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The Field Crop Development Centre at Lacombe. Photo: Alberta Barley video screengrab.

Alberta barley breeding centre relaunched

By Geralyn Wichers, GFM Network News March 22, 2024

"Western Crop Innovations will carry on the Field Crop Development Centre’s substantial legacy, ensuring its work is addressing the issues farmers are facing in the fields," said RJ Sigurdson, Alberta's minister of agriculture and irrigation in a news release Wednesday.

Planting perennial forages in ditches is recommended to help keep kochia from getting a toehold.

Crops, Features

Weed alerts on the southern front

A North Dakota weed expert cautions Prairie farmers about kochia, waterhemp and Palmer amaranth and their evolving herbicide tolerances

By Mark Halsall March 21, 2024

Of all the things shared by Prairie farmers on both sides of the Canada-U.S. border, an abiding love of their land, fretting over the weather and a no-nonsense, ‘get ‘er done’ attitude are among those that come to mind. Unfortunately, this also includes weed problems. Weeds know no borders, of course, so when weed trouble […] Read more

Weather

Prairie forecast: Is winter making one last push?

Issued March 20, covering March 20-27, 2024

By Daniel Bezte, GFM Network News March 20, 2024

A sprawling Arctic high pressure system is poised to dominate the region, ushering in colder-than-normal temperatures reminiscent of January's grip, but not as cold. While cold snaps this time of year often bring snow, the prevailing high pressure suggests storm activity will largely skirt the area, save for southern and southwestern Alberta where significant snowfall is anticipated.

Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Feeder market adjusts to lower supplies

By Jerry Klassen, GFM Network News March 19, 2024

Western Canadian prices for backgrounded replacements were $2 to $4 higher than last week. Lower flesh yearlings were valued $3 to $8 above week-ago levels. Prices for calves under 800 pounds were up $3 to $7 compared to seven days earlier with noted strength in feeders under 600 pounds.

A view of Oldman River which flows into the Oldman Reservoir, which according to local news media is at its lowest point in 30 years, near Pincher Creek, Alberta, Canada March 15, 2024. REUTERS/Todd Korol

General, Reuters

Farmers, oil drillers in parched Alberta brace for water shortage

Drought could cause double-digit declines in Alberta's wheat yields, data suggests

By Reuters, Rod Nickel, GFM Network News March 18, 2024

Drought in Alberta is stretching into its fourth year and farmers and oil companies are planning for water restrictions that threaten production of wheat, beef and crude.

Weather

Prairie forecast: Very warm west, mild but a little unsettled east

Issued March 13, covering March 13 to 20

By Daniel Bezte, GFM Network News March 13, 2024

The cold weather has also been replaced by above average temperatures. The question I have been hearing the most is--has spring arrived or is there still a bit of winter left to be felt?

Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Yearling price trend stalls while calves ratchet higher

Larger players aggressively securing lightweight calves on expectations of low yearling supplies

By Jerry Klassen, GFM Network News March 12, 2024

Western Canadian feedlots are carrying sufficient numbers for the time being and feeding margins remain deep in red ink on unhedged cattle. Secondly, carcass weights are sharply above year-ago levels and Alberta finishing lots are backed up with market-ready supplies.

General, Reuters

Alberta renewable ban could hurt $11 bln in investments, says study

Farmland-protecting approach puts province at loggerheads with federal Liberals' green energy plans

By Reuters, GFM Network News March 11, 2024

Canadian province Alberta's ban on some renewable projects could hurt $11.1 billion in investments and stall up to 6.3 gigawatts (GW) of solar and wind power capacity, a study said on Monday.

A centre-pivot system at work near Cowley, Alta., about 40 km east of Crowsnest Pass. Snowpack in mid-February was estimated at 50-75 per cent of normal at monitoring sites in southern Alberta's Rocky Mountains.

Columns, Crops, Weather

Managing irrigation with limited water

Some irrigation districts are advising users to brace for limits on available water

By Ross H. McKenzie March 8, 2024

There is increasing concern with below-normal mountain snowpack and potential for limited irrigation water availability in 2024. Snowpack in mid-February was about 50 to 75 per cent of normal at most of the snow pillow monitoring sites in the Rocky Mountains of northern Montana and southern Alberta (visit the Alberta River Basins web page, then […] Read more

Markets

Feed grain weekly outlook: Growers looking at the skies, prices

Barley prices should decline in later spring as growers sell, analyst says

By GFM Network News March 7, 2024

Despite recent weather bringing much-needed moisture into southern Alberta, dryness remains a concern in the region weeks before the start of seeding.

GFM Network News

U.S. livestock: CME cattle futures higher on year-end positioning

U.S. grains: Soybean futures fall, shrugging off China purchases

Growing pains: An Ontario city’s urban agriculture efforts show good policy requires real capacity

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