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Churchill possibly to return to shipping grain

By GFM Network News May 4, 2018

CNS Canada — Grain could once again be shipped out of northern Manitoba’s Port of Churchill if all goes according to plan for a new potential ownership group. “The port has got all of the grain handling equipment and simply said, the first thing we want to do is resume that commercial activity,” said Louis […] Read more

Seed coat damage has occurred in this photo. After the seed was soaked for two minutes in room temperature water, the seed coat is coming off, or is in the process of coming off.

Crops, Pulses

Dry pulse seed needs extra care

How to minimize losses from dry and damaged pulse seed this seeding season

By Melanie Epp May 3, 2018

In the fall of 2017, pea and soybean pedigreed seed came off the field on the drier side, which means that they’ll be going into the field drier this year. Manitoba pulse crop specialist Dennis Lange shares his expertise on how to make sure dry, damaged seed doesn’t impact your bottom line. Generally, seed quality […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

Trade rows spell gain, and pain, for U.S. grain exporters

By GFM Network News May 3, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — Global grain marketers have seized upon trade tensions between the United States and several of its top export markets, including China, to turn around struggling trading units following one of the toughest years ever for the industry. After five years of bumper harvests worldwide that depressed crop prices, trading margins are […] Read more

Crops, News, Weather

Seeding starts after cool, late spring

Saskatchewan Crop Report for the week ending April 30

By Saskatchewan Agriculture May 3, 2018

A cool and late spring has delayed field work across the province. However, seeding has just nicely started in the southern areas. Most other areas have some field activity with harrowing, pre seeding herbicide and fertilizer applications. Many producers will be seeding within the week. Field conditions vary greatly across the province. The southern regions […] Read more

Healthy (right) versus infected (left) roots in lentils.

Crops, Wheat & Chaff

Managing aphanomyces root rot in your fields

Q & A with CPS

By Hassan Abidi May 2, 2018

Q: What is aphanomyces and how should I manage this disease? A: Aphanomyces is a relatively new root rot disease in pea and lentil crops that is quickly expanding across the Prairies. Aphanomyces root rot is caused by aphanomyces euteiches, a soil-borne plant pathogen. The symptoms of aphanomyces root rot are yellowing and stunting of […] Read more

The Elbe River at Oberrathen, southeast of Dresden. (CIA.gov)

Crops, Reuters

Germany plans to toughen conditions for insecticide use

By Reuters, GFM Network News May 2, 2018

Berlin | Reuters — Germany plans to make it more difficult for farmers to use crop insecticides in a bid to preserve biodiversity, an environment ministry document showed. “Insect biomass has fallen by more than 75 per cent in the last 27 years in Germany,” according to the paper seen by Reuters on Wednesday, saying […] Read more

Crops, Machinery

Voting scheduled for CP employees on verge of strike

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News May 2, 2018

Engineers, conductors and signal maintainers who’d been poised to walk off the job at Canadian Pacific Railway almost two weeks ago will instead continue business as usual until at least May 26. The Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB) this week informed CP and two of its employees’ unions — the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC) […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: Saskatchewan acreage ideas hold firm

By GFM Network News May 2, 2018

CNS Canada — Disruptions in marketing to India may have cut into prices for peas and lentils over the past year, but farmers in Saskatchewan did not shift their pulse acreage intentions for 2018 all that much according to the results of Statistics Canada’s latest survey, released Friday. Saskatchewan farmers intend to seed 2.171 million […] Read more

Environment Canada on April 30 released this forecast map for the probability of above-normal precipitation for the period of May through July 2018.

Crops, Weather

May showers likely to leave growers unsatisfied

By GFM Network News April 30, 2018

CNS Canada — Canada’s Prairies can expect to see regular rainfall in most regions during May, but it likely won’t be enough to offset dry conditions recorded over the past several months. According to Drew Lerner of World Weather Inc. in Kansas City, the first half of May should see average rainfall amounts in most […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Peas

Confusion surrounds India’s latest pea import curb

By Lisa Guenther, GFM Network News April 27, 2018

The fine detail in the announcement of a new cap on pea imports into India has led to new uncertainty over whether the cap applies to yellow peas, or all peas. India’s commerce and industry ministry announced Wednesday that pea imports between April 1 and June 30 this year are now restricted to a total […] 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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