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Soybeans are being harvested in the heart of Manitoba's traditional soybean belt, but as of Thursday, there were still fields a week or more away from the combine depending on the weather. The variability underscores differences in maturity among varieties and seeding dates. Dry, warm weather until now has helped ripen soybean crops across agricultural[...]

A second case of waterhemp -- a noxious weed which, in many places in Ontario and the U.S., is resistant to glyphosate, Group 2 herbicides or both -- has been found in Manitoba. Waterhemp (amaranthus tuberculatus), which resembles redroot pigweed and is in the same family, was first found in a soybean field southeast of[...]

CNS Canada -- Variable weather throughout Saskatchewan's growing season brought a range of quality and prices to green lentil producers -- and that's a good thing, according to a processor in the province's south. The final quality of green lentils in Saskatchewan ranges from No. 1 to No. 3, said Colin Young of Midwest Investments,[...]

A major new pulse plant has set up shop southwest of Saskatoon with plans to help back development of pulse-based foods and mentor organic growers -- and bringing with it a pair of unusually high-profile investors. Verdient Foods on Monday announced the opening of a pulse food processing plant at Vanscoy, Sask., with plans for[...]

CNS Canada -- As rain threatens to disrupt harvest in parts of the Prairies this week and next, the Peace region of northwestern Alberta is attracting added attention. While rains are forecast to be fairly general across eastern Saskatchewan and Manitoba over the next week or so, they are expected to cause minimal damage and[...]

CNS Canada – Many questions remain about Western Canada’s malt barley crop, but many analysts appear to expect at least an adequate harvest. Quality concerns and yield reductions will hit farmers in southern areas, but for those with good quality, prices should remain at least steady for the medium term. While analysts cautioned that forecasts[...]

Aspiring Manitoba entrepreneurs with creative ideas for new foods or alcoholic beverages are invited to enter the 11th annual Great Manitoba Food Fight (GMFF), Agriculture Minister Ralph Eichler announced yesterday “Manitoba is home to many budding entrepreneurs with a passion for food and drink and the skill to create innovative and delicious new products,” said[...]

The agriculture critic for British Columbia's opposition New Democrats will be the minister of agriculture as the party takes the governing reins. Lana Popham, the MLA for the Vancouver Island riding of Saanich South, was named Tuesday as ag minister in Premier John Horgan's cabinet. Horgan took over as premier after Christy Clark's Liberals, who[...]

CNS Canada -- The way things stand now, soybeans look to continue their strong push into Manitoba and Saskatchewan. The key pod-filling time in late July and early August will ultimately decide, but soybean fields in both provinces are doing well so far. In Manitoba, which planted almost 2.23 million acres of soybeans -- a[...]

British Columbia's incumbent agriculture minister and opposition agriculture critic have both held onto their seats in the legislature so far through the province's harrowing election Tuesday. Complete results aren't expected to be available until after the final count starting May 22, but preliminary results put the province's governing Liberals in minority status with 43 of[...]