Cereals & Production Tips

The cows are being gathered up and brought to a corral so they can be
hauled to new fall pasture.

Straight combining — a new learning experience

Harvest underway, and here’s hoping there is enough hay bales for the winter

By Heather Eppich October 31, 2022

This year I had the opportunity to learn something new. I had never combined with a straight cut header. We had some organic barley that was very short. Gregory was afraid that we would lose most of it if he swathed it, so he put the straight cut header on my combine as well as […] Read more

Canola, Cereals, Features, Practical Tips

Take these steps to protect the quality of your stored cereal grains and canola

Don’t let malathion residue or OTA development put your stored crops at risk

By Leah Heppenstall October 28, 2022

As crops are coming off the fields and into the bin, Keep it Clean is reminding growers of best management practices to maintain crop quality and reduce storage risk. Two of the biggest risks to stored grain are contamination and spoilage. “Before storing canola, it’s absolutely essential that the bins are clean and malathion-free,” says […] Read more

Prices for feed barley and feed wheat in Alberta are higher than last year. Photo: Canada Beef

Barley, Cereals, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: Good quality, yields amid rising feed prices

By GFM Network News October 27, 2022

MarketsFarm – With harvesting operations coming to a close, there were very few complaints about the quality and yields of new crop feed grains, according to one Lethbridge, Alta.-based trader. “Quality-wise, everything’s been sounding good for the most part. A couple of areas might have a bit of lighter bushels, but for the most part […] Read more

A wheat field near the village of Zhovtneve, Ukraine in 2016. Photo: Reuters/Valentyn Ogirenko/File

Cereals, Crops, Reuters

Ukraine keeps 2023 winter wheat sowing area forecast unchanged despite delays

By GFM Network News October 25, 2022

Kyiv | Reuters – Ukraine is keeping its forecast of the winter wheat sowing area for the 2023 harvest unchanged at 3.8 million hectares despite a delay caused by unfavourable weather, deputy agriculture minister Taras Vysotskiy told Reuters on Tuesday. Ukraine sowed more than 6 million hectares of winter wheat for the 2022 harvest, but […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Prairie cash wheat: Bids dip with U.S. futures

Loonie down 0.4 U.S. cent on the week

By Phil Franz-Warkentin, GFM Network News October 23, 2022

MarketsFarm — Spring wheat bids in Western Canada moved lower during the week ended Thursday, as losses in U.S. futures and a firmer tone in the Canadian dollar weighed on values. Average Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS, 13.5 per cent protein) wheat prices were down $2-$4.50 per tonne during the week, according to price quotes […] Read more

Corn west of Mitchell, Man. on Oct. 17, 2018. (Dave Bedard photo)

Barley, Corn, Crops, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: Corn imports pressure grain prices in Lethbridge

By GFM Network News October 20, 2022

MarketsFarm — With harvesting operations winding down, high-delivered bids for feed barley and wheat in Alberta are higher compared to the same time last month and last year. However, there is still some volatility in feed grain prices, according to one Lethbridge-based trader. “I think most (of the increase) was (due to) demand, but as […] Read more

Gary Millershaski, a farmer and scout on the Wheat Quality Council’s Kansas wheat tour, inspects winter wheat stunted by drought near Syracuse, about 170 km west of Dodge City, on May 18, 2022. (File photo: Reuters/Julie Ingwersen)

Crops, Reuters, Weather, Winter Wheat

U.S. winter wheat growers seed into dust as Plains drought persists

By Julie Ingwersen, GFM Network News October 17, 2022

Chicago | Reuters — With seeding roughly halfway complete, the 2023 U.S. hard red winter wheat crop is already being hobbled by drought in the heart of the southern Plains, wheat experts said. Seeding plans may be scaled back in the U.S. breadbasket despite historically high prices for this time of year, reflecting rising global […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat

Prairie cash wheat: Prices swing higher on U.S. gains

Canadian dollar down on week

By GFM Network News October 15, 2022

MarketsFarm — Wheat prices on the Canadian Prairies were higher for the week ended Thursday. As Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) and Canada Prairie Spring Red (CPSR) wheats had modest upticks, Canada Western Amber Durum (CWAD) incurred double-digit increases. Gains in the U.S. wheat complex provided support, with a weaker Canadian dollar also underpinning values. […] Read more

A combine unloads wheat on the outskirts of Ahmedabad in western India on March 16, 2022. (Photo: Reuters/Amit Dave)

Crops, Markets, Reuters, Spring Wheat

India allows exports of wheat flour processed from imported grain

By Reuters, GFM Network News October 15, 2022

New Delhi | Reuters — India has allowed export-oriented units and the firms set up in special economic zones to export flour made from imported wheat, a government order said on Friday, conceding to the demands of food processors to allow shipments of value-added products. India will allow food processors to import duty-free wheat against […] Read more

Barley, Crops, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: Freight costs could determine grain availability

By GFM Network News October 13, 2022

MarketsFarm — There are very good prices for feed barley and wheat in Alberta, according to Susanne Leclerc of Market Master Ltd. in Edmonton — but two factors could limit their availability. Leclerc said there is good demand for feed wheat in the province, “but prices are slightly up because we’re not seeing a lot […] Read more

U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn fall on harvest pressure

U.S. livestock: Hog futures slide in technical correction

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation: Acknowledging the past, seeking a better future

GFM Network News