Crops & Production Tips

Farm management: Getting from good to great

Farming is a numbers game. Make sure you  make the most of the details on your farm 

By Brian Wittal June 22, 2015

In March, I spent four days traveling from Grande Prairie to Lethbridge as part of the Leading Edge Farm Management series sponsored by the Alberta Canola Producers Commission and I had the good fortune to be in the company of some very accomplished individuals. Dr. Danny Klinefelter from Texas A+M University who, I would say, […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans hit six-week high on weather jitters

By GFM Network News June 22, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures climbed to a six-week high on Monday on concerns about tightening old-crop supplies and excessive rains trimming new-crop yield prospects, traders said. Wheat and corn also rose. At the Chicago Board of Trade, the July soybean contract settled up 18 cents at $9.89-1/2 per bushel after reaching $9.90, […] Read more

Crops, Pulses, Weather

Dryness stalls Sask., Alta. fababeans

By GFM Network News June 19, 2015

CNS Canada — Fababeans are increasing in popularity across the Prairies, but much like other crops in Alberta and Saskatchewan, dry weather is taking its toll — and if it continues, yield could be impacted. Fababeans require a lot of moisture to produce well, according to Dale Risula, a Saskatchewan provincial specialist for special crops […] Read more

Stripe rust on winter wheat in Brooks, Alta.

News, Winter Wheat

Winter wheat stripe rust update

By Alberta Agriculture June 19, 2015

So far in the month of June, 19 winter wheat fields have been surveyed in the counties of Lethbridge, Taber, Warner and Cardston. Eight fields surveyed in the County of Lethbridge had no signs of stripe rust. Of the six fields surveyed in the County of Warner, three fields had trace incidence of stripe rust […] Read more

Crops, Weather

Prairies’ dry fields good, if you’re a grasshopper

By GFM Network News June 19, 2015

CNS Canada –– Dry conditions causing production concerns across large areas of Alberta and Saskatchewan are certainly bad for the crops, but the weather could prove ideal for grasshoppers. Grasshopper forecast maps put out over the winter were not initially all that bad for Alberta and Saskatchewan, given the conditions in 2014, but weather in […] Read more

Crops, Spring Wheat, Weather, Winter Wheat

Rusts enter southern Manitoba from U.S.

By GFM Network News June 19, 2015

CNS Canada — While fusarium head blight and wheat streak mosaic have already popped up in Manitoba fields, a new strain of disease is making its presence felt in the province’s south. Stripe rust and leaf rust appear to have blown in from the United States. Pam de Rocquigny of Manitoba’s agriculture department said the […] Read more

Canola, Cereals, Crops, Markets

Late start expected for Manitoba’s Port of Churchill

By GFM Network News June 19, 2015

CNS Canada — Manitoba’s northern Port of Churchill will start its shipping season later this year, as its operator hopes to lower the cost of maintenance on the railway serving the port. Merv Tweed, president of port and railway operator OmniTrax Canada, said the company expects the first grain vessel will go out sometime in […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn falls on improving weather view

By GFM Network News June 19, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures fell on Friday, setting back from a three-day rally on a round of profit-taking after prices hit their highest in more than a month, traders said. Corn futures also fell, pressured by forecasts for drier weather and rising temperatures that will foster corn development. CBOT […] Read more

Corn, Livestock, Soybeans, Weather

Ont. books drop in bee death ‘incidents’ at planting

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News June 18, 2015

Early data from federal pesticide regulators appear to suggest Ontario’s bee yards are moving past a spell of unusually high death losses seen around the 2012 and 2013 planting seasons. Combining the numbers of acute honey bee mortality “incidents” by bee yard in Ontario in the 2015 pre-planting and planting periods, up to June 11, Health Canada’s […] Read more

Canola, Wheat & Chaff

Does it pay to spray fungicide for blackleg?

By Syngenta June 18, 2015

When you’re looking to guard your canola against blackleg, does it pay to spray a fungicide? The short answer is yes — especially if you’re running a tight canola-wheat rotation. Short rotations put you at the highest risk of developing a blackleg infection, since the fungus can overwinter on diseased canola stubble year over year […] Read more

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Crops

Farm management: Getting from good to great

U.S. grains: Soybeans hit six-week high on weather jitters

Dryness stalls Sask., Alta. fababeans

Winter wheat stripe rust update

Prairies’ dry fields good, if you’re a grasshopper

Rusts enter southern Manitoba from U.S.

Late start expected for Manitoba’s Port of Churchill

U.S. grains: Corn falls on improving weather view

Ont. books drop in bee death ‘incidents’ at planting

Does it pay to spray fungicide for blackleg?

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