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Rats cause many millions of dollars in damage to crops, food losses and buildings in Canada annually.

Successful pest protection and prevention programs

Given the right advice and a willingness to co-operate, Prairie growers can do a lot to mitigate or prevent crop yield losses

By Ieuan Evans February 2, 2023

Pests of all kinds — weeds, animals, insects or diseases — would like to find a good home on your crop production acres. Prevention is by far the best method of pest control. If you can stop or prevent the pest from gaining a foothold on your acres, you are winning the battle. You do […] Read more

Wheat being loaded onto a cargo ship in Vancouver in 2011. (File photo: Reuters/Ben Nelms)

Crops, Markets

China top destination for Canadian grains, oilseeds

CGC data points to key destinations

By Phil Franz-Warkentin, GFM Network News February 2, 2023

MarketsFarm — China is the top destination for Canadian grain and oilseed exports through the first five months of the 2022-23 marketing year, accounting for roughly a third of the total movement, according to the latest monthly report from the Canadian Grain Commission. Canada has exported 6.566 million tonnes of grains, oilseeds, and pulses to […] Read more

Cereals, Crops, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: Barley, wheat prices continue downward

Oats, canola meal also bound for feedlots

By GFM Network News January 27, 2023

MarketsFarm — As colder temperatures descend onto the Prairies, buying activity for feed barley and wheat was just as frigid. “A lot of guys are fairly caught up with purchasing,” said Mike Fleischhauer of Eagle Commodities Inc. in Lethbridge. “You see the prices of wheat and barley start to trickle down a little bit. Corn’s […] Read more

Research studies in Western Canada have shown general applications of boron fertilizer are not warranted to optimize canola yields or quality.

Columns, Crops

Do Prairie crops need boron fertilizer?

Before you apply boron fertilizer, read this

By Ross H. McKenzie January 26, 2023

We often hear about the need for boron (B) fertilizer to optimize canola production and occasionally for other crops. However, boron is not widely used as a fertilizer in Western Canada. In the fall of 2021, Fertilizer Canada surveyed western Canadian wheat and canola growers to determine fertilizer use. This survey found about 8.6 per […] Read more

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada researcher Brian Beres leads a tour through some of the Farming Smarter plots demonstrating the growth stages of durum seeded after different times in late winter and early spring as part of ultra-early seeding research work.

Crops, Features

Get a head start on the season with ultra-early seeding

Seeding cereals in late winter contradicts the belief you can’t seed until the soil warms up, but research shows the crops don’t seem to mind

By Lee Hart January 20, 2023

Getting some of the crop seeded toward the tail end of a western Canadian winter may seem like a whimsical idea, but field research has shown on those slightly warmer days when the snow is gone, ultra-early seeding of a cereal crop becomes a viable option. The concept of ultra-early seeding does come with a […] Read more

Cereals, Crops, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: Prices slip during quiet January

Shortages of trucks, drivers still trouble cattle sector

By GFM Network News January 20, 2023

MarketsFarm — With January being a quiet time there’s isn’t a whole lot of direction for feed grains, according to Brandon Motz of CorNine Commodities at Lacombe, Alta. Prices for feed barley and wheat have been slowing slipping, he said — especially with feedlots not having to buy and farmers not needing to sell — […] Read more

Cereals, Corn, Crops, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: Corn imports still weigh on domestic feed market

By Phil Franz-Warkentin, GFM Network News January 11, 2023

MarketsFarm — Ample corn imports from the U.S. continue to keep the western Canadian feed grain market under pressure, with barley bids in Lethbridge trending lower through the early days of 2023. “We started the year with cash barley trading at roughly $450 (per tonne) in Lethbridge, it’s since declined to roughly $435,” said Jim […] Read more

Barley, Crops, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: Little price movement for feed grains

By GFM Network News January 6, 2023

MarketsFarm — With the holiday season come and gone, feed grain buyers were getting back into the swing of things at the start of 2023, according to one trader. “I think January will probably fill up pretty quickly as we’re in the first week of January and we’ve been booked into January for a bit,” […] Read more

Finishers, Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Feeder market to start 2023 on firm tone

Counter-seasonal behaviour expected

By Jerry Klassen, GFM Network News January 3, 2023

There were no market reports last week due to the holiday season; however, I still received a few calls from cattle producers regarding the feeder market outlook for the first quarter of 2023. The feeder market finished 2022 at 52-week highs. Steers averaging 500 lbs. were readily trading over the psychological $300 level while 900-lb. […] Read more

Grain bins in a Saskatchewan field. (MysticEnergy/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: Grain, price movement ongoing over holidays

Colder weather stymies deliveries

By GFM Network News December 31, 2022

MarketsFarm — With the Christmas break come and gone, more grain is being delivered to feedlots, according to one Lethbridge trader. Mike Fleischhauer of Eagle Commodities Ltd. said that despite the holiday season, in which lighter activity is expected, there was still some movement in feed grain prices. Wheat and barley were both valued at […] Read more

U.S. grains: Soybean futures fall after Trump-Xi call

Prairie Wheat Weekly: Western Canadian bids slightly decline

Louis Dreyfus posts higher volumes, lower profits in first half

GFM Network News