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ILTA Grain escrow fund set up for unpaid farmers

By GFM Network News August 8, 2019

Farmers who delivered to Prairie pulse and grain processor ILTA Grain but didn’t get paid before the company went into creditor protection are being asked to “immediately” get in touch with the Canadian Grain Commission. The CGC late Wednesday announced it has reached an agreement with the company’s court-appointed monitor for a new escrow account, […] Read more

Crops, News, Weather

Sask producers make good haying progress, crops mostly measure fair-to-good

Saskatchewan Crop Report for the week ending July 29

By Saskatchewan Agriculture August 1, 2019

Livestock producers continue to make good haying progress as 39 per cent of the hay crop is now baled or put into silage. An additional 27 per cent is cut and ready for baling according to Saskatchewan Agriculture’s weekly Crop Report. Hay quality is currently rated as three per cent excellent, 52 per cent good, […] Read more

A slow start for some crops has put them a few weeks behind schedule in development that could expose them to frost later in the season. Photo: File

Markets, Pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: Saskatchewan crops rally after rough spring

By GFM Network News August 1, 2019

Winnipeg | MarketsFarm – Pulse crops across the prairies have largely bounced back after rough growing conditions in the spring and early summer, but they’re not out of the woods just yet. “It’s been an abnormal year,” remarked Carl Potts, executive director of Saskatchewan Pulse. Potts explained that in Saskatchewan, widespread dryness early in the […] Read more

Reuters

Bayer cancels plans to sell U.S. crop product in 2020 over safety concerns

By GFM Network News July 30, 2019

Chicago | Reuters – Bayer AG has scrapped plans for wide sales next year of a chemical that is intended to protect U.S. crops from yield-robbing worms, citing ongoing safety concerns. The decision is the latest setback for Germany-based Bayer following its acquisition of Monsanto for $63 billion in 2018. Bayer is separately battling thousands of lawsuits claiming Monsanto’s glyphosate-based […] Read more

The Schultz farm recently installed this major grain drying and storage facility, purchased through GSI dealer Western General in Wetaskiwin, Alberta. It included a VersaLoop conveyor, two bucket elevators and a double stack Quiet Dryer.

Machinery

Drying tough grain in the bin with a GSI quiet drier

Alberta farmer finds  dryer system key to optimizing grain grades

By Scott Garvey July 26, 2019

Jason Schultz of Bashaw, Alberta, says he’s made a practice of harvesting his crops when they’re a little on the tough side, not only to get an early start on harvest operations, but perhaps more importantly to maximize grades — and, therefore, revenue per acre. “We want to start as early as we can. I […] Read more

Alberta Pulse Growers expects this year’s lentil harvest to maintain five-year average yields. Photo: File

Lentils, Markets, Pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: Canadian lentil prices remain stable

By GFM Network News July 25, 2019

MarketsFarm – Early summer was characterized by concerns that dry, hot weather across the Canadian Prairies would impede lentil yields. However, recently improved growing conditions meant lentil crops have stayed largely stable. “It’s a completely different scenario now than it was two weeks ago,” said Darwin Hamilton of Kalshae Commodities in Winnipeg. “A month ago […] Read more

The alternative protein market has taken off in part due to the inclusion of such products at global restaurant chains. Photo: Getty Images

Reuters

Report says Unilever, Tesco, Nestle ranked top on meat alternatives

By GFM Network News July 24, 2019

London | Reuters – Unilever, Tesco and Nestlé are among the best prepared to capitalise on the trend for plant-based meat substitutes, according to a report from an investor group managing $5 trillion in assets. The report by the Farm Animal Investment Risk and Return (FAIRR) coalition showed 25 major retailers and manufacturers were developing […] Read more

Is it just a matter of slowing down your ground speed to remedy harvest loss?

Equipment, Machinery, News

PAMI engineer offers combine adjustment advice

How to make sure grain goes into  your hopper, not out the back

By Scott Garvey July 22, 2019

Speaking at an event in Brandon in March, Joel McDonald, an engineer working for PAMI (Prairie Agricultural Machinery Institute), gave producers the benefit of his years of experience in evaluating combine performance. “This is a quote I like to use about managing your harvest, and your combine,” he told the crowd. “‘A combine is a […] Read more

Wheat seeds spilling from hand, close-up

Equipment, Machinery

Monitoring your harvest loss

By Scott Garvey July 22, 2019

Nearly every modern combine has a loss monitor in it. But what exactly are those monitors telling you? What, if anything, can you understand from the blinking lights on those graphics? During a presentation to growers in Brandon in March, Joel McDonald, an engineer at the Prairie Agricultural Machinery Institute, said PAMI undertook a study […] Read more

Crops, News, Weather

Majority of Sask. crops measure ‘poor-to-good condition’

Saskatchewan Crop Report for the week ending July 15

By Saskatchewan Agriculture July 19, 2019

Crops continue to develop across the province, according to Saskatchewan Agriculture’s weekly Crop Report. Sixty-three per cent of the fall and spring cereals, 53 per cent of the oilseeds, and 73 per cent of the pulse crops are at their normal stages of development for this time of year. Crop conditions vary throughout the province, […] Read more

Media reports suggest U.S. dairy access to Canada a topic of conversation in Ottawa

U.S. livestock: Cattle choppy amid weak cash market, tight supply

China’s canola, soybeans imports to drop one million tonnes each

GFM Network News