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CDC Churchill in a plot at Ag in Motion in July. Farmers growing barley for feed are increasingly opting to grow malting varieties.

Barley, Cereals Production Guide, Crops, Features

Fitting malting barley in your rotation

The price premium isn’t the only benefit malting barley offers

By Don Norman January 19, 2025

Farmers who grow malting barley in their rotation say there is a lot to like about the crop. It’s an early-maturing, drought-resistant crop that competes well with weeds. And if farmers meet the high standards required by malting houses, they can earn a handsome premium. Although malting barley once yielded significantly less than higher-yielding feed […] Read more

Crops, GrowPro

Digging into the cause of poor yields

Did drought, fertility issues or something else lead to that poor crop? We look at the possibilities

By Rigas Karamanos October 31, 2024

Your client’s crop yielded poorly, and they assume it was due to drought. But you suspect it may be a fertility issue. How can you accurately diagnose the problem? Let us first examine what dry and drought mean. A dry year means reduced crop growth and reduced nutrient uptake, since biological, chemical and physical processes […] Read more

Biologicals, Crops

Farmer interest growing in plant biostimulants

Companies hope to fill an existing 'knowledge gap' about the purpose of these products

By Robert Arnason October 4, 2024

Glacier FarmMedia — At 2 p.m. on July 17, Ryan Bonnett and many other people at the Ag In Motion farm show near Langham were seeking a place in the shade. The temperature was around 30 C and the word “hot” came up in most conversations at the show. The afternoon temperature was also on […] Read more

File photo of a soybean plantation in Brazil. (Mailson Pignata/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops, Markets

Cordonnier stands pat on South American crop projections

La Nina 'is still out there,' analyst says

By GFM Network News November 16, 2022

MarketsFarm — At this point in the South American planting season it’s too early to get an accurate bead as to how much corn and soybeans will be grown in Brazil and Argentina, according to Dr. Michael Cordonnier of Soybean and Corn Advisor Inc. at Hinsdale, Ill. Cordonnier recently issued his latest estimates, keeping his […] Read more

Crops, Markets

Canola crop expectations vary ahead of StatsCan report

By GFM Network News August 27, 2020

MarketsFarm — Statistics Canada is due to publish its first production estimates for Canada’s 2020 growing season on Monday (Aug. 31). Late-season hot temperatures and a lack of rain may cause Canada’s canola production to be lower than originally expected, according to some market participants. Earlier in the growing season, Winnipeg-based FarmLink Agriculture Solutions published […] Read more

Subject: Storage grain bin silos in a field of matured corn crop in harvest time.

Crops, Reuters, Weather

Minnesota fields thrive, Iowa storm damage continues on crop tour

By Julie Ingwersen, GFM Network News August 20, 2020

Chicago | Reuters — Scouts on an annual U.S. Midwest crop tour continued to see fields battered by an Aug. 10 derecho storm in central Iowa on Thursday, with corn stalks snapped and ears littering the ground due to the hurricane-like winds. In Iowa, crop prospects swung wildly from field to field, according to scouts […] Read more

Rainfall for July 13, 2016 as of 6:40 p.m. CT. (CoCoRaHS.org)

Crops, Weather

Storms trim potential for big Prairie crops

By Rod Nickel, GFM Network News July 13, 2016

Reuters — Heavy rain and strong winds are likely to curb the potential for Western Canada’s crops, government officials said, but the harvest may still be bigger than average. Pockets across Saskatchewan, Canada’s biggest wheat- and canola-growing province, received as much as five inches of rain, strong winds and hail since Sunday. The storms flattened […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Weather

Sask. dryness could impact global canaryseed prices

By GFM Network News June 26, 2015

CNS Canada –– Dryness in Saskatchewan could support global canaryseed prices, as the province produces nearly all of Canada’s crop. Canada is the world’s largest producer and exporter of canaryseed worldwide, according to a federal government report. Kevin Hursh, executive director for the Canaryseed Development Commission of Saskatchewan, expects global canaryseed prices will eventually react […] Read more

Crops, Features

Barley 180 project

Agronomists and researchers working on the Barley 180 project are looking to boost barley yields to 180 bushels per acre

By Rebeca Kuropatwa April 1, 2014

When Steve Larocque learned that New Zealand farmers have pulled in barley yields of 180 to 200 bushels per acre, he decided to give it a try in Alberta. Larocque runs Beyond Agronomy, an independent crop consulting business at Three Hills, Alta., and farms 1,000 acres just north of Drumheller, Alta. He grows wheat, barley, canola, peas […] Read more

Alberta crop conditions improve: report

U.S. grains: Corn sets contract lows on expectations for big US crop

U.S. livestock: Cattle strength continues

GFM Network News