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Seeding advances past five-year average, crops begin to emerge

Saskatchewan Crop Report for the week ending May 14

By Saskatchewan Agriculture May 17, 2018

Thanks to good seeding conditions, Saskatchewan producers made up the time lost in previous weeks. Thirty-five per cent of the crop is now in the ground, just ahead of the five-year (2013-2017) seeding average of 32 per cent for this time of year. Crops are starting to emerge. Seeding is furthest advanced in the southeast, […] Read more

Lentil plants in bloom. (BasieB/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops, Pulses, Weather

Pulse weekly outlook: Good start despite dry conditions

By GFM Network News May 15, 2018

CNS Canada — Dry soil conditions persist across many areas of Western Canada but the outlook for pulse crops seems fairly promising in one specialist’s view. “For the pulses, seeding has been going fairly well,” said Daphne Cruise, crops extension specialist with Saskatchewan’s provincial Agriculture Knowledge Centre in Moose Jaw. “A lot of the pulses […] Read more

Stewart Collin took this photo of a field south of Foremost, Alta., on April 23, 2018. He estimates at least 15 per cent of his acres won’t get seeded this year.

Crops, News

Farmers hoping for a balance in moisture

As spring finally takes hold, producers report a wide range of seeding conditions

By Lee Hart May 15, 2018

The 2018 seeding season is starting out as a Goldilocks year for many western Canadian farmers — with conditions ranging from too dry, or too wet, they are looking for that middle ground that is “just right.” Producers in parts of Manitoba and southern Saskatchewan are reporting enough moisture to get the crop started, but […] Read more

Crops, Machinery

Grain groups rip lawmakers over derailed transport bill

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News May 11, 2018

Several farm groups say partisan haggling has again derailed federal legislation they hoped would help improve rail freight service for the grain sector this year. Bill C-49, the Transportation Modernization Act, passed third reading in the Senate and was returned to the House of Commons with proposed amendments on March 29 — and went back […] Read more

Crops, News, Weather

Spring seeding continues to ramp up, rain offers little relief for dry soils

Saskatchewan Crop Report for the week ending May 7

By Saskatchewan Agriculture May 10, 2018

Seeding is underway for many producers, with more expecting to hit the field in the coming week. Nine per cent of the crop is now in the ground, behind the five-year (2013- 2017) seeding average of 19 per cent for this time of year. A slow start to spring has delayed field operations in much […] Read more

A Flipkart office in Bangalore in 2014. The e-commerce company, founded in 2007, began by selling books and has now branched out into a wide range of products. (VasukiRao/iStock/Getty Images)

General, Markets, Reuters

Some Indian trader, farmer groups decry Walmart’s Flipkart deal

By GFM Network News May 10, 2018

New Delhi | Reuters — A day after U.S. retail giant Walmart struck its largest deal with a big ticket investment in Indian online marketplace Flipkart, a right-wing Hindu group that fears small traders will suffer staged a protest in New Delhi calling for the deal to be scrapped. Walmart said on Wednesday it would […] Read more

Ford’s 2018 Super Duty King Ranch Crew Cab pickup. (Ford.com)

General, Machinery, Reuters

Ford scrambles to restart truck production after fire at supplier

By GFM Network News May 10, 2018

Detroit | Reuters — Ford Motor Co. is working with a key supplier to shift some parts production from Michigan to Ontario, after a fire and subsequent parts shortages forced the automaker to halt manufacturing of its highly profitable full-size pickups, according to sources familiar with the companies’ plans. The supplier, Chinese-owned Meridian Magnesium Products, […] Read more

Crops, News

VIDEO: #seeding2018 in Manitoba’s Interlake

By Scott Garvey May 8, 2018

Grainews machinery editor Scott Garvey heads out into a few fields in the Interlake north of Winnipeg to find out how seeding is progressing for farmers in the area and what they’re seeing in terms of soil moisture. Video editing by Greg Berg.

Crops, Pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: Sector hopes for more fababeans

By GFM Network News May 8, 2018

CNS Canada — While Statistics Canada is predicting a drop in fababean acres this year, an agronomist with Saskatchewan Pulse Growers hopes that isn’t the case. “We had about 50,000 acres for the last three years here in Saskatchewan. And we’re thinking that we’ll be maybe slightly below that,” said SPG agronomy manager Sherrilyn Phelps. […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Pulses

Chickpeas seen making Prairie comeback

By GFM Network News May 4, 2018

CNS Canada — Chickpeas should see a resurgence in Western Canada this spring, as farmers who hadn’t seeded the crop for a number of years shift some acres back from other pulses. “We sold a sizeable amount of chickpea planting seed,” said Colin Young of Midwest Grain at Moose Jaw. After an excellent quality year […] 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

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