in Manitoba slows planting progress

By GFM Network News June 29, 2022

MarketsFarm – Little progress was made in planting whatever acres remained in Manitoba as extreme weather made its way through the province for the week ended June 26. Provincial seeding progress sat at 93 per cent at a time of year when plantings would be complete, according to the Manitoba Crop Report released on June […] Read more

Crops, Weather

Manitoba Crop Report: Plantings advance, crops threatened by weeds, insects

By GFM Network News June 22, 2022

MarketsFarm – Seeding continues to advance in Manitoba, but recent rains have also hindered progress and emergent crops are being threatened by weeds and insects. Plantings in the province are 91 per cent complete as of June 21, four points higher than the previous week according to Manitoba’s weekly crop report. Typically, the third week […] Read more

File photo of a lentil crop before harvest in Saskatchewan. (Bobloblaw/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops, Pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: AAFC projects normal yields, increased pulse production

By GFM Network News May 25, 2022

MarketsFarm — A return to yields closer to long-range averages will result in greater production for most pulse crops in 2022-23, according to Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s monthly outlook for principal field crops released last Friday. Many of the projections are based on the assumption that normal weather conditions will return to most of the […] Read more

File photo of a pea crop south of Ethelton, Sask. on Aug. 1, 2019. (Dave Bedard photo)

Crops, Markets, Pulses, Weather

Pulse weekly outlook: Still early in season to switch crops

Decisions likely in next couple of weeks

By GFM Network News May 17, 2022

MarketsFarm — With dry conditions dominating western and southwestern Saskatchewan and wet conditions prominent in the province’s east and northeast, at mid-May it remained early to consider switching pulse crops to something else, according to Carl Potts, executive director of Saskatchewan Pulse Growers. Overall, he said, spring planting throughout the province as of May 9 […] Read more

Chickpeas. (CalypsoArt/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops, Markets, Pulses, Weather

Tightening supplies likely to underpin chickpea market

By Phil Franz-Warkentin, GFM Network News May 11, 2022

MarketsFarm — Tightening worldwide chickpea supplies could bode well for prices later this year, although Canadian acres will likely be down and there’s still a long growing season ahead. Canadian farmers intend to seed 175,200 acres of chickpeas in 2022, which would be down 5.5 per cent from the previous year and the smallest acreage […] Read more

File photo of lentils being moved into bins in Saskatchewan. (Bobloblaw/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops, Lentils, Markets, Pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: Lentil acres likely up in 2022

Other pulses likely down, though

By GFM Network News April 26, 2022

MarketsFarm — Statistics Canada released its first survey-based crop acreage estimates of 2022 on Tuesday, reporting that while more lentil acres may be planted this spring, other pulses are expected to have their seeded area shrink. The national data agency projected 4.49 million acres of lentils will be planted in Canada this year, a 4.2 […] Read more

It is a heartbreaking situation to put money and effort into establishing high-value pulse crops only to have them wiped out by disease. There are several root rot diseases that can seriously affect pea and lentil (as seen here) crop yields, but aphanomyces is the worst of the bunch.

Crops, News

No easy fix for pulse crop problems

A Saskatchewan pulse producer weighs his options and risks for planting lentils in fields previously hit hard by aphanomyces — plus, the latest research and recommendations on root rot management in pulses

By Lee Hart April 20, 2022

Shaun Dyrland says even in a dry growing season, if there is a thunderstorm that drops about an inch of rain some of the lentil fields on his west-central Saskatchewan farm will be dead within a matter of days. That’s just an indication of the effect root rot disease — particularly aphanomyces — can have […] Read more

Crops, Pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: Larger U.S. pea, lentil areas expected

By Phil Franz-Warkentin, GFM Network News April 13, 2022

MarketsFarm — Farmers in the United States will grow more lentils and peas in 2022, although chickpea area may be down, according to early estimates ahead of spring seeding. Total pea area in the country is forecast at 1.088 million acres, which would be up 11 per cent from 2021, according to the U.S. Department […] 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

Daily Network News

Southern California honeybees show resistance to varroa mites

Pulse Weekly: SaskPulse optimistic despite input, crop price concerns

Canadian aquaculture should be classed as agriculture, industry groups say

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