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Seed treated with Pelta plus an "industry standard" seed treatment.

Pelta treatment aims for canola seed uniformity

New seed treatment improves seed survival, placement accuracy

By Liam O'Connor October 26, 2022

Evidence so far suggests a new canola seed pelleting technology from Syngenta will help growers limit misses and double- or triple-hits in seed placement. According to industry professional Lori Keyowski, director of sales for seed company Canterra, seed size and uniformity have been a significant problem for canola growers and their bottom line. In early […] Read more

Gary Millershaski, a farmer and scout on the Wheat Quality Council’s Kansas wheat tour, inspects winter wheat stunted by drought near Syracuse, about 170 km west of Dodge City, on May 18, 2022. (File photo: Reuters/Julie Ingwersen)

Crops, Reuters, Weather, Winter Wheat

U.S. winter wheat growers seed into dust as Plains drought persists

By Julie Ingwersen, GFM Network News October 17, 2022

Chicago | Reuters — With seeding roughly halfway complete, the 2023 U.S. hard red winter wheat crop is already being hobbled by drought in the heart of the southern Plains, wheat experts said. Seeding plans may be scaled back in the U.S. breadbasket despite historically high prices for this time of year, reflecting rising global […] Read more

A sunflower crop north of St. Adolphe, Man. on Sept. 19, 2021. (Dave Bedard photo)

Crops

Manitoba’s sunflower crop smaller, better

Global supply, demand outlooks remain uncertain

By GFM Network News August 31, 2022

MarketsFarm — If Canada’s 2022 sunflower seed harvest is to be the lowest in five years, you wouldn’t know it talking to producers of the crop. In its July satellite image-based principal field crops estimates released Monday, Statistics Canada projected sunflower seed production for the 2022-23 marketing year at 61,996 tonnes, 24.2 per cent lower […] Read more

AAC Wildfire is a popular hard red winter wheat with short strong straw, good winter survival and excellent lodging resistance. AAC Network is coming along as a short stature winter wheat with earlier maturity, higher protein and an excellent all round disease package.

Cereals, Crops, Winter Wheat

A few pointers on fall rye and winter wheat production

Pay attention to seeding date and rate and proper fertility

By Greg Stamp August 27, 2022

In most parts of Western Canada, the window is now open for seeding winter cereals. Depending on location, getting fall crops seeded between mid-August and mid-September is ideal, although with some cereals and varieties that window can be extended to early October. Here are a few points on growing winter cereals based on common crop […] Read more

No matter the growing conditions it seems like there is always another crop of rocks to be picked.

Cattleman’s Corner, Columns, Livestock

Rain makes an excellent birthday present

A busy spring season looking after crops and livestock

By Heather Eppich July 27, 2022

May was a very busy month. Gregory and John did the pre-seeding land work, picked rocks and worked on the air seeder, with seeding officially started May 3. We had more foals and all the mares did well and the foals were healthy. In mid-May our good friend Josh helped us start to build the […] Read more

Wrapping up this highly irregular seeding season with a final barley crop.

Columns

Better late than never

For the 2022 seeding season that about sums things up

By Toban Dyck July 21, 2022

I am writing this on my phone while seeding our last field. It’s June 9 and this is the latest I’ve ever seeded a crop. I’m seeding barley on a 90-acre parcel in the Red River Valley. I have exactly four minutes and five seconds of writing time between turns at each end of the […] Read more

File photo of sunset over a wheatfield in Brazil. (Evandrorigon/E+/Getty Images)

Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Brazil seen adding wheat area, fewer acres in Argentina

By GFM Network News July 19, 2022

MarketsFarm — As farmers in Brazil plant more wheat this year, their counterparts in Argentina are cutting back on the amount of acres they plan to sow — although Argentina will still grow a great deal more wheat than Brazil. Dr. Michael Cordonnier of Soybean and Corn Advisor Inc. at Hinsdale, Ill. said one reason […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Weather

StatCan raises Canada’s canola plantings from earlier estimate

Farmers seen returning to 'steady Eddie' wheat

By GFM Network News July 5, 2022

MarketsFarm –– Canadian canola plantings are projected to come in above earlier expectations but would still be well below what was seeded to the crop in 2021, according to updated acreage estimates from Statistics Canada released Tuesday. Meanwhile, wheat area in the country is forecast at its highest level in nearly a decade. After a […] Read more

Crops, Markets

Wet weather affecting acreage numbers: analysts

By GFM Network News June 30, 2022

MarketsFarm – With some parts of Western Canada experiencing delayed seeding due to wet weather, many analysts believe the conditions have caused a ripple effect on acreage totals for the 2022-23 marketing year. Statistics Canada (StatCan) will release its second survey-based acreage report for the 2022-23 marketing year on July 5. Traders and analysts are […] Read more

Crops, Markets

Saskatchewan Crop Report: Rain falls on most of the province

By GFM Network News June 23, 2022

MarketsFarm – Rain fell on all growing regions of Saskatchewan during the week ended June 20 improving growing conditions, according to the province’s weekly crop report released on June 23. Most areas received at least 20 millimetres of rain during the week, with the communities of Prince Albert, Nipawin, Spiritwood and Kindersley all getting more […] Read more

GFM Network News

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