Cereals & Production Tips

Malt barley outlook promising, but harvest quality will be key

By GFM Network News August 2, 2017

CNS Canada – Many questions remain about Western Canada’s malt barley crop, but many analysts appear to expect at least an adequate harvest. Quality concerns and yield reductions will hit farmers in southern areas, but for those with good quality, prices should remain at least steady for the medium term. While analysts cautioned that forecasts […] Read more

Cereals, Crops, Pulses, Wheat & Chaff

Hit the mark with your pulse and cereal fungicides

By David Forster August 1, 2017

When getting set to apply a fungicide to pulses and cereals, remember that disease prevention and suppression is your main goal. Fungicides need to be applied on target in order to be effective, which is why you should keep water volumes and travel speeds top-of-mind. Use the highest registered water volume while lowering your travel […] Read more

Cereals, Crops, Markets

Durum forecasters predict steady and strong market

By GFM Network News August 1, 2017

CNS Canada – For farmers able to nurse their durum across the finish line this harvest, prices in the winter could make it worth their while. Withering heat and dry conditions have taken a toll on durum yields, especially in southern regions of the Prairies, but analysts like John Duvenaud of the Wild Oats Grain […] Read more

Cereals, Columns, Crops

A look back at pricing your wheat

Marketing grain is always a risky business. Here’s what could have happened

By Brian Wittal July 31, 2017

Spring seeding and combining went better than expected for the most part across the Prairies and the crops are off to a decent start. Excess rains in some regions and dryness in others has caused some concerns but overall the crop is in and growing and looking good. Weather forecasters are watching the current La […] Read more

Cereals, Markets

Canadian wheat decline with U.S. futures, rising loonie

By GFM Network News July 31, 2017

CNS Canada – Hard red spring wheat bids in Western Canada lost ground during the week ended July 28, as declines in the US futures and strength in the Canadian dollar both weighed on prices. Depending on the location, average Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheat prices were down by C$8 to C$11 per tonne […] Read more

Cereals, Crops, Pulses

Grain grading changes for Western Canada

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News July 27, 2017

The Canadian Grain Commission has announced several grain grading changes for the 2017 to 2018 crop year in Western Canada that will take effect August 1, 2017: It has added an ergot tolerance of 0.05 per cent in all grades of fababeans and chickpeas; Changed the tolerance for grasshopper and army worm damage from eight […] Read more

Cereals, Crops, Reuters

Drought hits parts of North Dakota spring wheat prospects

By GFM Network News July 26, 2017

Minot / Reuters – Spring wheat crops in central and northwestern North Dakota were showing the effects of hot, dry conditions and yield prospects were down sharply from a year ago, scouts on an annual crop tour said Wednesday. “The early-planted stuff looks the toughest,” said Dave Green, executive vice president of the Wheat Quality […] Read more

Crops, Reuters, Spring Wheat, Weather

Global buyers of quality wheat face disappointment in Canada

By Rod Nickel, GFM Network News July 20, 2017

Winnipeg/Chicago | Reuters — Buyers looking to Canada for high-quality wheat to make bread as drought roils output in the northern U.S. may be thwarted, as dry weather has also hit crops there. Wheat plants with the high protein content needed to bake bread have shrivelled in the U.S., one of the world’s top exporters, […] Read more

Crops, Reuters, Spring Wheat

Italy demands origin labels for pasta, rice

By Reuters, GFM Network News July 20, 2017

Rome | Reuters — All packets of pasta and rice sold in Italy will have to include labels of origin showing where the produce was grown, the government ruled on Thursday, a move aimed at protecting local farmers. The agriculture and industry ministers signed a decree ordering the new labelling policy, saying it would run […] Read more

Barley, Cereals, Crops, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Prairie wheat, barley commissions’ single checkoffs set

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News July 7, 2017

The post-deregulation era of Prairie grain research and market development funding is cleared to begin, as the three Prairie provinces’ wheat and barley commissions have set new single checkoffs on Prairie wheat and barley, all starting Aug. 1. The Manitoba Wheat and Barley Growers Association (MWBGA) on Wednesday announced that when the Western Canadian Deduction […] Read more

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