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John Morriss. (File photo by Dave Bedard)

Morriss, Pakosh, Streichs named to ag hall of fame

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News April 3, 2018

The Manitoba farmers who developed the rotary separator for combines, the co-founder of Versatile and the long-time editorial director for the website you’re reading are bound for Manitoba’s Agricultural Hall of Fame. The hall of fame on Monday unofficially announced its 2018 group of inductees, ahead of its annual meeting Wednesday in Portage la Prairie […] Read more

The green crop on the left is a chickpea monocrop still flowering on August 31. On the right is intercrop that is more ripe and not flowering.

Crops, Features

Ins and outs of intercropping

Intercropping researcher Lana Shaw shares tips and tricks for successful intercropping 

By Lisa Guenther March 29, 2018

You can’t convince farmers to use long rotations if they are losing money on some of those crops, says Lana Shaw, research manager of South East Research Farm at Redvers, Sask. Nor is it good enough to only have one or two profitable crops in a region. The industry needs to find a way to […] Read more

Crops, Machinery

Senate hands back transport bill, with changes

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News March 29, 2018

Federal legislation sought by farm groups wanting improvements to rail service for the grain sector is on its way back from the Senate to the House of Commons. Senators on Thursday afternoon passed Bill C-49, the Transportation Modernization Act, on third reading — but with several amendments proposed Wednesday by the standing Senate committee on […] Read more

A freight train at Manchac, La., about 75 km east of Baton Rouge. (CN.ca)

Crops, Machinery, Reuters

Canadian railways in catch-22 over crude shipment

By GFM Network News March 28, 2018

Reuters — Canadian railway operators see a lucrative opportunity to transport more crude oil to the U.S. as a rise in output forces producers to find new routes to its southern neighbour. However, their need for long-term contracts and the pressure to move a surplus of grains in the country is making it hard to […] Read more

Crops, Peas, Pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: Manitoba may give peas a chance

By GFM Network News March 27, 2018

CNS Canada — Total Canadian pea acres are likely to be down in 2018 as export challenges have cut into prices. However, Manitoba could be an outlier, with increased area to the pulse crop a strong possibility. “People are interested in growing peas, but there’s caution there,” said Francois Labelle, executive director of Manitoba Pulse […] Read more

Columns, Markets

FarmTech update continued

Weather and market information picked up on the winter meeting speaker circuit

By Brian Wittal March 23, 2018

While at FarmTech in Edmonton, I had a chance to hear speakers talk about weather and markets. Drew Lerner from World Weather Inc. is always popular. This year, he aptly named his presentation “Wild and Whacky Weather.” Lerner’s key message was that the weather across the Prairies and the U.S. is deeply influenced by the […] Read more

Crops, Markets

Global fertilizer prices set to fall

By GFM Network News March 22, 2018

CNS Canada — Global fertilizer demand has been higher, leading to increased prices, but with more capacity coming online prices should start to fall, according to an analyst. “Urea prices globally have moved a little higher over the past few months. They’ve been relatively volatile, that’s just kind of a function of some better than […] Read more

Columns, Hart Attacks

Don’t trust your oats with any secrets

Hart Attacks: You don’t want to know what plants are saying about you behind your sprayer

By Lee Hart March 21, 2018

Today’s take home message: watch what you say or do out in the buckwheat patch. Plants aren’t exactly seeing, but they could be listening and they are definitely communicating. That’s what Jack Schutlz, a biologist and zoologist at the University of Missouri, whose business card describes him as a chemical ecologist, tells me anyway. Schultz […] Read more

Crops, Wheat & Chaff

Water Use Efficiency (WUE) and your crop

Q & A with CPS

By Scott Anderson March 21, 2018

Q: While we have little control over available moisture for crop production, how can it impact the final result? What is meant by the term “Water Use Efficiency (WUE)?” A: When we consider inputs that are essential for crop growth we tend to think of fertility. However, there is one ingredient that every single cropping […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

Dreyfus posts profit rise in challenging market

By Reuters, GFM Network News March 21, 2018

Paris | Reuters — French commodities trader Louis Dreyfus reported a rise of almost four per cent in annual net profit on Wednesday buoyed by higher volumes but cautioned that industry challenges persist. Like its rivals, Dreyfus has faced lower margins linked to large inventories, low prices and reduced price volatility, prompting it to spin […] Read more

Daily Network News

JBS reaches deal with U.S. meatpacking workers who went on strike

Public consultation open on national beef code of practice

Pulse weekly: Indian forecasters predict below-normal monsoon

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