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Seeding underway in many parts of Manitoba

Manitoba Crop Report and Crop Weather report for May 1, 2017

By Manitoba Agriculture May 2, 2017

Manitoba Agriculture – Favourable weather and field conditions have allowed seeding operations to get underway in many areas of Manitoba. Provincially, it is estimated that less than five per cent of the 2017 crop has been seeded. No meaningful precipitation received during the past week and soil surface conditions are drying nicely across the province.

Crops, Local news

Spring seeding — one of Manitoba’s biggest mega-projects — about to begin

Progress will be delayed in parts of sodden western Manitoba, say KAP delegates

By Allan Dawson May 1, 2017

A$2.6-billion mega-project will soon start in Manitoba — but it won’t likely make many headlines. It’s called spring seeding and it’s an annual event in Manitoba. “The more than $2.6 billion we (farmers) invest in fertilizer, fuel and seed dwarfs any other private sector investment in the province,” Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) president Dan Mazier

Cereals, Local news, Oilseeds

Support grows to keep deferred cash purchase tickets

KAP and the Western Grain Elevator Association say a proposal to end the option is bad for the grain sector

By Allan Dawson May 1, 2017

Support to retain deferred cash purchase tickets for western grain farmers is building. Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) passed a resolution to that end at its advisory council meeting here April 20 to keep the option. The Western Grain Elevators Association (WGEA), which represents Canada’s six major grain elevator companies, also wants to keep deferred cash

Crops, Markets

Canadian canola stocks seen dwindling to four-year low

By GFM Network News, Rod Nickel May 1, 2017

Winnipeg | Reuters — Canadian stockpiles of canola dwindled to a four-year low ahead of planting season after brisk demand from crushers and exporters, but wheat supplies swelled, according to a Reuters survey of 12 traders and analysts. On Friday, Statistics Canada will estimate crop supplies as of March 31, 2017, from commercial and farm

Crops

Canadian producers to plant record canola crop, boost soybean acres

By Dave Sims, GFM Network News April 21, 2017

CNS Canada – Canadian oilseed acreage is set to boom according to the latest acreage estimates from Statistics Canada. Today, the agency released its Principal Fields Crops Acreage Summary for 2017/18 on April 21. It pegged canola acreage at a record 22.387 million acres, a jump of 2.02 million acres over last year. “It’s no surprise

Crops

Fear of feed expected to keep malt barley acres low

By GFM Network News, Jade Markus April 18, 2017

CNS Canada — Concerns about weather dictating the quality of malt barley is keeping producers from seeding the crop this year, one industry participant says, while weak prices offer no extra incentive. “Acres are definitely going to be down, because of the fear of getting feed barley, which is horrendously low-priced,” said Rod Green of

Crops, Weather

Trade sees record Canadian canola acres as possibility

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin April 17, 2017

CNS Canada — Canadian farmers could be set to seed record-large canola acres in 2017, while wheat area is generally expected to be down on the year when Statistics Canada releases its first survey-based acreage estimates of the year on Friday. From a purely economic standpoint, “canola is historically the commodity that pays the bills,”

Alberta Agriculture Minister Oneil Carlier speaks with Alberta Beef Producers’ Tom Lynch-Staunton, Roland Cailliau and Bob Lowe (l-r). (Government of Alberta photo)

Beef cattle, Hogs, Livestock

Alberta to restore non-refundable checkoff option

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff April 11, 2017

Alberta’s farmed-commodity commissions may soon be able to make their checkoffs non-refundable again if their producer members are willing. The provincial government on Tuesday tabled amendments to the Marketing of Agricultural Products Act (MAPA) which would grant each of the province’s 13 agricultural commissions the ability to determine whether their checkoffs should be refundable or

Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Limited demand means mixed tone for feeders

By GFM Network News, Jerry Klassen April 11, 2017

Western Canadian feeder cattle prices experienced a mixed tone this past week. Heavier weaned calves were trading steady to as much as $4 higher compared to last week; however, shorter-term replacements were steady to $3 lower. Alberta packers were buying fed cattle in the range of $170 to $172, down from week-ago levels of $177.

A two-row Bentley base malt. (RedShedMalting.ca)

Crops

Growing craft beer sector thirsty for local malt

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin April 4, 2017

CNS Canada — Craft breweries are a growing subsector of the Canadian beer industry, but the increased variety of local drink options are not necessarily 100 per cent homegrown, as a lack of domestically produced specialty malts forces brewers to look far afield to meet their needs. “We get our base malt locally, but we

Daily Network News

ICE Canada Weekly: U.S. biodiesel mandate will be a boon for canola

CBOT weekly: Planted area in focus

Prairie Wheat Weekly: Western Canadian bids move upward

Barley

Seeding underway in many parts of Manitoba

Spring seeding — one of Manitoba’s biggest mega-projects — about to begin

Support grows to keep deferred cash purchase tickets

Canadian canola stocks seen dwindling to four-year low

Canadian producers to plant record canola crop, boost soybean acres

Fear of feed expected to keep malt barley acres low

Trade sees record Canadian canola acres as possibility

Alberta to restore non-refundable checkoff option

Klassen: Limited demand means mixed tone for feeders

Growing craft beer sector thirsty for local malt

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