Glacier FarmMedia — Canola industry leaders have been worried about verticillium stripe and its impact on crop yields for several years. Reports out of Europe suggest the fungal disease could cause losses of 10 to 50 per cent on oilseed rape. However, extreme losses are usually confined to a small number of fields in England […] Read more
Researchers to put numbers to verticillium yield loss
The team behind blackleg and clubroot yield loss models tackles the newer canola disease
Get urea booked sooner rather than later, trader says
Farmers will want to lock in supplies before seasonal demand kicks in
Glacier FarmMedia – The global urea market is in a period of mixed signals. Buyers in Australia and Southeast Asia made purchases in early January, putting upward pressure on prices. Plus, stocks in North America are relatively low, which is also supportive. On the other side of the coin, China may delay exports until the […] Read more
Canadian farmers blamed for ag chemical in U.S. oat foods
Discovery sets off media story despite samples testing well inside safe levels
A U.S. environmental group is pointing a finger at Canadian oat growers, saying they’re the cause of ag chemical residues found in Cheerios and Quaker Oats.
Oat protein: the next oat milk?
Researchers pursue a new health claim — not for oat fibre, but for oat protein
In a lab at the University of Manitoba, Lovemore Malunga holds up a Ziploc bag containing a whitish-light brown powder. He opens the bag and carefully pours the powder into a small, plastic container. A master’s student, Vanessa Alexander, takes the container and places it on a scale. She adjusts the scale — to account […] Read more
Time to buy some cows?
Cattle right now are more profitable than crops, this farm management expert says
Glacier FarmMedia — When all costs are factored into the equation, raising cattle should be more profitable than growing crops in 2024 — and in some cases, much more so. “Right now, I can tell you that the returns per acre are higher than any of the crops,” said Ben Hamm, a farm management specialist […] Read more
Soybean acres may soon stabilize in Manitoba
Volatile yields, acres and weather have kept soy on a roller-coaster since 2017
There's an emerging consensus in Manitoba that soybean acres in the province could soon stabilize at around 1.5 to 1.9 million.
U.S. dicamba ruling won’t touch Canada: Bayer
Thousands of American farmers who have already bought the herbicide now in a bind after court bans over-the-top use
An Arizona court decision that essentially prohibits American farmers from using dicamba for over-the-top spraying on soybeans and cotton will not stop Canadian growers from using the herbicide this year, says Bayer Crop Science Canada.
Planting just one soybean variety is a ‘mistake’
Growers should try at least three, an Ontario soy expert says
Horst Bohner is convinced — completely so — that farmers should plant more than one variety of soybeans. If they don’t, they are making a “mistake,” he says. “As a basic starting point, I think every grower should seed at least three varieties. Every year. As a minimum. Hopefully more than that,” says Bohner, the […] Read more
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