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ICE weekly outlook: Attention on weather after short-covering rally in canola

By Phil Franz-Warkentin, GFM Network News June 11, 2020

MarketsFarm — ICE Futures canola contracts have recovered off of lows hit at the beginning of the month, with speculative short-covering a feature as attention in the markets turns to North American growing conditions. While canola ran into some resistance Wednesday, there may still be more room to the upside. Canadian canola is at a […] Read more

Columns, Crops

Les Henry: Prairie soil moisture map for 2020

Soil moisture at freeze-up in 2019: a range of moisture across the Prairies

By Les Henry February 12, 2020

The 2019 crop year was a challenge for all involved in our industry. The erratic rainfall patterns also challenged the preparation of this soil moisture map. Let me first acknowledge the assistance of staff from Crop Intelligence by South Country Equipment. They have now had several years of experience installing weather stations accompanied by the […] Read more

File photo of a snow-topped field in Alberta. (Don White/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops, Weather

Snow, cold grind Alberta harvest to virtual standstill

By MarketsFarm Team, GFM Network News October 5, 2019

MarketsFarm — Last weekend’s dump of snow coupled with cold temperatures brought the Alberta harvest to a complete halt, according to the province’s latest crop report. For the week ended Oct. 1, the province-wide harvest managed to improve to 33.7 per cent from 28.1 per cent the previous week. This year’s pace was slightly above […] Read more

Columns, Crops

Les Henry’s stubble soil moisture map, as of Nov. 1, 2018

There’s more red ink (dry areas) than we’d like to see on this year’s map

By Les Henry February 8, 2019

Each year when I make up this very general map, I keep hoping for a young generation to come along with better technology and smarts to make a better map. I now see a very bright light at the end of the tunnel. My December 12, 2018, article talked about the soil moisture sensor probes […] Read more

Fall rye flowering in south-central Manitoba. (Allan Dawson photo)

Crops, Weather, Winter Wheat

Fall rye’s popularity catching on Prairies

By GFM Network News December 7, 2018

CNS Canada — It’s good and bad news when it comes to winter cereal acreage in Western Canada. Winter wheat acres in Manitoba and Saskatchewan are down this fall, while acreage in Alberta increased, and fall rye acres in all provinces rose. “I think a lot of the guys that were growing winter wheat have […] Read more

Canola south of Ethelton, Sask. on Aug. 3, 2017. (Dave Bedard photo)

Canola, Crops, Reuters, Spring Wheat, Weather

Prairie crop tour sees slightly bigger wheat, canola yields

By Rod Nickel, GFM Network News July 26, 2018

Saskatoon | Reuters — Canadian farmers were on track to reap slightly larger wheat and canola yields, despite dry conditions and a wide discrepancy in growth rates, a crop tour estimated on Thursday. The inaugural Grain World crop tour, organized by FarmLink Marketing Solutions, toured the Prairie provinces on Tuesday and Wednesday. Moisture conditions vary […] Read more

While some areas of the crop were coming up well, others had no germination or uneven emergence, as well as spots with stunted plant growth. Regions with lighter soils, such as hilltops, were more affected.

Canola, Crops, Features

Crop advisor casebook: Germination grief: What went wrong with Dave’s canola?

A Crop Advisor's Solution from the May 15, 2018 issue of Grainews

By Jarrod Fogal May 16, 2018

I’m certain it’s flea beetles,” said Dave, an Alberta producer I visited last June after he discovered his canola crop had emerged poorly. While some areas of the crop were coming up well, others had no germination or uneven emergence, as well as spots with stunted plant growth. Also, regions with lighter soils, such as […] Read more

Crops

Six factors to consider if your soil moisture level is low

By Angela Lovell March 27, 2018

To date, all indications are pointing to a dry spring, given the below-average precipitation received in many areas of the Prairies this winter. There are exceptions to every rule of course, but a lot of farmers had relatively dry soils going into winter, so we asked some agronomists and provincial crop experts what factors could […] Read more

Crops, Weather

Late-season snowstorm brings Prairies moisture

By GFM Network News March 8, 2018

CNS Canada — After a winter spent waiting for snow, farmers across the southern Prairies were happy when the forecast was right and Western Canada received a late winter snowstorm. “We’ve heard moisture’s coming before and it doesn’t show up or it goes around us. So when it started snowing and it started adding up […] Read more

Sea surface temperature anomalies (in degrees Celsius) over the equatorial Pacific for the week centred on Feb. 21. (CPC.ncep.noaa.gov)

Crops, Weather

Spring outlook cooler for Prairies, warmer for Ontario

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News February 27, 2018

Growers in parts of Ontario may get an early start on planting this spring, while Prairie fields may see lingering snow and later-than-average last frosts. WeatherFarm’s spring forecast, powered by U.S.-based DTN Progressive Farmer, projects a cold start to the spring as likely for the western half of Canada, reversing the milder conditions shown over […] Read more

Daily Network News

Canadian Agricultural Safety Association promotes new vision for farm safety

BASF announces $27M Saskatoon canola breeding facility expansion

Klassen: Weaker fed markets add fear to feeder prices

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ICE weekly outlook: Attention on weather after short-covering rally in canola

Les Henry: Prairie soil moisture map for 2020

Snow, cold grind Alberta harvest to virtual standstill

Les Henry’s stubble soil moisture map, as of Nov. 1, 2018

Fall rye’s popularity catching on Prairies

Prairie crop tour sees slightly bigger wheat, canola yields

Crop advisor casebook: Germination grief: What went wrong with Dave’s canola?

Six factors to consider if your soil moisture level is low

Late-season snowstorm brings Prairies moisture

Spring outlook cooler for Prairies, warmer for Ontario

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