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Prairie feed wheat, barley at seasonal highs

By GFM Network News May 11, 2017

CNS Canada –– Feed barley and feed wheat appear to be settling into some seasonal highs, according to a market-watcher in Alberta. “Whether it goes up much more remains to be seen,” said Jim Beusekom of Market Place Commodities in Lethbridge. “Between Easter and May long weekend, we’re probably at a high.” High vomitoxin (10 […] Read more

Crops, News, Weather

Sask. farmers make slow headway due to poor weather

Saskatchewan Crop Report for the week ending May 1, 2017

By Saskatchewan Agriculture May 4, 2017

Saskatchewan farmers are slowly making their way into the field. Adverse weather has delayed spring field work, such as applying herbicide, harrowing and seeding, in some areas. Many fields remain wet. Warm and dry weather will be needed in the coming weeks before seeding can get fully under way. The majority of producers with crop […] Read more

Farmer Brian Derksen seeds wheat on May 2, 2017 near Miami, Man., about 80 km south of Portage la Prairie. (Screengrab from Allan Dawson video)

Crops, Weather

Prairie seeding off to ‘shaky start’

By GFM Network News May 4, 2017

CNS Canada — Western Canada will likely see some favourable seeding conditions in the short term, one meteorologist says, though wet pockets in some areas need longer to dry out. “We are getting off to a little bit of a shaky start in some spots, but it looks like the weather pattern is going to […] Read more

A pea field in north-western Saskatchewan last July. Seeding peas later is an option for some growers looking at seeding delays this year.

Crops, News, Pulses

Late seeding could see growers “drop peas” from rotations

By Lisa Guenther May 1, 2017

As many Western Canadian farmers juggle their rotations to fit a tight seeding timetable this spring, one producer has a message: Don’t drop the peas. Vicki Dutton is a seed grower and grain trader with ADM in North Battleford. With fewer farmers signing fall contracts this year, she’s been talking to producers to find out […] Read more

Crops, Wheat & Chaff

Plan in advance to harvest good trial data

Agronomy tips... from the field

By Tylor Hunt April 6, 2017

When a rep approaches you to be involved in a company trial, it’s typically because they see you as having good practices that will help provide strong trial data at the end of the season. Company trials can be a great opportunity for you to “test drive” pre-commercial varieties or products, and get a clean […] Read more

Murray Hartman talks plant stand establishment during CanolaLAB at Lakeland College in Vermilion, Alberta

Canola, Crops

Lower canola target plant stands

With newer canola varieties, farmers can hit optimum yields with lower plant counts

By Lisa Guenther March 28, 2017

New canola varieties and changing economics have pushed target plant stands lower, says Murray Hartman, oilseed specialist with Alberta Agriculture. The “economic sweet spot” is now four to six plants per square foot, Hartman told farmers and agronomists at the Canola Council of Canada’s CanoLAB in Vermilion, Alberta. Hartman recently reviewed published trial data looking […] Read more

Crops

Deciding on cover crop blends

By Kevin Elmy March 21, 2017

Figuring out what to use in a cover crop blend can be an intimidating process. What species to use? What seeding rate? When should they be seeded? All would influence how the blend would look, work, and the success of it. There is some science involved, but making it work is as much art as […] Read more

Crops, Features

Production costs for spring planning

For farmers in southern Manitoba, soybeans are pencilling in well for this spring

By Angela Lovell March 20, 2017

Across the Prairies, new cost of production figures and calculators for 2017 are appearing on provincial websites to help producers make sound production, management and marketing decisions. On the marketing side things look a little rosier than they did this time last year. “When you look forward to September 2017, it doesn’t look as bad […] Read more

I’m ashamed of my cropping plans, but I’m guessing I’m not alone.

Columns, Crops

Crop rotation planning shenanigans

After a couple of seasons on the farm, it’s time to re-consider crop planning strategies 

By Toban Dyck March 15, 2017

The following is about shenanigans. My shenanigans. But it is also about folklore versus science; coffee-shop advice versus better judgment; the devil on your shoulder versus the truth. Specifically, though, this is about crop planning. And by the end of this piece, I hope we both will have learned something. Because, contrary to the familiar […] Read more

Crops, Features

Earlier seeding has advantages

Seed according to conditions to optimize moisture,  root development and nutrients

By Lee Hart March 9, 2017

It is difficult to have a conversation with plant pathologist and soil fertility specialist Dr. Iuean Evans without hearing the word “copper” and the important role it can play in development of a healthy, high yielding crop. But he also has recently noted that early-bird agronomic practices are important for optimizing soil available nutrients and […] Read more

GFM Network News

U.S. grains: Corn, soybeans recover from 3-month low on technical bounce

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures retreat on profit taking

ICE Weekly: All eyes on Carney in China

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