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Pulse weekly outlook: Chickpeas appear OK, but prices soft

By GFM Network News August 27, 2019

MarketsFarm — Canada’s chickpea crop has likely beaten earlier expectations — but poor prices may limit farmer sales come harvest. “We planted the crop in drought conditions” and were preparing for the worst, said Colin Young of Midwest Grain at Moose Jaw, Sask., pointing to the lack of subsoil moisture in key chickpea-growing regions of […] Read more

This durum wheat crop was still ripening in southeastern Saskatchewan on Aug. 4, 2019.

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Farmer Panel: Weather just needs a balancing device

By Lee Hart August 27, 2019

Too dry in some areas — harvest started as early as late July, but in some cases not much crop to combine — while on the other end of the scale it doesn’t want to quit raining, with some crops drowned out and harvest likely to be delayed. Those are the extremes. Conditions on other farms […] Read more

Crops, News, Weather

Sask. harvest well short of five-year average, strong winds, dryness damage crops

Saskatchewan Crop Report for the week ending August 19

By Saskatchewan Agriculture August 22, 2019

Producers in the province now have two per cent of the 2019 crop combined, up from less than one per cent last week, but behind the five-year (2014-2018) average of nine per cent. Five per cent of the crop is now swathed or ready to straight-cut, which is behind the five-year (2014-2018) average of 12 […] Read more

Crops, News, Weather

Sask. harvest in early stages, rainfall delays progress in south

Saskatchewan Crop Report for the week ending August 12

By Saskatchewan Agriculture August 15, 2019

Despite rain delays in some areas, producers now have over one per cent swathed or ready to straight-cut, and less than one per cent of the 2019 crop combined according to Saskatchewan Agriculture’s Crop Report. The five-year (2014-2018) average is four per cent combined and five per cent swathed or ready to straight-cut. Seventeen per […] Read more

A pea crop soaks up the sun near Ethelton, Sask., on July 30.

Crops, News, Weather

Harvest begins in Saskatchewan, crop development two weeks behind for some

Saskatchewan Crop Report for the week ending August 5

By Saskatchewan Agriculture August 8, 2019

Harvest operations have already begun in some parts of the province, according to Saskatchewan Agriculture’s weekly Crop Report. As crops continue to mature in the next few weeks, most producers will begin to harvest. Some crops are one-to-two weeks behind in development and this may be of concern depending on weather during harvest. Scattered rainfall […] Read more

Crops, News, Weather

Sask producers make good haying progress, crops mostly measure fair-to-good

Saskatchewan Crop Report for the week ending July 29

By Saskatchewan Agriculture August 1, 2019

Livestock producers continue to make good haying progress as 39 per cent of the hay crop is now baled or put into silage. An additional 27 per cent is cut and ready for baling according to Saskatchewan Agriculture’s weekly Crop Report. Hay quality is currently rated as three per cent excellent, 52 per cent good, […] Read more

Columns, Crops

Why soybeans need inoculant and how some crops fix nitrogen without it

Plus, never do this with inoculant

By Ieuan Evans August 1, 2019

Next to water, nitrogen is usually the most limiting nutrient in crop production. In prairie agriculture, by far the major source of fixed nitrogen for crop production is nitrogen produced industrially via the Haber process. But nitrogen fixation by legumes is also a very important economic factor in world agriculture. The nitrogen-fixing family of plants, […] Read more

A slow start for some crops has put them a few weeks behind schedule in development that could expose them to frost later in the season. Photo: File

Markets, Pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: Saskatchewan crops rally after rough spring

By GFM Network News August 1, 2019

Winnipeg | MarketsFarm – Pulse crops across the prairies have largely bounced back after rough growing conditions in the spring and early summer, but they’re not out of the woods just yet. “It’s been an abnormal year,” remarked Carl Potts, executive director of Saskatchewan Pulse. Potts explained that in Saskatchewan, widespread dryness early in the […] Read more

Hay yields were well below normal for many producers and will be in short supply this year in several areas. Photo: File

Crops

Development behind normal for many Saskatchewan crops: report

By MarketsFarm Team, GFM Network News July 25, 2019

MarketsFarm – Development for roughly a third of the spring cereals and nearly half of the oilseed crops in Saskatchewan are behind normal, according to the latest provincial crop report. About 55 per cent of the canola crop is at its normal stage of development, with 44 per cent behind. Spring cereals are at 67 […] Read more

Crops, News, Weather

Majority of Sask. crops measure ‘poor-to-good condition’

Saskatchewan Crop Report for the week ending July 15

By Saskatchewan Agriculture July 19, 2019

Crops continue to develop across the province, according to Saskatchewan Agriculture’s weekly Crop Report. Sixty-three per cent of the fall and spring cereals, 53 per cent of the oilseeds, and 73 per cent of the pulse crops are at their normal stages of development for this time of year. Crop conditions vary throughout the province, […] Read more

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Chickpeas

Pulse weekly outlook: Chickpeas appear OK, but prices soft

Farmer Panel: Weather just needs a balancing device

Sask. harvest well short of five-year average, strong winds, dryness damage crops

Sask. harvest in early stages, rainfall delays progress in south

Harvest begins in Saskatchewan, crop development two weeks behind for some

Sask producers make good haying progress, crops mostly measure fair-to-good

Why soybeans need inoculant and how some crops fix nitrogen without it

Pulse weekly outlook: Saskatchewan crops rally after rough spring

Development behind normal for many Saskatchewan crops: report

Majority of Sask. crops measure ‘poor-to-good condition’

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