seeding Archives - Page 9 of 37

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

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

Crops, Weather

Manitoba Crop Report: Plantings advance, crops threatened by weeds, insects

By GFM Network News June 22, 2022

MarketsFarm – Seeding continues to advance in Manitoba, but recent rains have also hindered progress and emergent crops are being threatened by weeds and insects. Plantings in the province are 91 per cent complete as of June 21, four points higher than the previous week according to Manitoba’s weekly crop report. Typically, the third week […] Read more

File photo of a pea crop south of Ethelton, Sask. on Aug. 1, 2019. (Dave Bedard photo)

Crops, Lentils, Peas, Weather

Pulse weekly outlook: Peas, lentils faring well but threats remain

By GFM Network News June 22, 2022

MarketsFarm — Growing conditions for peas and lentils in Saskatchewan during the spring can be described as variable. While western parts of the province continued to endure dry conditions carried over from last year’s drought, regions in the east were drenched with near-continuous rainfall to go along with below-normal temperatures. Lionel Ector, president of Diefenbaker […] Read more

ICE July 2022 canola (candlesticks) with 20-, 50- and 100-day movjng averages (yellow, green and black lines) and November 2022 canola (purple line). (Barchart)

Canola, Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Other factors trump seasonal pressure on canola

By GFM Network News June 16, 2022

MarketsFarm — Despite the losses canola and other crops have incurred during the week of June 13, prices have remained rather high, according to a trader. “Even though we got some big crops brewing in North America, the prices are not falling apart. There are just enough things in there to keep these markets a […] Read more

File photo of Ukraine’s Agriculture Minister Mykola Solskyi at a “Global Food Security Call to Action” meeting of foreign ministers at United Nations headquarters in New York, on May 18, 2022. (Photo: Reuters/Eduardo Munoz)

Crops, Markets, Reuters

Russia’s war may deprive world of three Ukrainian wheat harvests, minister says

'Significant' decline expected in winter wheat acres

By GFM Network News June 15, 2022

Kyiv | Reuters — Russia’s invasion of Ukraine will create a global wheat shortage for at least three seasons by keeping much of the Ukrainian crop from markets, pushing prices to record levels, Ukraine’s agriculture minister told Reuters. Ukraine, sometimes known as Europe’s breadbasket, has had its maritime grain export routes blocked by Russia and […] Read more

Pinto beans. (Scott Bauer photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Crops, Markets, Pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: Fewer edible bean acres to underpin prices

By Phil Franz-Warkentin, GFM Network News June 15, 2022

MarketsFarm — Edible bean area is unlikely to live up to expectations in some key North American growing areas this year, as insurance deadlines pass. However, the excessive moisture that caused seeding delays in Manitoba and North Dakota should help the yield prospects for what did go in the ground in the region. Projections for […] Read more

Klassen: Feeder market in price discovery mode

Keep it clean on pre-harvest chemical use

ADM Q2 profit falls to 5-year low amid trade turmoil

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