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Crops, Peas, Pulses, Weather

Pulse weekly outlook: Manitoba’s dry beans, peas show strong yields

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MarketsFarm — With the return of typical temperatures and healthy amounts of precipitation throughout the growing season, Manitoba had successful pea and dry bean crops during the 2022-23 marketing year, according to the province’s pulse specialist. Dennis Lange of Manitoba Agriculture said both crops showed high yields from their respective harvests. The Manitoba pea harvest […] Read more
What is sustainable agriculture?
Columns, Crops

What is sustainable agriculture?

Prairie farmers have adopted some of the most sustainable practices among agricultural producers in the world

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No, sustainable agriculture is not organic farming, wildlife management, having a mixed livestock and grain system or anything else. It is efficient, effective, common sense crop production. In recent years, Prairie farmers have adopted some of the most sustainable practices among agricultural producers in the world. Contrary to the naysayers who rant about the destruction […] Read more
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Crops

Feds back Montreal port grain terminal for upgrades

CanEst crop container terminal funded for equipment, capacity improvements

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CanEst Transit’s grain container terminal at the Port of Montreal is putting $8 million in federal funding toward new equipment and improvements to current infrastructure. Transport Canada, in a release Wednesday, said the goal of the terminal project is to “increase the number of containers stored onsite, improve the quality of the grain-cleaning service, optimize […] Read more
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Crops, Weather

Alberta issues final crop report for year

Harvest over 98 per cent done by region and crop type

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MarketsFarm –– For the second year in a row the Alberta harvest wrapped up well ahead of the five-year average. With a gain of three points for the week ended Tuesday, Alberta Agriculture, Forestry and Rural Economic Development (AFRED) pegged the combining of major crops at 99.2 per cent complete. That’s 22 and a half […] Read more
A man looks through piles of trash on a stream in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on Oct. 13, 2022. (Photo: Reuters/Ricardo Arduengo)
Crops, Reuters

Haiti gang blockade causing catastrophic hunger, U.N. says

Situation "close to breaking point," WFP rep says

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Miami | Reuters — Haitians are experiencing catastrophic hunger because of gangsters blockading a major fuel terminal, U.N. officials said on Friday, with more than four million facing acute food insecurity. A coalition of gangs has prevented the distribution of diesel and gasoline for over a month to protest a plan to cut fuel subsidies. […] Read more
A nameplate outside the Canadian Grain Commission building in downtown Winnipeg. (Dave Bedard photo)
Crops

Farmers get week to dispute grain grade, dockage

Window widened following consultations

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Prairie farmers who want to dispute a grain elevator’s call on their grain’s grade and dockage now officially have up to a week to do so. The Canadian Grain Commission on Oct. 3 announced amendments to the Canada Grain Regulations are now in effect allowing grain growers more time — seven calendar days, to be […] Read more
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Crops, Weather

Manitoba’s harvest 79 per cent complete, report says

Cereal harvest wrapped in most areas

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MarketsFarm — Harvest operations across Manitoba were 79 per cent complete as of Tuesday, according to the latest crop report from the provincial agriculture department. That figure was up from 63 per cent the previous week, but two weeks off the five-year average of 89 per cent. Harvest progress was the most advanced in central […] Read more
New biologicals on the market
Crops, Features

New biologicals on the market

A roundup of inoculants, biostimulants, pre-plant soil biofumigants and more coming your way

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[UPDATED: Oct. 26, 2022] Several new biological products are on the market or shortly will be. New inoculants, nitrogen-fixing bacteria, biostimulants and pre-plant soil biofumigants, among others, are a few products headed your way. Companies offering new biologicals are claiming these products increase root mass development and structure, enhance root and plant growth, improve plant […] Read more
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Crops, Weather

Saskatchewan’s harvest 90 per cent complete

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MarketsFarm — Excellent weather over the week ended Monday saw Saskatchewan farmers make good harvest progress, with 90 per cent of the province’s crops off the field, according to the latest provincial report. Harvest progress was up from 81 per cent the previous week — and from the five-year average of 82 per cent. While […] Read more

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