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Saskatchewan Agriculture Minister Lyle Stewart, shown here at Ag in Motion in 2015, plans to leave the post following a recent cancer diagnosis. (File photo by Lisa Guenther)

Saskatchewan ag minister to exit cabinet

By GFM Network News August 13, 2018

Saskatchewan’s premier expects to name a new minister of agriculture within days, as the incumbent minister steps aside to focus on cancer treatments. Lyle Stewart announced Thursday he will remain as ag minister until Premier Scott Moe names a new minister, a decision to be announced sometime this week. “I was recently diagnosed with colorectal […] Read more

Crops, Markets

VIDEO: What might we expect in grain markets?

By Glacier FarmMedia staff August 9, 2018

Lisa Guenther, Grainews field editor, spoke with Mike Jubinville of Glacier FarmMedia at last month’s Ag in Motion about some of the negative factors impacting grain markets – such as weather and trade disputes – and what producers can hope to expect in the months ahead as they head into harvest.

Crops, News, Weather

Harvest advances in the south, hay yields below average

Saskatchewan Crop Report for the week ending August 6

By Saskatchewan Agriculture August 9, 2018

Producers in the province have one per cent of the crop combined and two per cent swathed or ready to straight-cut, according to Saskatchewan Agriculture’s weekly Crop Report. The five-year average for this time of year is one per cent combined. Reported yields so far range from average to well-below average. Fifty-five per cent of […] Read more

Crops

New GM technique promises to speed new crop development

By MarketsFarm Team, GFM Network News August 9, 2018

CNS Canada — Scientists in the United States say they have found a new method for inserting genes into crops that could speed up development of new varieties. “Making genetic improvements that were difficult or impossible before will be much easier because we can now insert not just one or two genes, but multiple genes […] Read more

Crops

Southern Alberta crops struggle, but rest of province near five-year index

By GFM Network News August 8, 2018

[UPDATED: Aug. 10, 2018]* CNS Canada — Farmers in Alberta have just started harvest, but early yield reports are showing reductions in southern areas. Dryland crops in southern Alberta are projected to come in at 74.6 per cent of the five-year index, according to Alberta’s Agriculture Financial Services Corp. Daniel Graham, manager of business risk […] Read more

Crops, Markets

Prairie pea market has more potential than lentils

By GFM Network News August 8, 2018

CNS Canada – With limited uses for lentils, one market analyst sees more potential for the pea market in Western Canada. “On lentils we are really restricted to the edible market. Peas are an incredibly versatile product, so we’re using peas both for human consumption and they are quite usable for feed,” said Marlene Boersch, […] Read more

A soybean plantation in Brazil. (MailsonPignata/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops, Reuters

Brazil judge suspends use of glyphosate herbicide

By GFM Network News August 7, 2018

Sao Paulo | Reuters – A Brazilian judge has suspended the use of products containing the agrochemical glyphosate, a herbicide widely employed for soybeans and other crops in the country. A federal judge in Brasilia ruled on Friday that new products containing the chemical could not be registered in the country and existing registrations would […] Read more

Crops, Pulses

Drought cuts into Australian chickpea prospects

By MarketsFarm Team, GFM Network News August 3, 2018

CNS Canada – Expectations for Australia’s chickpea crop have been drastically cut to one-third of last year’s production. The dry growing season will limit the crop’s potential this year to about 300,000 tonnes, according to a report from Pulse Australia. Nick Goddard, chief executive officer of Pulse Australia, told a local news outlet that important […] Read more

Crops, News, Weather

Harvest begins in southern Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan Crop Report for the week ending July 30

By Saskatchewan Agriculture August 2, 2018

Harvest operations are underway for some producers in the south, according to Saskatchewan Agriculture’s weekly Crop Report. Crops are rapidly drying down across the province and many pulse crops are being desiccated. Most crops remain in fair to excellent condition, although later-seeded crops need rain to help heads and pods fill. Reported yields so far […] Read more

Cereals, Crops, Pulses

Saskatchewan harvest underway: Report

By MarketsFarm Team, GFM Network News August 2, 2018

CNS Canada – Harvest operations are underway in parts of southern Saskatchewan, according to the weekly crop report from Saskatchewan Agriculture. Crops were reportedly rapidly drying down across the province, with many pulse crops being desiccated. Most crops remain in fair to excellent condition, although later-seeded crops need rain to help heads and pods fill, […] Read more

GFM Network News

Association of Equipment Manufacturers sets up lobby in Ottawa

Corteva to split seeds, pesticide units into separate listed companies

Prairie spring wheat bids soften with U.S. futures

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