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Shop smart when selecting seed for salt tolerance

Soil tests are recommended before deciding how best to manage salinity

By Jeff Melchior May 15, 2024

Glacier FarmMedia — Producers in Saskatchewan and Manitoba are asking plenty of questions about how to manage salinity in their soil. Jeff Schoenau, a soil science professor with the University of Saskatchewan, is among those fielding questions, although he says the amount of visible salinity in his province is “normal” for April. “I think probably […] Read more

Detail from the front of the CBOT building in Chicago. (Vito Palmisano/iStock/Getty Images)

Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soy falls as cooking oil imports excluded from China tariffs

By Reuters May 14, 2024

Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures dipped on Tuesday as analysts said the market was disappointed that U.S. President Joe Biden's administration did not include used cooking oil on a list of tariff increases on Chinese goods.

Crops, News

Feds invest in research to promote more diverse crop rotations

May 14, 2024

The federal government is investing $5,733,852 million in funding to advance soybean, corn and oat research and promote diverse crop rotations across Canada.

News

Ducks Unlimited and PepsiCo offer financial incentive

By Geralyn Wichers May 14, 2024

Farmers enrolled in Ducks Unlimited's Marginal Areas Program may be eligible for additional financial incentives.

The Chicago Board of Trade building on May 28, 2018. (Harmantasdc/iStock Editorial/Getty Images)

Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Chicago wheat hits 9-month highs on Russian crop losses

By Reuters May 13, 2024

Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures rose on Monday, hitting nine-month highs on worries about crop losses in top-exporter Russia after multiple nights of frosty weather in key regions.

Markets, News

Canada’s crush boom to benefit Aussie canola

A significant increase in domestic crush capacity is expected to lower exports and reduce competition for Australia

By Sean Pratt May 13, 2024

Commonwealth Bank of Australia is forecasting reduced competition from its main competitor and continued strong demand from its top export market.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, pictured here at a Remembrance Day event in 2023. Photo: Supplied/X.

News, Reuters

Alberta urges Trudeau to head off port and rail strikes

By Reuters May 13, 2024

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is urging Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to do all he can to head off potentially devastating strikes by railway and port workers.

Protesters lead a model of reaper as Solidarity organisation and Polish farmers protest with Polish and Solidarity flags and anti Green Deal banners in front of European Parlament building in the centre of Warsaw, the capital of Poland on May 10, 2024. The protest in Poland is part of the European farmers’ protest against the EU’s Green Deal regulations. Polish farmers also demand a change to the EU agreement with Ukraine regarding the import of agricultural produce to the EU. The protest gathered over 100 thousand people. (Photo by Dominika Zarzycka/Sipa USA)

News, Reuters

Polish farmers begin hunger strike over EU Green Deal

By Reuters May 13, 2024

Five Polish farmers have gone on hunger strike over European Union environmental regulations they say are driving them out of business.

Crops, Features

The ground squirrel survey says…

Saskatchewan has surveyed farmers to get a new read on Richardson’s ground squirrel populations and on-farm damage

By Jim Timlick May 13, 2024

Richardson’s ground squirrel damage has frustrated Saskatchewan farmers for years. Saskatchewan’s Ministry of Agriculture recently conducted a survey of farmers to better understand where Richardson’s ground squirrels are present, the methods producers use to deal with them, and which approaches are most effective. The online survey was conducted this past December and January. A total […] Read more

Columns, Crops

Challenges for 2024 cash crop economics

Cash flows must be managed carefully against rising costs and falling commodity prices

By Art Lange May 11, 2024

As we embark on a new production year, there are several new challenges. A recent Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA) report says “the cost of critical farm inputs such as fuel, fertilizer, feed, machinery, pesticides, land and labour has increased dramatically. “When coupled with high inflation, interest rates and a price on carbon for essential […] 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

Oilseeds

Shop smart when selecting seed for salt tolerance

U.S. grains: Soy falls as cooking oil imports excluded from China tariffs

Feds invest in research to promote more diverse crop rotations

Ducks Unlimited and PepsiCo offer financial incentive

U.S. grains: Chicago wheat hits 9-month highs on Russian crop losses

Canada’s crush boom to benefit Aussie canola

Alberta urges Trudeau to head off port and rail strikes

Polish farmers begin hunger strike over EU Green Deal

The ground squirrel survey says…

Challenges for 2024 cash crop economics

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