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Seed treated with Vibrance Total, a combination of five different fungicide groups being brought to market for the 2024 season.

The year in pulse crop inputs

A quick look at new actives, new combinations and expanded labels

By Grainews Staff February 6, 2024

Following up on last issue’s roundup of product launches and label expansions in the cereal crop input market, here we’ve put together a quick list of new and/or improved pulse crop inputs that were announced in our earshot during the past year, including several due out for the coming growing season. Again, if we’ve inadvertently […] Read more

CBOT soybeans ZSH24 on Feb. 6 with Bollinger bands. (Barchart)

Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans firm on bargain-buying ahead of USDA report

Wheat futures rose while corn ended lower on forecasts for rain in Argentina

By Reuters, GFM Network News February 6, 2024

U.S. soybean futures firmed on Tuesday for a second straight session as short-covering and technical-buying fueled a bounce from multi-year lows a day earlier, though concerns about weak demand limited gains.

French farmers drive their tractors on a highway as they protest over price pressures, taxes and green regulation, grievances shared by farmers across Europe, in Longvilliers, near Paris, France, January 29, 2024. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier

General, Reuters

EU recommends ambitious 2040 climate target, goes light on farming

In face of farmer protests, EU weakens some recommendations related to agriculture

By Reuters, GFM Network News February 6, 2024

The European Commission recommended on Tuesday that the EU slash net greenhouse gas emissions by 90 per cent by 2040, an ambitious target that will test political appetite for the region's fight against climate change ahead of EU elections.

General

Protein sector faces labour crunch: report

Nearly two thirds of agri-food companies can't hire all the workers they need

By GFM Network News February 6, 2024

Government, industry and educational institutes must act now to address the labour challenges confronting the emerging plant-based protein industry in Saskatchewan and Manitoba, according to a new report.

File photo of lentils being moved into bins in Saskatchewan. (Bobloblaw/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops, Markets

Pulse weekly outlook: Lentils remain steady for now

Eston lentils the sole outlier, nudging up a penny per pound

By GFM Network News February 6, 2024

Lentil prices held firm over the last week across Western Canada, according to Prairie Ag Hotwire.

Crops, General

Yield challenge to tap competitive, community spirit

Nutrien Ag Solutions’ puts up $55,000 in prize money for community organization

By Don Norman, GFM Network News February 6, 2024

Farmers could win bragging rights and cash for community organizations in a new yield competition from Nutrien Ag Solutions.

CBOT soybeans ZSH24 on Feb. 5. (Barchart)

Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans move higher on technical trading ahead of government reports

Strong dollar weighed heavy on wheat; corn pressured by sluggish exports

By Reuters, GFM Network News February 5, 2024

Chicago Board of Trade soybeans futures on Monday rose on technical trading ahead of a slew of key government crop reports, after the most-active contract Sv1 touched the lowest price since December of 2020, traders said.

Protesters lead a cow on a street in downtown Milan as people protest against European agricultural policies, next to the Regional Council of Lombardy in Milan, Italy February 5, 2024. REUTERS/Claudia Greco

General, Reuters

Italy’s farmers head to Rome in tractor convoy protest

Protests in France, Germany eased; farmers blocked Dutch-Belgian border

By Reuters, GFM Network News February 5, 2024

Italian farmers protesting about red tape and cheap imports from outside the EU headed towards Rome in convoys of tractors on Monday, while their colleagues in the north led a cow through the streets of Milan.

Trucks wait for crossing into Poland at the Rava-Ruska border checkpoint in Ukraine’s Lviv region on April 17, 2023. (Photo: Reuters/Roman Baluk)

General, Reuters

Ukraine’s farm unions ask government to protect free EU market access

The European Commission has proposed limited Ukrainian imports to pacify protesting farmers

By Reuters, GFM Network News February 5, 2024

Ukrainian agrarian unions have asked the government to do everything possible to maintain free access to the European market for their food products, the UCAB association said on Monday.

For fresh eating and freezing, fava beans must be picked when they are full-sized beans.

Columns, Practical Tips, Pulses

Fava beans for Prairie gardens — and fields

Part 3 of a series on Prairie farm gardens

By Ieuan Evans February 3, 2024

The fava bean (Vicia faba) in Canada is often misunderstood, treated as though it is strictly a southern European or Middle Eastern legume crop. I have even seen the large fava bean type labelled as a Chinese crop. In point of fact, all of Europe grew fava beans. The beans were traditionally classified according to […] Read more

GFM Network News

Confusion cleared on Canadian calf import changes

U.S. livestock: Live cattle continue higher

U.S. grains: Soybeans retreat after one-month high; corn, wheat sag

Pulses

The year in pulse crop inputs

U.S. grains: Soybeans firm on bargain-buying ahead of USDA report

EU recommends ambitious 2040 climate target, goes light on farming

Protein sector faces labour crunch: report

Pulse weekly outlook: Lentils remain steady for now

Yield challenge to tap competitive, community spirit

U.S. grains: Soybeans move higher on technical trading ahead of government reports

Italy’s farmers head to Rome in tractor convoy protest

Ukraine’s farm unions ask government to protect free EU market access

Fava beans for Prairie gardens — and fields

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