Crops & Production Tips

Clubroot resistance for canola in jeopardy

Alberta researchers have found a clubroot pathogen, 5x, that can  infect clubroot-resistant canola varieties

By Lisa Guenther May 12, 2015

Anyone in the canola industry banking on clubroot-resistant varieties alone to stop the disease is in for a shock this spring, as Alberta researchers have discovered 16 more fields where resistance has broken. In 2014 researchers identified a clubroot pathotype, christened 5x, that had worn away resistance. Not all the resistance-busting pathotypes in the 16 […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans slide as USDA forecasts ballooning stocks

By GFM Network News May 12, 2015

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures fell nearly two per cent on Tuesday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture projected domestic stocks would rise to 500 million bushels by the end of the 2015-16 marketing year, a nine-year high if realized. Corn ended almost unchanged after sliding to its lowest level […] Read more

Canola at the cotyledon stage. (Photo courtesy Canola Council of Canada)

Crops, Weather

Cold, snowfall not likely to hurt Alta. crops

By GFM Network News May 11, 2015

CNS Canada — Cold temperatures that brought some snow and frost to some parts of Alberta overnight won’t likely cause much damage to crops. “Most of our crops aren’t up yet; there’s been a fair bit of seeding going on, but I haven’t seen any emerged crops yet. So, it’s pretty much a non-issue at […] Read more

Barley, Beef Cattle, Crops, Hogs, Markets

Feed barley feeling ‘downward sag,’ trader says

By GFM Network News May 11, 2015

CNS Canada — Feedlot demand for cash barley is weakening slightly as cattle producers prepare to turn animals loose on pastures, but prices are still hanging in there, according to one participant. “Farmers aren’t really selling a whole lot at these levels,” said Allen Pirness of Market Place Commodities in the feedlot alley near Lethbridge, […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Cash wheat market up slightly with U.S. futures

By GFM Network News May 11, 2015

CNS Canada — Cash bids for Prairie wheat were steady to slightly higher during the week ended Friday, finding support from strength in U.S. wheat futures markets. Average Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheat prices were steady to C$3.50 per tonne higher, with bids ranging from about $186 per tonne in north-central Saskatchewan to $204 […] Read more

Columns, Crops

Everyone wants to be a farmer

City folk may not understand all the realities of farming, but many dream of doing it

By Toban Dyck May 11, 2015

It’s frustrating. I want my city friends to get it. I want them to understand how nuanced issues and trends like livestock production, genetically-modified organisms, fossil fuels, and eating farm-to-table are. It would be unfair to say city dwellers are vain, but I want to. Just as it would have been unfair of me to […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn fall on planting pace

By GFM Network News May 11, 2015

Washington | Reuters — U.S. corn and soybean futures fell on Monday, pressured by expectations that a government report will show the pace of planting of both commodities was well ahead of the typical schedule. Wheat futures were mixed, with hard red winter wheat contracts supported by concerns about the crop in the U.S. Plains […] Read more

Cereals, Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat

Wheats in CWRS, CPSR classes up for review

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News May 9, 2015

Owners of Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) and Canada Prairie Spring Red (CPSR) wheat varieties have until month’s end to decide whether to put their products through more trials, or let their varieties be reclassified. The Canadian Grain Commission on Friday announced a review of the CWRS and CPSR wheat classes will start immediately, citing […] Read more

Columns, Crops

Better weather information for better spraying decisions?

New technology allows farmers to have their own on-farm weather stations 

By Lisa Guenther May 8, 2015

In my last column, I wrote about how new technology sometimes scares the snot out of me (specifically driverless cars). But I’m not a complete Luddite, or neo-Luddite. I do have an iPhone, apps and all. Some of the apps I use most frequently during the summer are weather-related. I like to check if a […] Read more

Crops, Markets

Flaxseed acres likely to top official estimates

By GFM Network News May 8, 2015

CNS Canada — The relative strength in flaxseed bids, recent uncertainty in other cropping options and a general need to mitigate risk could see a few more acres sway towards the oilseed in Western Canada this spring, according to some market watchers. Statistics Canada recently forecast flaxseed plantings for 2015-16 at 1.63 million acres, which […] Read more

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Crops

Clubroot resistance for canola in jeopardy

U.S. grains: Soybeans slide as USDA forecasts ballooning stocks

Cold, snowfall not likely to hurt Alta. crops

Feed barley feeling ‘downward sag,’ trader says

Cash wheat market up slightly with U.S. futures

Everyone wants to be a farmer

U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn fall on planting pace

Wheats in CWRS, CPSR classes up for review

Better weather information for better spraying decisions?

Flaxseed acres likely to top official estimates

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