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The largest factor influencing beef demand is consumer spending.

Beef Cattle, Cattleman’s Corner, Markets

Consumer spending calls the shots on cattle prices

Market Update: History shows U.S. cow-calf producers need one year of historical high prices to trigger large-scale herd expansion

By Jerry Klassen September 20, 2023

U.S. and Canadian cattle prices have been trading near historical highs over the past couple of months. Feedlot margins have been hovering in positive territory throughout the summer. Demand for yearlings and calves has been unprecedented as finishing operators reload for another round of feeding. After consecutive years of financial struggles and drought, cattle producers […] Read more

Stuart Smyth says his research study illustrates how glyphosate and herbicide-tolerant canola have helped to boost sustainability on Saskatchewan farms by facilitating a shift to no-till systems.

Features

Study shows glyphosate, no-till systems and herbicide-tolerant crops benefit Prairie agriculture

Benefits include improved soil quality, less erosion, increased carbon sequestration, and reduced fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions

By Mark Halsall September 19, 2023

Glyphosate is Canada’s top-selling pesticide, mostly used in agriculture as a herbicide and to desiccate crops for harvest. While it has come under increasing scrutiny in recent years, glyphosate continues to play an important weed management role on many western Canadian farms. A study by University of Saskatchewan researchers suggests glyphosate has served another important […] Read more

Canola grown at a Resilient Rotations test site in Swift Current, Sask., didn’t perform well in 2021. Severe drought at the flowering stage resulted in low yields and economic returns.

Features

Rotations and the bottom line

Prairie researchers examine how different crop rotations affect net economic returns

By Jim Timlick September 11, 2023

When it comes to on-farm decision making, the bottom line for most farmers is often, well, the bottom line. A 2019 survey of Manitoba farmers bore that out. The survey, conducted on behalf of the Manitoba Pulse and Soybean Growers, asked farmers which factors were important to them when planning their crop rotations. Yield potential […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Pulses, Weather

Pulse weekly outlook: Lentils, peas show large declines in StatCan report

Chickpea, soy production expected up on the year

By GFM Network News August 29, 2023

MarketsFarm — Statistics Canada (StatCan) showed a mostly tightened outlook for Canadian pulses in its first model-based supply/demand estimates for the 2023-24 marketing year. StatCan on Tuesday released those projections, which largely presented a reduction in yields due to ongoing dry conditions on the Prairies. As of July 31, Canadian dry field pea output was […] Read more

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

Crops, Markets, Pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: AAFC trims production numbers

Lentil, chickpea prices up after report

By GFM Network News August 22, 2023

MarketsFarm — Among the many revisions Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada made to its August supply and demand report on Friday were reductions in pulse output for 2023-24. Most of Canada’s pulses are grown on the Prairies, and in particular southern Alberta and western Saskatchewan, which happen to be the driest parts of the region, leading […] Read more

Crops, Pulses, Weather

Pulse weekly outlook: Average yields expected for Manitoba crops

Beans, soy may still benefit if rain comes

By GFM Network News August 9, 2023

MarketsFarm — Pulse crops in Manitoba fared well against the elements which included sporadic rainfall and normal to below-normal temperatures for much of the past month. Provincial pulse specialist Dennis Lange in Altona said field peas should begin harvesting operations next week. “As far as pea acres go, we’re looking at about 145,000 acres. That’s […] Read more

Crops, Lentils, Markets, Peas, Pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: recent rains could stabilize crops

Prices for pulses across Western Canada have been steady

By GFM Network News July 25, 2023

Marketsfarm – Despite the rain the Canadian Prairies received since July 17, MarketsFarm Pro analyst Mike Jubinville pointed out that the major pulse crop areas got very little. While any precipitation has been beneficial to this year’s crops struggling with dry conditions, Jubinville said, it won’t help that much. “In terms of advancing pea and […] Read more

Kashika Sethi (l) and Rhea Thomas Thommana (r) were at Ag in Motion to represent food scientists Drs. Martin Reaney and Michael Nickerson and their 3D printer projects, including their work on printable protein-based materials, such as the pea-based “chicken leg” seen in the machine. (Becky Zimmer photo)

Crops, Machinery

At Ag in Motion: 3D printer takes aim at food ingredients

Making foods both plant-based and printable the goal

By GFM Network News July 19, 2023

With the development of 3D printing, the age of Star Trek replicators has arrived. For master’s student Rhea Thomas Thommana and PhD student Kashika Sethi, food replication is on the horizon as well. Thomas Thommana and Sethi were at Ag in Motion this week with a 3D printer designed to incorporate plant-based ingredients into food, […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: More U.S. peas, chickpeas expected in 2023

On the other hand, fewer lentils and beans

By GFM Network News July 4, 2023

MarketsFarm — It was a mixed bag for forecasted seeded pulse acres in the United States, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). USDA released its acreage report on Friday, with data provided by respondents between May 30 and June 15. The report came two days after Statistics Canada (StatCan) released its June acreage […] Read more

Crops, Lentils, Markets, Pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: Fewer growers signing up their green lentils

'A lot of interest' seen for red lentils

By GFM Network News June 19, 2023

MarketsFarm — There has been a divergence of prices between green and red lentils so far in 2023, according to Levon Sargsyan of Johnston Grains at Weyburn, Sask. Sargsyan said he hasn’t seen too many acres of green lentils signed up for this year, while it’s the opposite case for the reds. “I’m seeing some […] Read more

U.S. livestock: Cattle markets up ahead of report

U.S. grains: Soybean futures fall after Trump-Xi call

Prairie Wheat Weekly: Western Canadian bids slightly decline

GFM Network News