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Ukraine harvests first million tonnes of 2022 grain, farm ministry says

Invasion reduced sowing area for the season by 25 per cent

By Reuters July 19, 2022

Ukrainian farmers have threshed the first million tonnes of grain of the 2022 grain harvest from about three per cent of the sowing area, the Ukrainian agriculture ministry said July 8. The ministry said farmers had harvested 1.1 million tonnes of grain from 417,300 hectares with the average yield of 2.63 tonnes per hectare. Ministry data showed

Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Tighter fundamentals support feeder complex

By GFM Network News, Jerry Klassen July 19, 2022

Compared to last week, western Canadian yearling prices were steady to $2 higher on average while calf markets were up $2-$4. There was an increase in activity over the past week, although many auction barns remain in holiday mode. Major feedlot operators in southern Alberta were extremely aggressive on yearlings fresh off grass and this

News

Manitobans named to Canadian Agricultural Hall of Fame

Grain storage researcher Digvir Jayas and wheat miller Ashok Sarkar honoured

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff July 18, 2022

Two Manitobans are among the latest inductees to the Canadian Agricultural Hall of Fame. Dr. Digvir Jayas, currently the University of Manitoba’s vice-president (research and International), has spent more than 30 years researching the ecosystem of stored grain. This work has contributed to global food security and the economic well-being of farmers by minimizing losses

Crops

Denmark’s Royal Unibrew to buy Toronto’s Amsterdam Brewery

Brewer seeks new capacity in North America

By GFM Network News, Reuters July 15, 2022

Corrected, July 18 — Copenhagen | Reuters –– Danish brewer and beverage maker Royal Unibrew will acquire Toronto craft brewer Amsterdam Brewery in a deal valued at around 250 million Danish crowns (C$44 million), Royal Unibrew said in a statement on Friday. “The acquisition we are doing today is very important for the future growth

Attendees take a closer look at an experimental hemp-legume intercrop plot at a 2017 crop tour.

Crops, News, Other

Crop diversification centres set field day schedule

See the latest trials and research at the province’s four applied research centres this summer

By Don Norman July 15, 2022

Manitoba’s crop diversification centres are well on their way to harvesting another crop of data from trials at their respective sites. Seeding is all or nearly complete at all diversification centres. Staff faced the same wet-weather challenges as many farmers throughout the province. The centres, located in four different climatic zones, all experienced wet and

Livestock Markets, Markets

Manitoba Beef president sees better times ahead

Cattle values haven’t kept pace with producers’ rising costs

By Adam Peleshaty – MarketsFarm July 15, 2022

There was no doubt a recovery for Manitoba’s cattle industry after last year’s drought was going to take time. While there are still plenty of challenges among cattle producers, including high grain prices and record amounts of precipitation since last winter, Manitoba Beef Producers (MBP) president Tyler Fulton is looking ahead. “The drop in corn

Crops, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: Grains under pressure awaiting new crop

Farmers 'digging in and being patient'

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin July 14, 2022

MarketsFarm — Feed grain bids in Western Canada continue to come under pressure, as feedlots chew through corn imports from the United States and wait on the new-crop harvest. “We’re certainly seeing things soften,” said grain trader Shaun Smith of Market Place Commodities in Lethbridge. Declines in the Chicago futures and good Prairie growing conditions

Crops

Larger U.S. barley crop expected in 2022

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin July 14, 2022

MarketsFarm — Barley production in the U.S. is forecast to be up substantially in 2022, with early indications pointing to the largest crop in seven years. In its latest production estimates, the U.S. Department of Agriculture forecast the country’s 2022 barley crop at 3.8 million tonnes, which would be up from the 2.6 million tonnes

Crop Report, Crops, News

Crop conditions swiftly advance, heavy rains damage crops

Manitoba Crop Report: Issue 10, July 12, 2022

By Manitoba Agriculture July 12, 2022

Overview Crops have advanced rapidly across all parts of Manitoba this past week, faster than many agronomists had expected. Rapidly growing crops have hastened crop flowering, and cereal and canola fungicide application is well underway. Warm temperatures, high humidity, and rain in recent days has increased the risk for fusarium head blight and sclerotinia disease

Zaporizhzhia Region, Ukraine, July 5, 2022. Due to the ongoing hostilities, grains are harvested only on the territory of the Zaporizhzhia and part of Polohy districts which constitute one-sixth of the total area of the Zaporizhzhia Region, south-eastern Ukraine.

News

Recovery from grain production shortfalls could take years

Many factors have weighed in to produce tight global grain stocks

By Karl Plume, Rod Nickel July 12, 2022

Reuters – Eric Broten had planned to sow about 5,000 acres of corn this year on his farm in North Dakota, but persistent springtime rains limited him to just 3,500 in a state where a quarter or more of the planned corn could remain unsown this year. The difficulty planting corn in the northern United

Daily Network News

USDA defends $12 billion subsidy amid farm economy challenges

Canada December retail sales down 0.4 per cent; seen up 1.5 per cent in January

Feed Grains Weekly: Domestic prices remain flat

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