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Aerial view of Centerm, a Burrard Inlet terminal for containerized cargo at the Port of Vancouver. (Bloodua/iStock/Getty Images)
General, Markets

B.C. longshore workers ratify new deal

Minister pledges review of 'how disruption on this scale unfolded'

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Longshore workers at British Columbia’s seaports have voted to accept the terms of a new four-year labour deal, ending five weeks of labour outages at Canada’s West Coast. Negotiators with the B.C. Maritime Employers Association (BCMEA) and International Labour and Warehouse Union (ILWU Canada), working with the Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB), reached a new […] Read more
(Photo: Reuters/Diego Vara)
Crops, Weather

Saskatchewan Crop Report: Dryness continues as harvest begins 

Since April 1, the entirety of the province received 200 mm or less of rain

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MarketsFarm – With the exception of a handful of areas, most of Saskatchewan remained dry for the week ended July 31 as harvest operations began in the province’s southwest and west-central regions. Areas north of Prince Albert and northwest of Kindersley, as well as inside and around Hudson Bay each saw more than 30 millimetres […] Read more
Green lentils. (Savany/iStock/Getty Images)
Crops, Lentils, Markets, Pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: lentils poised to go either way pricewise 

Everything is dependent on the yields come harvest says analyst

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MarketsFarm – Before the harvest of lentils gets underway across the Canadian Prairies, there has been some speculation as to which way prices could go, according to Levon Sargsyan of Johnston’s Grain.  “Of the two stories I’m getting, one is from farmers, and one is from buyers, and of course there’s bias,” Sargsyan commented.  “[The […] Read more
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General, Markets

Strike’s impact on grain movement yet to come

Port workers union, employers reached a tentative agreement Monday morning but backlog likely to linger

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MarketsFarm, Reuters – Despite grain movement at Canada’s West Coast ports not being really affected by the British Columbia port workers strike in July, there’s a good chance for issues to arise in the coming months, according to Mark Hemmes, president of Quorum Corp. “The volume of grain that moved in the last three weeks […] Read more
Photo: Reuters/Valentyn Ogirenko/File
Barley, Cereals, Crops, Pulses, Soybeans, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Saskatchewan crops a mixed bag 

Some cereal crops beyond harvesting with plans to salvage for feed

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Marketsfarm – There was a wide mixture of the results in the latest crop report from Saskatchewan Agriculture. Parts of the province were hobbled by drought conditions, while other areas received upwards to 40 millimetres of rain following a series of thunderstorms during the week of July 18 to 26.  The desiccation of pulse crops […] Read more
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Crops, Lentils, Markets, Peas, Pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: recent rains could stabilize crops 

Prices for pulses across Western Canada have been steady

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Marketsfarm – Despite the rain the Canadian Prairies received since July 17, MarketsFarm Pro analyst Mike Jubinville pointed out that the major pulse crop areas got very little.  While any precipitation has been beneficial to this year’s crops struggling with dry conditions, Jubinville said, it won’t help that much.  “In terms of advancing pea and […] Read more
Photo: Greg Berg
Canola, Cereals, Crops, Markets, Pulses

AAFC lowers Canadian wheat ending stocks estimates

Drop in estimated oats carryout another notable adjustment

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 MarketsFarm – Canadian wheat ending stocks for both the current marketing year and 2023/24 (Aug/Jul) were revised lower by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s market analysis division in its updated supply/demand estimates, released July 21, with tighter oats and pulse stocks also expected.  Wheat ending stocks for 2022/23 were lowered to 3.540 million tonnes by AAFC, […] Read more
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Crops, Machinery

At Ag in Motion: Farmers gung-ho about digital integration system

'Having a single data point... was number one for us'

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For a committed user of the Climate FieldView digital integration system, Mike Ferguson had an unusual observation about himself. “I’m not a big technology guy,” said Ferguson, who with his wife Regan farms 3,000 acres at Melfort, Sask. But for him, using the various data-based management tools available in farming today isn’t just helpful, but […] Read more
Crop conditions in parts of western Saskatchewan have already dropped into crop insurance range, Burce Burnett says. (WeatherFarm video screengrab)
Crops, Markets, Weather

At Ag in Motion: Significant Prairie yield drop expected

'A lot of damage done' by drought, Bruce Burnett says

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MarketsFarm has released its first yield estimates for Western Canada’s crops and the outlook is grim. Analyst Bruce Burnett just recently completed a crop tour covering most of Saskatchewan. “Unfortunately, I don’t have a lot of good news on the crop front,” he told growers attending the Ag in Motion show in Langham, Sask. “There […] Read more
Kashika Sethi (l) and Rhea Thomas Thommana (r) were at Ag in Motion to represent food scientists Drs. Martin Reaney and Michael Nickerson and their 3D printer projects, including their work on printable protein-based materials, such as the pea-based “chicken leg” seen in the machine. (Becky Zimmer photo)
Crops, Machinery

At Ag in Motion: 3D printer takes aim at food ingredients

Making foods both plant-based and printable the goal

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With the development of 3D printing, the age of Star Trek replicators has arrived. For master’s student Rhea Thomas Thommana and PhD student Kashika Sethi, food replication is on the horizon as well. Thomas Thommana and Sethi were at Ag in Motion this week with a 3D printer designed to incorporate plant-based ingredients into food, […] Read more

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