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Clear-winged grasshoppers were also present but mostly gave crops a pass in favour of pasture.

Flea beetles, grasshoppers poised for reprises in Manitoba fields

These insects did a lot of damage last year, and could return this season

By Gord Leathers February 17, 2022

Flea beetles and grasshoppers were amongst the biggest insect challenges last season, and they could be set to surge again this year, if conditions are right. John Gavloski, Manitoba Agriculture and Resource Development entomologist, said both were a huge issue throughout the province. “They were major concerns over the past season, and when I say

Diamondback hit the eastern part of the province and the Interlake hardest last year.

Crops, News

Intermittent pests played role last season

Most of these insects only arrive in numbers if the conditions line up

By Gord Leathers February 17, 2022

Although grasshoppers and flea beetles were last season’s major insect pests in Manitoba, there were a few other players that caused significant trouble on a regional scale. Many farmers in different parts of the province had diamondback moth and cereal aphids blow in with the winds. Others had trouble with alfalfa weevils and lygus bugs.

Anderson Soletti shows beans from a drought-hit soy crop at Espumoso in Brazil’s Rio Grande do Sul state on Jan. 10, 2022.

Grain Markets, Markets

Canola market dependent on other edible oils

Traders now wait to see how much soy Brazil can still produce

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm February 17, 2022

There isn’t much to prop up canola values — at least if it were to show some independent strength. Traders and analysts have pointed out that old-crop canola has pretty much run its course. As we plow through winter with eyes turning to spring, attention is beginning to shift away from the old-crop months to

Paragon Ag Service’s site west of Melfort. (Lakecountryco-op.crs)

Crops

Two Saskatchewan co-ops to buy ag input retailer

Paragon Ag Service assets to be divvied up

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News February 17, 2022

A pair of Saskatchewan co-operatives are expanding their reach in the crop input retail sector in that province’s northeast, with a deal to buy an independent dealership chain. Lake Country Co-op and Prairie North Co-op announced Tuesday they have agreements in place to buy the assets of Melfort-based Paragon Ag Service from owners Sherman Boland

(Richardson International video screengrab via YouTube)

Crops

Richardson crush plant staff ward off strike vote

Unionized staff at Lethbridge vote to ratify new contract

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News February 17, 2022

Unionized staff at Richardson International’s canola crush plant at Lethbridge have voted for six years’ labour peace rather than proceeding toward a strike vote. The 140-odd workers, represented by United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 401, voted Feb. 1-2 on a new proposal from the company after voting 79 per cent in December to

ICE March 2022 canola (candlesticks, right column) with November 2022 canola (yellow line, left column). (Barchart)

Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Rangebound canola market consolidating

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin February 17, 2022

MarketsFarm — ICE Futures canola contracts moved lower during the week ended Wednesday before uncovering some support, as the commodity remained stuck in a range after trending higher for most of the past year. “Canola is caught in a rangebound, consolidation phase,” said MarketsFarm Pro analyst Mike Jubinville. The relative stability in canola, he said,

Agronomists say the drought has left a lot of variability out there, so careful soil testing will be a valuable tool.

News, Other

This is a year for a plan when planting

Have Plans A, B and C in place this spring, agronomists say

By Gord Leathers February 14, 2022

This is going to be the year for cagey planning, according to Manitoba agronomists Wendy Kostur of Gilbert Plains and Jason Voogt of Carman. The two big factors are last year’s drought, which has left moisture levels low, combined with this year’s input costs, they told the Manitoba Agronomist Conference earlier this winter. “This is

A cornfield in Argentina’s Entre Rios province on Jan. 13. Drought and a heat wave have sharply cut the forecasts for the country’s 2021-22 corn and soybean harvests.

Grain Markets, Markets

Canola hews closer to soybean market

Soy has rallied on South America’s weather worries

By Phil Franz-Warkentin February 10, 2022

Soybean futures at the Chicago Board of Trade climbed to fresh contract highs during the first week of February before running into some resistance. The Canadian canola market was also strong, but held well below its own highs as the relationship between the two commodities experienced some adjustment. Canada’s tight supply situation has been well

ICE November 2022 canola (candlesticks) with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages (yellow, dark green and black lines). (Barchart)

Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: No independent strength left in canola

By GFM Network News, Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm February 9, 2022

MarketsFarm — At a little more than halfway through the 2021-22 marketing year for canola, a trader asserted the Canadian oilseed now lacks the ability to move independently. Rather, it will follow the ups and downs in oil and meal markets. “[Canola] did its thing months ago,” trader Ken Ball of PI Financial in Winnipeg

Crops, Markets, Weather

StatsCan confirms tight grain and oilseed stocks

Canadian corn stocks up on year

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin February 9, 2022

MarketsFarm — Canada’s tight supplies of canola, wheat and other crops following the 2021 Prairie drought received more confirmation from Statistics Canada with the release of updated stocks data on Tuesday. Canola stocks, as of Dec. 31, 2021, of 7.6 million tonnes were down 43 per cent from the previous year and the tightest since

Daily Network News

Mosaic misses profit estimates on weak U.S. phosphate demand

Consultations open on expanded regulations for drone pesticide application

Pulse weekly: USDA to buy US$75 million in pulses as part of support package

Canola