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Niche crops can pay well

Future crop prices are anyone’s guess; contracts can give you pricing security 

By Brie Vany April 15, 2015

What should I grow? What is going to make me money? These are common question this time of year. If only grain brokers had a crystal ball to answer that question with assurance! But at the end of the day the professional experts and even the coffee shop geniuses are really only taking a stab […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Peas, Weather

Pea growers weigh demand opportunities against root rot

By GFM Network News April 6, 2015

CNS Canada — Pea acreage in Western Canada could rise by five to 10 per cent this year, according to one industry expert, who notes root rot threatens to curtail that projection. Demand from India, China and Bangladesh is strong and that means total pea area could hit four million acres, said Carl Potts, executive […] Read more

Pulses, Wheat & Chaff

Seed treatments maximize potential

Agronomy tips... from the field

By Mark Mercier, Syngenta March 31, 2015

Seed treatments can’t walk on water, but they’ll help to enhance the existing seed quality that you have. That’s why it’s very important to select the highest-quality seed you can possibly get. A good start to the year will put you in the best position to maximize the genetic potential of your pulse crop. If […] Read more

Features, Peas

Up seed rate to add pea yield

Prairie researchers looks at the costs and benefits of combinations  of four pea input treatments. Try their results on your farm

By Melanie Epp March 20, 2015

While individual aspects of field pea production have been researched, combined agronomic factors have not been evaluated simultaneously before. Led by Laryssa Grenkow, research manager at Western Applied Research Corporation, a team of researchers, including Eric Johnson, Anne Kirk, Stewart Brandt, Sherrilyn Phelps, Chris Holzapfel and Bryan Nybo, determined which agronomic practices contribute most to […] Read more

Features, Lentils, Peas

Minimizing the impact of Aphanomyces

There are no in-crop solutions to root rot in peas and lentils. But there  are ways to minimize your risk of losing yield to Aphanomyces

By Melanie Epp March 13, 2015

Given the wet springs and dry summers we’ve seen in recent years, Aphanomyces euteiches — Aphanomyces root rot — has become a real problem for pea and lentil growers. First confirmed in Saskatchewan in 2012 and then in Alberta in 2013, the disease has been slowly creeping across the country, destroying crops in its wake. Making […] Read more

Crops, Lentils, Markets, Peas, Pulses

Low stocks-to-use ratio to keep pea bids well supported

By GFM Network News February 24, 2015

Winnipeg | CNS Canada — Canadian pea exports have been running at a very solid pace during the 2014-15 crop year to date, but supplies are seen to be running out and the market will need to work to ration demand over the later portion of the marketing year. Canadian peas have been leaving the […] Read more

Columns, Crops

Fababeans: our next Cinderella crop

A nitrogen-fixing legume that doesn’t have us competing with U.S. farmers could be an opportunity

By Les Henry January 15, 2015

Before you start — the headline is a bit of a stretch at this point but hopefully you will read on to learn more. The first department head of the newly constituted Soil Science Department, University of Saskatchewan (1919) was Roy Hanson, a soil microbiologist. His first observation was “we need to grow legume crops […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Peas, Pulses

Peas seen gaining strength in second half of export year

By GFM Network News November 27, 2014

CNS Canada — Prices for Canadian green and yellow peas stand to increase as the 2014-15 export year rolls along, in part due to weather damage from excess moisture as well as continued demand from Asia, according to an industry-watcher. “I’m more optimistic for yellow peas just because we can really see strong demand later […] Read more

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Canola, Cereals, Crops, Features

Farming was the right choice

After 40 years of farming, Blair Rempel knows he made the right choice when he chose to come back to the farm

By Shirley Byers November 10, 2014

Blair Rempel has been farming for almost 40 years. The Nipawin area producer and seed grower earned his diploma in agriculture at the University of Saskatchewan, in 1976. He considered other careers but always came back to agriculture. “The things I found attractive was a certain degree of independence and the satisfaction of building your […] Read more

Crops, Features

Up and coming pea varieties

By Lisa Guenther May 26, 2014

CDC Meadow and CDC Golden are currently the acreage kings for yellow peas in Saskatchewan. But two young guns could usurp one leader. CDC Saffron and Amarillo “could take the place of Meadow, for example.” Dr. Tom Warkentin told CropSphere delegates in Saskatoon last January. Warkentin specializes in pulse breeding and research at the University of […] Read more

Daily Network News

Klassen: Stronger barley prices weigh on feeder cattle values

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

Farmland climbs higher in spite of headwinds: Farm Credit Canada report

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