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Rebate roundup 2023

Make your crop input dollars go further this year with cash-back rebates and reward programs

By Mark Halsall February 1, 2023

With the high price of fertilizer and other crop inputs these days, it’s more important than ever to be mindful of cash-back rebates and other grower reward programs as you prepare for the 2023 growing season. With this in mind, here’s our annual roundup (in alphabetical order) of rebates available to farmers in Western Canada […] Read more

Crops, Lentils, Markets

Pulse weekly outlook: India looking for lentils, large Australian crop in play

India extends zero-rate tariff

By Phil Franz-Warkentin, GFM Network News February 1, 2023

MarketsFarm — An extension of zero-rate tariffs on lentils moving into India for another year should be a clear sign that the country is in the market for imports. However, Canadian lentil sales to India face stiff competition, with a large Australian crop likely to limit movement going forward. India announced at the end of […] Read more

Features, News

New herbicides and fungicides for 2023

Products to control key broadleaf and grassy weeds plus a new fungicide seed treatment designation

By Treena Hein January 31, 2023

Brand new herbicides from Gowan, Nufarm and more, plus a new fungicide seed treatment designation to control early season aphanomyces root rot in peas and lentils are heading your way in 2023. Please note, only brand new products released this year are included. Click here for a review of last year’s new offerings. BASF Voraxor […] Read more

File photo of a pedestrian crossing in front of the World Trade Organization headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland on Dec. 9, 2019. (Photo: Reuters/Denis Balibouse)

General, Reuters

U.S. wants WTO dispute system fixed by 2024

Appeals body frozen since Trump era; Washington 'very committed' to reform

By GFM Network News January 27, 2023

Geneva | Reuters — The United States is entering a third phase of talks with countries to reform the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) hobbled trade dispute arbitration system and aims for it to be “fully functioning” by the end of 2024, the U.S. ambassador to the WTO told Reuters on Thursday. The WTO’s appeals bench, […] Read more

Crops, Lentils, Pulses

Anthracnose management in lentils

Q & A with an expert

By Lane Blanke January 25, 2023

Q: What can I do to control anthracnose in my lentil crops? A: The anthracnose pathogen in lentils has been a problem for producers in southern Saskatchewan and other lentil-producing areas. Even with the dry growing conditions in regions of southern Saskatchewan, the disease seems to appear after only minimal rainfall. Anthracnose is a fungal […] Read more

File photo of a chickpea crop in India. (Nikhil Patil/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops, Markets, Pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: Chickpea prices up ahead of India harvest

Early outlook calls for more Canadian acres in 2023

By GFM Network News January 24, 2023

MarketsFarm — Western Canadian chickpea prices are still on the rise while prices for other pulse crops are coming down as supply increases. High-delivered bids for Kabuli and B-90 types of chickpeas rose four cents per pound over the past week, according to Prairie Ag Hotwire on Jan. 23. As a result, the nine- and […] Read more

Yellow peas. (Victoria Popova/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops, Markets, Peas

Pulse weekly outlook: New Year’s pressure drags on North Dakota peas

Pea prices relatively higher north of border

By GFM Network News January 17, 2023

MarketsFarm — Pea prices in North Dakota have been feeling pressure from the New Year, according to Landon Lechler of Beach Co-operative at Beach, N.D., about 360 km south of Weyburn, Sask. Besides the turning of the calendar New Year, Lechler said the upcoming Chinese New Year has slowed export demand for yellow and green […] Read more

A container terminal at the Port of Vancouver. (FangXiaNuo/E+/Canada)

Crops, Markets

Ocean freight rates falling

Baltic index at lowest since mid-2020

By Phil Franz-Warkentin, GFM Network News January 14, 2023

MarketsFarm — Ocean freight rates are under pressure to start 2023, with the Baltic Dry Index (BDI) dipping to its lowest level since June 2020 as poor demand for vessels weighed on values. A seasonal slowdown of cargo movement ahead of the Chinese New Year was seen as contributing to the latest softness, despite easing […] Read more

A view of a crop rotation treatment tested in Melfort, Sask., in July 2022 as part of the Resilient Rotations crop rotations project. Melfort is part of the project’s northern Prairies region.

Crops, Features

A new approach provides evidence to support the benefits of diversified rotations

A five-year study provides science-based, region-specific information on cropping systems

By Jim Timlick January 13, 2023

A new study being conducted in Western Canada could soon provide growers with valuable insights on how to achieve more productive, sustainable and resilient cropping systems. Resilient Rotations is a comprehensive research project that aims to develop a new approach to crop rotations. The five-year study is being managed as part of the Integrated Crop […] Read more

Crops, Lentils, Markets

Pulse weekly outlook: New-crop green lentil bids in line with year ago

By Phil Franz-Warkentin, GFM Network News January 11, 2023

MarketsFarm — New-crop lentil bids are starting to become available in Western Canada, with early pricing indications for green lentils not that far off the levels seen at the same time a year ago. New-crop pricing for large green lentils delivered to the elevator in the fall of 2023 can currently be found in the […] Read more

U.S. grains: Soy futures set six-week low as China buys Argentine cargoes, snubs U.S.

U.S. livestock: Hogs rally ahead of USDA report

Canadian Barley Research Coalition pledges $1.8 million to USask Crop Development Centre

GFM Network News