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Crops, Features, Lentils

Lentils: the crop year in review

2016 brought a wet season and a damp harvest. Lentil crops didn’t like that

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Lentil growers had a hard time pulling off a good crop in 2016. A wet growing season and damp harvest plagued many farmers. “Without a doubt there were some good quality lentils produced in 2016, but the percentage of high quality lentils produced would be much lower than what we typically see in Western Canada,” […] Read more
Crops, News, Weather

Wet soil makes for slow process, rain, snow lodge standing crops

Saskatchewan Crop Report for the week ending October 24

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Continued wet weather has resulted in very little harvest progress since the beginning of October. Eighty-two per cent of the 2016 crop has been combined, according to Saskatchewan Agriculture’s weekly Crop Report. The five-year (2011-2015) average for this time of year is 99 per cent combined. Many producers were out testing the crop, however only […] Read more
Crop Diagnostic School organizers seeded plots to demonstrate the impact of different treatment on plant growth. Plots were planted with or without inoculant, with or without nitrogen, and one plot had inoculant, nitrogen, and phosphorus. This photo of peas is with no inoculant, no nitrogen. (see more photos at bottom of page)
Crops, Features, Pulses

The basics of pulse nodulation

Nodulation 101: how pulse crops work with bacteria to fix their own nitrogen

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At Saskatchewan Agriculture’s Crop Diagnostic School at Swift Current in July, a lot of the in-field real estate was devoted to plots of lentils and peas. Organizers had seeded plots of both crops with and without nitrogen, and with and without inoculant. These plots gave Garry Hnatowich, research director at Saskatchewan’s Irrigation Crop Diversification Corporation […] Read more
Crops, News, Weather

Rain, snow, cool temps continue to delay harvest

Saskatchewan Crop Report for the week ending October 17

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Wet and cool weather continues to delay harvest. Frequent rain and snow, along with cool temperatures have stalled harvest for almost three weeks. Eighty-one per cent of the 2016 crop is combined and 15 per cent is swathed or ready to straight-cut, according to Saskatchewan Agriculture’s weekly Crop Report. The five-year (2011-2015) average for this […] Read more
Crops, News, Weather

Heavy rain and snow stalls harvest, sunny weather relief in the forecast

Saskatchewan Crop Report for the week ending October 10

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Heavy rain and snow over the past several days has stalled harvest. Eighty-one per cent of the 2016 crop is combined and 15 per cent is swathed or ready to straight-cut, according to Saskatchewan Agriculture’s weekly Crop Report. The five-year (2011-2015) average for this time of year is 93 per cent combined. The southeast has […] Read more
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Crops, Pulses, Reuters, Soybeans

Tyson invests in non-meat protein

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Reuters — Tyson Foods, the largest U.S. meat processor, took a five per cent stake in plant-based protein maker Beyond Meat amid growing pressure on food companies to reduce environmental and health risks by changing the way they source protein. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Manhattan Beach, Calif.-based Beyond Meat sells plant-based burger […] Read more
Crops, News, Weather

Harvest progress below five-year average, rain still persists

Saskatchewan Crop Report for the week ending October 3

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Producers were able to get back into the field for a few days and make some harvest progress in between the weekend rains. Eighty per cent of the 2016 crop has been combined and 14 per cent is swathed or ready to straight-cut, according to Saskatchewan Agriculture’s weekly Crop Report. The five-year (2011-2015) average for […] Read more
Officially open in May 2016 the Northgate Commodities Logistics Centre is moving 100 railcars per week and has capacity for 2.7 million bushels of grain storage.
Crops, Features

It’s built… and they’re coming

Grain is moving south at Northgate where an abandoned Sask. hamlet once stood

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A new Canadian-built grain export terminal at Northgate in southern Saskatchewan is booming these days. Actually, the Northgate Commodities Logistics Centre about 60 km southeast of Estevan hasn’t seen too many slow days since the first railcars started rolling south in January 2015. Officially opened in May 2016, the 2.7 million bushel capacity grain terminal […] Read more
Crops, News, Weather

Farmers push past rainy weather to advance harvest

Saskatchewan Crop Report for the week ending September 26

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Despite the weekend rain, producers were still able to make progress with harvest. Seventy per cent of the 2016 crop is now combined and 22 per cent is swathed or ready to straight-cut, according to Saskatchewan Agriculture’s weekly Crop Report. The five-year (2011-2015) average for this time of year is 79 per cent combined. Regionally, […] Read more
Crops, News, Weather

Wet weather relents, Sask. producers make ‘significant’ harvest progress

Saskatchewan Crop Report for the week ending September 19

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A dry and windy week has allowed producers to make significant harvest progress. Sixty per cent of the 2016 crop has been combined and 28 per cent is swathed or ready to straight-cut, according to Saskatchewan Agriculture’s weekly Crop Report. The five-year (2011-2015) average for this time of year is 62 per cent combined. Regionally, […] Read more

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