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Manage water to optimize wheat, canola production

Use your irrigation system to its full potential by asking these four question about water needs

By Ross H. McKenzie June 15, 2015

Often the most limiting nutrient in irrigated crop production is water! Many irrigation farmers tend to under-irrigate their crops, which limits yield potential. Often the main reasons for under-irrigation are simply not checking soil moisture frequently and starting the irrigation system too late. Knowing the answers to these four questions can help. 1. How much water does […] Read more

Cow-Calf, Crops, Markets, Reuters, Weather

Rain sprinkles Prairie canola fields, pastures

By Rod Nickel, GFM Network News June 15, 2015

Winnipeg | Reuters — Light rains sprinkled Western Canada’s crops and pastures during the weekend, but amounts fell well short of what’s needed to remedy dry conditions that have stunted growth, analysts said Monday. Rains were scattered across the Prairies and similar light amounts are expected during the next two weeks, Commodity Weather Group said […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat, Weather

Prices to rise as yield prospects drop for durum

By GFM Network News June 12, 2015

CNS Canada — Mounting dryness concerns in some of the prime durum-growing regions of Western Canada have likely already cut into yield prospects, which should support prices going forward. Canadian farmers intended to plant 5.5 million acres of durum this year, well above the 4.75 million seeded the previous year and the largest crop since […] Read more

Crops, Weather

Thirsty Alta. crops could use a drink, analyst says

By GFM Network News June 10, 2015

CNS Canada — Alberta’s dry weather and cooler nights have hit some crops in the province hard, but one specialist says he isn’t worried yet. Neil Whatley, a crop specialist with Alberta Agriculture and Forestry in Stettler, said only some parts of the province have seen rain. “There’s no general rain, just showers. Where there’s […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Pasture, Weather

Dry areas of Prairies still waiting for rain

By GFM Network News June 10, 2015

CNS Canada –– The continued lack of moisture across a large portion of Alberta and Saskatchewan is becoming more of a concern for farmers in the region, but there is a chance of rain in some nearby forecasts. Shannon Friesen, a cropping management specialist for Saskatchewan Agriculture in Moose Jaw, said some livestock producers are […] Read more

Canola, Crops

Time to test all Man. fields for clubroot, province says

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News June 5, 2015

Distribution of clubroot spores across Manitoba now suggests it’s time for more widespread testing to keep the disease in check, the provincial ag department recommends. Since the disease appeared in Manitoba in 2009, fewer than five per cent of the province’s farms have so far been tested for the spores that cause the yield-robbing disease […] Read more

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs

Interprovincial salmonella outbreak tied to chicks

By GFM Network News May 25, 2015

Federal and Alberta provincial health and veterinary officials are probing almost three dozen cases of salmonella poisoning across three provinces, tied to handling of live baby chickens. The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) said Monday it’s so far investigating 17 cases of illness in people in Alberta, 13 in British Columbia and four in […] Read more

Cutworms. (Photo courtesy Canola Council of Canada)

Crops, Weather

Guenther: Alta. cutworms sought for mapping, posterity

By Lisa Guenther, GFM Network News May 21, 2015

If you’re an Alberta farmer and your crops have got cutworms, Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development wants to know. Scott Meers, an entomologist with Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development, is asking farmers to report cutworms online. The province uses those reports to create an interactive map displaying cutworm sightings. Meers and provincial insect research technologist […] Read more

Canola, Crops

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

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

GFM Network News

Farmers, traders ‘flying blind’ as U.S. shutdown blocks key crop data

U.S. livestock: Feeder cattle rise to new highs on tight supply, strong cash prices

U.S. grains: Soybeans slip on profit-taking, China trade worries

Tag Archives Alberta

Manage water to optimize wheat, canola production

Rain sprinkles Prairie canola fields, pastures

Prices to rise as yield prospects drop for durum

Thirsty Alta. crops could use a drink, analyst says

Dry areas of Prairies still waiting for rain

Time to test all Man. fields for clubroot, province says

Interprovincial salmonella outbreak tied to chicks

Guenther: Alta. cutworms sought for mapping, posterity

Clubroot resistance for canola in jeopardy

Cold, snowfall not likely to hurt Alta. crops

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