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Creating an even crop is part of the fusarium management  strategy for CropPro Consulting’s clients.

Managing fusarium head blight

As the fusarium-infected area grows,  so does the sophistication of management tools

By Lisa Guenther February 27, 2018

As fusarium head blight marches west, agronomists and farmers are finding more sophisticated ways to manage the disease. Cory Willness, agrologist and president of CropPro Consulting, says evening out crops is part of their fusarium management strategy. CropPro Consulting is based in Naicam, northeast of Humboldt, Saskatchewan. “We find traditionally that the tops of the […] Read more

SR14501, a new six-row hulled spring feed and forage barley variety,  should soon be in farmers’ fields.

Barley, Crops, Features

“Incredible” new barley variety

This new higher-yielding, six-row barley  variety is on the road to certification

By Julienne Isaacs February 21, 2018

A new six-row hulled spring feed and forage barley variety should soon be in farmers’ fields. SR14501 — which will gain a trade name prior to commercialization — was developed by Alberta’s Field Crop Development Centre in response to producers’ requests for a barley with good lodging resistance, says barley breeder Joseph Nyachiro. “It is […] Read more

Crops, Wheat & Chaff

Safe rates for seed-placed fertilizer

By Twyla Jones February 12, 2018

Q: How do I determine the safe rate of seed-placed fertilizer for canola, wheat and barley? A: If you’ve bought a new drill, changed openers or changed your fertilizer blends, these changes may have implications on seed safety. Many new drills have moved to wider row spacing and narrower openers. Take the time to investigate […] Read more

Hogs, Livestock, Markets

Pork exports key in 2018 as U.S. slaughter ramps up

By GFM Network News January 30, 2018

CNS Canada –– Canadian pork producers should see higher returns for their product in the spring of 2018, but whether those prices last may determine how successful Canada is at tapping new markets. According to U.S. Department of Agriculture supply estimates, weekly U.S. hog slaughter numbers over the past two months have averaged 2.369 million […] Read more

When compared with the other two, the plants in the third field were visibly stressed — slower growing, smaller and paler in colour.

Barley, Crops, Features

Crop Advisor’s Casebook: Barley blues. Why aren’t these plants growing faster?

A Crop Advisor's Solution from the January 9, 2018 issue of Grainews

By Bruce MacKinnon January 8, 2018

Thomas, who owns a 3,000-acre mixed dryland and irrigation farm near Magrath, Alta., asked me to visit his operation in early June. He wanted help identifying the weeds in three barley fields as well as advice on a herbicide package that would best fit his farm. He also mentioned the plants in one of the […] Read more

Columns, Markets

Finding the price in the new age

With delisted futures contracts, who’s responsible for price discovery?

By Brian Wittal December 21, 2017

Over the past five years there have been major changes to the Prairie grain marketing landscape that have — or should have — changed the way you market your grain. The biggest change, and no doubt the catalyst for many of the changes since, was the removal of the monopoly marketing powers of the Canadian […] Read more

Columns, Markets

What does the harvest mean for the market?

A look at the post-harvest impact on Prairie canola, wheat and malt barley markets

By Brian Wittal November 20, 2017

By October 12, snow was already falling for the second time in two weeks and harvest was only about 80 per cent complete in the Central Alberta area. Other that than, the fall for the most part was amazing and has allowed farmers across the Prairies to get the harvest off in record time. Harvest […] Read more

Mark Heise, President and CEO of Regina’s Rebellion Brewery, shows off some of his brewery’s latest creations. Heise believes there is nothing but untapped potential ahead for Saskatchewan breweries.

Barley, Cereals, Features

Crafting a brand new industry

What the rise of craft beer in Saskatchewan means for Prairie barley growers

By Delaney Seiferling October 27, 2017

People in Saskatchewan are thirsty for a new kind of beer. Saskatchewan’s craft beer sector has been growing steadily in recent years and one brewer says the future continues to looks bright. “We just view it as nothing but untapped potential, especially for Saskatchewan,” says Mark Heise, president and CEO of Regina’s Rebellion Brewery, one […] Read more

A two-row Bentley base malt. (RedShedMalting.ca)

Barley, Crops

Alberta malt barley quality looking good

By GFM Network News October 25, 2017

CNS Canada — Despite a wet spring and problems with dryness in the summer, barley in central Alberta is looking fairly good, according to a grower in the Red Deer area. “We had a really good malt crop this year, the quality is excellent,” said Matt Hamill of Red Shed Malting at Red Deer. “It […] Read more

The Sask Barley Development Commission has provided seed money to research ways to drop DON levels in barley.

Features, Livestock

High tech feed research on the Prairies

The Canadian Feed Research Centre puts tech to work to increase the value of feed grain

By Lisa Guenther October 11, 2017

From the outside, the Canadian Feed Research Centre doesn’t look much different from a regular feed mill. But the Centre, tucked into an industrial area of North Battleford, is a national institution, says Rex Newkirk. “It’s the only one in Canada of this nature. It’s one of the very few in the world where we […] Read more

Daily Network News

Feed Grain Weekly: Seasonal gains expected this spring

Klassen: Stronger barley prices weigh on feeder cattle values

Russia stops ammonium nitrate exports for one month amid global supply crunch

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