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Standing corn north of St. Adolphe, Man. on Sept. 19, 2021. (Dave Bedard photo)

Feed weekly outlook: Record imports of U.S. corn likely

Feeders will need to scale back barley usage

By Phil Franz-Warkentin, GFM Network News November 18, 2021

MarketsFarm — Canadian imports of corn from the United States are picking up and could hit a record this year, given the tight supply situation across the Prairies. The most recent export sales data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture showed Canada as the country’s largest corn customer during the week ended Nov. 11, accounting […] Read more

General, Reuters, Weather

Thousands in B.C. still stranded by flood waters

'We are not out of this by a long shot'

By GFM Network News November 18, 2021

Abbotsford | Reuters — Rescuers and workers in British Columbia were still trying to reach 18,000 people stranded on Thursday after floods and mudslides destroyed roads, houses and bridges in what could be the costliest natural disaster in the country’s history. Receding flood waters were helping rescue efforts, but the downpour blocked off entire towns […] Read more

Floodwaters cover the Trans Canada Highway near Abbotsford, B.C. in an aerial view taken Nov. 16, 2021. (Photo courtesy BC Hydro via Reuters)

Crops, Markets, Weather

Grain flow uncertain as floods halt B.C. rail, road traffic

By GFM Network News November 17, 2021

MarketsFarm — It’s too early yet to determine the effect of massive floods in British Columbia’s Lower Mainland on grain movement, according to the company monitoring Canada’s grain handling and transportation system. Up to 200 millimetres of rain earlier this week have triggered mudslides and cut access to rail lines and highways east of Vancouver. […] Read more

Barley, Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat

Feed weekly outlook: Barley, wheat prices among highest ever

By GFM Network News November 10, 2021

MarketsFarm — Feed grain prices continue to push higher following a somewhat disappointing harvest on the Prairies this year, according to Glen Loyns, general manager of JGL Commodities at Moose Jaw, Sask. “We’re seeing upticks on all feed. Everything is up. You’re seeing high prices on wheat and barley. And you’re going to continue to […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: Manitoba dry beans dip in yields, prices

By GFM Network News November 8, 2021

MarketsFarm — This year’s dry bean harvest in Manitoba has only produced about two-thirds of an average annual yield, according to the province’s expert on pulses. Dennis Lange, pulse specialist for the Manitoba government at Altona, said all but a few acres have come off the fields. Due to drought conditions this summer, however, the […] Read more

Canola, Markets

Canadian canola oil content well below average

By GFM Network News November 5, 2021

Canada’s hot and dry growing season in 2021 cut into the oil content of the country’s canola crop, with preliminary data pointing to the second-lowest oil content of the past two decades. Preliminary sample data compiled by the Canadian Grain Commission shows average oil content for number one quality canola in 2021/22 at 41.9 per […] Read more

Markets, Pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: Winter price movement awaits chickpeas after harvest

By GFM Network News November 2, 2021

MarketsFarm – Just like nearly all crops in Western Canada, chickpeas were not immune to drought conditions causing reduced yields. Approximately 64,000 tonnes of chickpeas were grown across the country for the 2021-22 marketing year, compared to the 214,000 tonnes grown in the previous year, according to last month’s production report from Agriculture and Agri-Food […] Read more

Some of the NextGen Drainage Solutions equipment installing drainage pipe. Owen Orsak says after installing tile drainage on a 260-acre field, he can now seed and harvest 260 acres.

Crops, Features

A dry year is a good time to talk drainage

Tile drainage systems need to be properly planned, but farmers say they are well worth the effort

By Lee Hart November 1, 2021

Western Canadian farmers like their tile drainage projects. They are not particularly cheap improvements. Costs vary widely depending on size and complexity of the project but, on average, figure on about $1,000 per acre to get pipe in the ground. But the benefits, according to this October’s farmer panel members, are many: A tile drainage […] Read more

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Markets, Reuters

Canada economy seen weaker than expected as supply chain woes weigh

By GFM Network News October 29, 2021

Ottawa | Reuters – The Canadian economy most likely underperformed expectations in the third quarter amid ongoing supply chain woes and a brutal drought, official data suggested on Friday, prompting analysts to forecast the Bank of Canada could move slower on rate hikes. The economy expanded by 0.4 percent in August, missing estimates, and looked […] Read more

This 50-foot well, set up to automatically keep the trough full, kept a few dozen cow-calf pairs happy this summer. Recent rain has greened up the pasture so stock is still there September 10. Many mornings when I arrive, the cow-calf pairs are lounging around slaking their thirst and then they saunter off to find some grass. It has been fun to watch.

Columns, Crops

Les Henry: Your guide to finding water in the ground via wells

They’re often a good solution to the water problem in pastures

By Les Henry October 25, 2021

The drought of 2021 has left pastures with dry sloughs and dugouts. A good solution to the water problem in pastures is often a well, or multiple wells. Many former community pastures had several wells with old-fashioned windmills that filled the need in spades. In our soil salinity work of the 1980s and 1990s, we […] Read more

GFM Network News

U.S. livestock: CME cattle fall on profit-taking

U.S. grains: Soybeans rebound as market weighs China prospects

B.C. ostrich owner condemns violence near embattled farm

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