China is set for another year of bumper harvest of grains and oilseeds, helped by expanded planting of winter wheat and rapeseed and healthy growth of seedlings, the country's agriculture ministry said on Friday.
Winter wheat
China set for bumper harvests of grains and oilseeds, ministry says
Conditions ripe for winter cereal wreck
Snow cover decline, temperature flux, pooling, freezing all potential problems
Glacier FarmMedia — Minimal snow cover, frigid temperatures in mid-January and above-average temperatures after that may have set the stage for winterkill in winter crops. The risk is high enough to cause concern among crop specialists. “The eastern Prairies are in a little bit better shape than (Saskatchewan and Alberta) but there’s huge swaths that […] Read more
Spring wheat bids edge higher in Western Canada
Spring wheat bids in Western Canada moved higher during the week ended March 21, as wheat futures in the United States continued to recover off their nearby lows.
Prairie Wheat Weekly: Bids hold against weak U.S. futures
Low exports, declining Black Sea, European milling wheat prices pressure U.S. wheat
Western Canadian wheat bids were little affected by a stronger Canadian dollar and the recent drop-off in United States wheat futures during the week ended March 7.
Prairie wheat weekly outlook: Prices for red wheat up, amber durum mixed
U.S. wheat complex also mixed; Canadian prices bolstered by dollar's drop
There were modest price increases for wheat on the Canadian Prairies during the week ended Feb. 29. However, as Canadian Western Red Spring Wheat and Canada Prairie Red Spring Wheat edged up, prices for Canadian Western Amber Durum were mixed.
Online fusarium management tool due out this spring
Preliminary tests of the online tool showed a good level of accuracy
A follow-up to a story we first brought you last July about a new online tool being developed by soil scientists at the University of Manitoba to make fusarium head blight (FHB) risk management in cereal crops easier for Prairie farmers. Paul Bullock, a senior scholar with the U of M’s department of soil science, […] Read more
Prairie wheat weekly outlook: Weaker U.S. futures drag Western Canadian wheat bids
Cheaper Russian wheat exports also dragged global wheat prices down
United States wheat futures hit new contract lows and pressured Western Canadian wheat bids during the week ended Feb. 15.
Prairie wheat weekly outlook: Prices down, especially for durum
Weaker Canadian dollar lends support, K.C., Chicago and Minneapolis wheat put pressure on prices
Wheat prices across the Canadian Prairies pulled back during the week ended Feb. 8. While there were moderate declines in Canadian Western Red Spring Wheat and Canada Prairie Red Spring Wheat, there were sharper losses for Canadian Western Amber Durum.
New cereal varieties for 2024
Seven new options are on the market for Prairie producers
Farmers in Western Canada have seven new cereal varieties to choose from for next year. Here is a look what FP Genetics, SeCan, SeedNet and Stamp Seeds have to offer. Please note the following list includes only brand new offerings for 2024. FP Genetics Durum: AAC Schrader is the first durum in the Canada Western […] Read more
In this information age, the information is aging
Up-to-date research is out there, but not always readily or easily available to farmers
I enjoy reading various agronomy- and soil-related extension information. Recently, I was reading an article from Alberta Grains’ newsletter The Growing Point on winter wheat production. At the end of the article was a link to a factsheet. That link took me to an Alberta Agriculture Agdex publication — which I wrote 16 years ago, […] Read more