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Canadian grain exports up 35 per cent on the year

By MarketsFarm Team February 1, 2021

Canadian grain companies continue to do brisk business moving grains and oilseeds out of the country, with movement of canola, wheat, barley and many other crops running well ahead of the year-ago pace. Crop-year-to-date exports of Canada’s major grains and oilseeds as of Jan. 17 came in at 26.4 million tonnes, according to Canadian Grain

File photo of South African malting barley. (Sunshine Seeds/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops, Markets

South Africa’s barley growers face bleak outlook on alcohol ban

Ban reinstated against COVID-19 surge

By GFM Network News January 29, 2021

Johannesburg | Reuters — South African barley farmers are bracing for a tough market ahead as demand for the grain used to make beer falls and stockpiles grow after a ban on the sale of alcohol was reinstated as the country battles a surge in COVID-19 cases. The government in December enforced its third ban

Crops, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: Buyers’ thoughts turn to April-June

By GFM Network News, Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm January 28, 2021

MarketsFarm — Attention on feed grains is shifting away from February-March and focusing on the April-June period, according to Erin Harakal, senior trader at Agfinity at Stony Plain, Alta. Their buyers have February-March pretty much covered, she said. Demand continues to be driven by exports to China, she added, with Prairie feedlots required to keep

Will Bailey-Elkin (right) seeds intercropped peas and cereals with Wilson Fink (left) at the Ian N. Morrison Research Farm in Carman.

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Survey seeks farmers who intercrop organic peas

The University of Manitoba study is analyzing the economics of pea-cereal intercrops

By Geralyn Wichers January 26, 2021

A University of Manitoba study is looking for farmers’ input to analyze the economics of organic pea intercropping. “The overall goal of the questionnaire is to add on-farm information to an economic analysis of different pea-intercrop seed mixtures,” said Will Bailey-Elkin, a master’s student in the department of plant science. Bailey-Elkin is looking for farmers in Manitoba,

Crops, Markets

Feds predict three per cent increase in canola acres

Stocks nevertheless expected to tighten

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin January 26, 2021

MarketsFarm — Canadian farmers will seed more canola in the upcoming 2021-22 crop year, but solid demand will still cause ending stocks to tighten, according to the first new-crop supply/demand projections from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), released Monday. The department forecast seeded canola area in the spring of 2021 at 21.37 million acres, up

Livestock Markets, Markets

Rising feed prices drag on cattle futures

Feeder cattle bids continue steady to lower

By Phil Franz-Warkentin January 22, 2021

Activity was slowly picking back up at Manitoba’s cattle auction yards during the second week of January, with feeder prices steady to lower compared to levels ahead of the holidays. Lighter-weight feeders continued to see the best demand, with discounts for the heavier animals. About 5,000 feeder cattle moved through the rings across the province during the

Crops, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: Offshore demand still lifting Prairie barley

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin January 21, 2021

MarketsFarm — Solid offshore demand for Canadian barley remains the key driver in the domestic feed market, keeping prices high. “It’s certainly not driven by southern Alberta, it’s driven by Vancouver and the export business,” said Allen Pirness, of Market Place Commodities in Lethbridge, on the continued strength in barley bids. Typically, arbitrage opportunities would

“The grain companies have never wanted the CGC. They would much prefer a situation wherein they can make all the rules themselves... “ Stewart Wells, NFU.

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Grain act, grain commission review revived

The ongoing examination is sure to reveal fractures and differing interests

By Allan Dawson January 21, 2021

Two pillars of Canada’s $26-billion grain industry are again under review — a process reviving long-standing divisions between some farmers and grain companies over grain industry regulations. The Canada Grain Act and Canadian Grain Commission which administers it, deal with grain buyer licensing, grade standards, grading disputes, quality control and producer payment protection. Some submissions

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CGC review started quietly amid suspicion in 2019, then sidelined

By Allan Dawson January 21, 2021

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) quietly began its review of the Canada Grain Act and the Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) in March 2019. The kickoff was an AAFC briefing to members of the Grains Roundtable, which represents a cross-section of the grain sector. There was no ministerial announcement or news release, but shortly after it

“Soils, wherever you are on the planet, were never formed with monocultures.” – Blake Vince.

Crops

This farmer sees cover crop benefits

It’s not just about the environment; it’s also about the bottom line

By Don Norman January 19, 2021

Farmer Blake Vince says he’s seen both benefits and challenges as he’s made cover crops part of his operation near London, Ont. At November’s Farm Forum Event virtual conference, he appeared by way of a pre-recorded presentation done weeks earlier at his no-till farm. Standing in the middle of a cover crop that was planted

Daily Network News

Prairie CWRS wheat bids rise with U.S. futures

Protein Industries Canada funds nine food processing projects across Canada

U.S., Canada to meet in coming weeks on trade, Greer says

Barley

Canadian grain exports up 35 per cent on the year

South Africa’s barley growers face bleak outlook on alcohol ban

Feed weekly outlook: Buyers’ thoughts turn to April-June

Survey seeks farmers who intercrop organic peas

Feds predict three per cent increase in canola acres

Rising feed prices drag on cattle futures

Feed weekly outlook: Offshore demand still lifting Prairie barley

Grain act, grain commission review revived

CGC review started quietly amid suspicion in 2019, then sidelined

This farmer sees cover crop benefits

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