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California water board approves voluntary cutback program by growers

By GFM Network News May 25, 2015

Los Angeles | Reuters — California water regulators on Friday said they had approved a plan by some of the state’s most senior water rights holders to voluntary cut back water use by 25 per cent in exchange for assurances that they would not face further cuts during the growing season. So-called riparian growers in […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Weather

Sunflowers off to good start in Manitoba

By GFM Network News May 22, 2015

CNS Canada — Manitoba’s sunflower crop is off to a good start this year, having largely missed out on any damage from adverse weather over the May long weekend. “We had a good early start (to spring seeding) in the eastern part of the province and things went into some nice warm ground,” said Troy […] Read more

A CL-215 water bomber drops water on a fire north of Turtle Lake, Sask, on Thursday evening. (Lisa Guenther photo)

Livestock, Weather

Guenther (video): Northwestern Sask. fire hazard looms over farms

By Lisa Guenther, GFM Network News May 22, 2015

Judy Wilkinson was planting potatoes on Thursday when she had a bad feeling: the dry weather was just right for a fire. “It’s scary out there. The buffalo don’t want to eat hay anymore,” said Wilkinson, who with her husband Kevin raises bison on the forest’s edge near Turtle Lake, Sask. “They’re on the move, […] Read more

Excessive moisture from the May long weekend storm might trigger more crop insurance claims than the widespread frost. Snow just about buried this tillering winter wheat near Holland, Man. (MAFRD photos by Anastasia Kubinec)

Crops, Weather

Dawson: Moisture may trigger more Man. crop claims than frost

By Allan Dawson, GFM Network News May 21, 2015

Excessive moisture in Manitoba from the Victoria Day long weekend might result in more crop insurance claims than frost. “From our perspective the amount of rain and snow that came with this storm is probably as big a concern as the frost itself,” David Van Deynze, Manitoba Agricultural Services Corp.’s manager of claim services, said […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters, Weather

U.S. grains: Wheat jumps on global weather worries, corn follows

By Michael Hirtzer, GFM Network News May 21, 2015

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. wheat futures rose more than one per cent on Thursday, lifted by worries that U.S. rains could reduce grain quality and that dry conditions in Russia and Canada would stress crops. Chicago Board of Trade corn futures also jumped, rising in sympathy with wheat, while soybeans were nearly unchanged, anchored […] Read more

Cutworms. (Photo courtesy Canola Council of Canada)

Crops, Weather

Guenther: Alta. cutworms sought for mapping, posterity

By Lisa Guenther, GFM Network News May 21, 2015

If you’re an Alberta farmer and your crops have got cutworms, Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development wants to know. Scott Meers, an entomologist with Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development, is asking farmers to report cutworms online. The province uses those reports to create an interactive map displaying cutworm sightings. Meers and provincial insect research technologist […] Read more

Crops, Weather

Dawson: Time to assess crops for frost, water damage

By Allan Dawson, GFM Network News May 20, 2015

Each day it gets easier to assess how much damage frost and excessive moisture did to Manitoba crops over the Victoria Day long weekend. Farmers can expect their soybeans to emerge this week because of warm and sunny conditions — and that germination will probably suffer in some soybean fields. “I’m expecting to see a […] Read more

Crops, Weather, Winter Wheat

Prairie winter wheat set back by cold

By GFM Network News May 19, 2015

CNS Canada –– Recent cold temperatures in parts of Western Canada should cause some setbacks for winter wheat, but most of the crop is likely still in decent shape, according to an analyst. Farmers in the three Prairie provinces seeded 665,000 acres of winter wheat in the fall of 2014, with about 565,000 acres surviving […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters, Weather

U.S. grains: Soybeans fall to contract lows on speedy plantings

By Michael Hirtzer, GFM Network News May 19, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybeans fell to contract lows while corn eased 1.7 per cent on Tuesday, pressured by faster-than-normal spring plantings and overall favourable crop conditions in the U.S. Wheat futures tumbled two per cent at the Chicago Board of Trade, with all three markets reversing from gains in the previous session as […] Read more

A flowering apple tree Tuesday morning in Winnipeg. (Dave Bedard photo)

Crops, Weather

Jury still out on Prairie crop damage from Victoria Day weekend

By GFM Network News May 19, 2015

CNS Canada — Cold temperatures across much of Western Canada over the May long weekend may have caused damage to early-emerging crops — but it will take a few more days to determine how many acres will need reseeding. “We have to wait and see, because freeze damage is always sporadic in nature,” said CWB […] Read more

U.S. grains: Soybean futures edge up as Argentina ends export tax waiver

U.S. livestock: Hog futures hit contract high, herd falls short of estimates

Eastern wheat to be included in Cereals Canada’s harvest assessment

GFM Network News

U.S. grains: Soybean futures edge up as Argentina ends export tax waiver

U.S. livestock: Hog futures hit contract high, herd falls short of estimates

Eastern wheat to be included in Cereals Canada’s harvest assessment

Weather

California water board approves voluntary cutback program by growers

Sunflowers off to good start in Manitoba

Guenther (video): Northwestern Sask. fire hazard looms over farms

Dawson: Moisture may trigger more Man. crop claims than frost

U.S. grains: Wheat jumps on global weather worries, corn follows

Guenther: Alta. cutworms sought for mapping, posterity

Dawson: Time to assess crops for frost, water damage

Prairie winter wheat set back by cold

U.S. grains: Soybeans fall to contract lows on speedy plantings

Jury still out on Prairie crop damage from Victoria Day weekend

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