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While it’s toughest on tractor tires right after harvest, stubble may still be hard on your tires even the following spring.

Equipment, Machinery, Traction & Compaction

Expect stalks and stubble to become more stabby

Also: rubber is most prone to trouble from stubble when brand new, before it can harden naturally

By Dave Bedard October 10, 2024

Don’t let its adorable little yellow flowers from the summer fool you — canola today can be “like little rebar” in your tractor tires. That was a late takeaway from an ag tire clinic for farmers at Melfort, Sask. in July, hosted by staff from retailer Kal Tire and manufacturer Firestone Ag. It’s not that […] Read more

The Chicago Board of Trade building on May 28, 2018. (Harmantasdc/iStock Editorial/Getty Images)

Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat climbs as dry weather, Ukraine war put supply risks in focus

By Heather Schlitz, Reuters October 10, 2024

Chicago wheat extended gains on Thursday as traders assessed whether increased tensions between Russia and Ukraine and persistent dryness in grain production areas around the world may curb global wheat exports, analysts said.

Crops, Markets

Saskatchewan crop report: Harvest nearly complete

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm October 10, 2024

Combining in Saskatchewan is virtually complete with the provincial report putting the harvest at 97 per cent finished overall. That's a gain of six points during the week ended Oct. 7, as parts of the province contended with rain delays.

News, Reuters

Montreal Port dockworkers begin overtime strike

By Reuters October 10, 2024

Dockworkers at the Port of Montreal have begun an overtime strike on Thursday morning, the port authority said, as negotiations over a new contract make little progress.

Detail from the front of the CBOT building in Chicago. (Vito Palmisano/iStock/Getty Images)

Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat up for third day, corn and soybean regain ground

By P.J. Huffstutter, Reuters October 9, 2024

Chicago Board of Trade corn and soybean futures ticked higher in choppy trading on Wednesday, boosted by strength in the financial markets and as traders adjusted positions ahead of a government supply-and-demand report, market analysts said.

Crops

Manitoba crop report: Most of the harvest off the field

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm October 9, 2024

Combining in Manitoba advanced 12 points at 85 per cent complete for the week ended Oct. 7. While some crops made great amounts of progress, others did not. The largest gains were made in the province's soybean and flax harvests as they are up 41 points apiece at 70 and 61 per cent finished respectively.

Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soy, corn end lower on harvest pressure, expected Brazil rain

By Heather Schlitz, Reuters October 8, 2024

Chicago soybean and corn futures settled lower on Tuesday as brisk U.S. harvest progress and forecasts for rain in drought-hit Brazilian crop belts bolstered expectations of abundant global supplies, traders said.

Canada recorded a bigger-than-expected trade deficit of C$1.1 billion in August, its sixth consecutive monthly shortfall, as imports rose while exports declined, Statistics Canada data showed on Tuesday. Photo: Thinkstock

News, Reuters

Canada posts sixth straight monthly trade deficit in August

Farm, fishing and intermediate food product exports rose

By Ismail Shakil, Promit Mukherjee, Reuters October 8, 2024

Canada recorded a bigger-than-expected trade deficit of C$1.1 billion in August, its sixth consecutive monthly shortfall, as imports rose while exports declined, Statistics Canada data showed on Tuesday.

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada requires that all ingredients, as well as the percentage of each, must be on the label of a product sold in Canada. Your job as the product user is to read that product label.

Columns, Practical Tips

Perceptions and misconceptions versus realities in agriculture

Practical Research: In the court of public opinion, the drama can fog the facts

By Ieuan Evans October 7, 2024

Since my retirement from Alberta Agriculture in 2002 I’ve acted as a legal expert in a number of lawsuits. Often, when a farmer is sued by a lawyer on behalf of a client, the farmer will immediately seek his own lawyer or lawyers for advice. While the lawyer may be well apprised of provincial and […] Read more

Photo: Joel Carillet/iStock/Getty Images

News, Reuters

Ukraine farm sector indirect losses may reach $83B due to Russian invasion, analysts say

By Pavel Polityuk, Reuters October 3, 2024

Indirect losses in Ukraine's key agricultural sector caused by the Russian invasion could reach $83 billion by the end of 2025, mainly due to falling harvests, the Kyiv School of Economics (KSE) said on Thursday.

GFM Network News

U.S. livestock: Cattle slip back, hogs gain

U.S. grains: Soy futures post biggest monthly gain in nearly five years on China trade optimism

Farm gate milk price to rise in 2026

Pulses

Expect stalks and stubble to become more stabby

U.S. grains: Wheat climbs as dry weather, Ukraine war put supply risks in focus

Saskatchewan crop report: Harvest nearly complete

Montreal Port dockworkers begin overtime strike

U.S. grains: Wheat up for third day, corn and soybean regain ground

Manitoba crop report: Most of the harvest off the field

U.S. grains: Soy, corn end lower on harvest pressure, expected Brazil rain

Canada posts sixth straight monthly trade deficit in August

Perceptions and misconceptions versus realities in agriculture

Ukraine farm sector indirect losses may reach $83B due to Russian invasion, analysts say

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