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Crops, Markets

Grain stocks come in as projected

StatCan report deemed neutral for canola and spring wheat, supportive for durum

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MarketsFarm — Stocks of Canadian grains at year-end appear to be pretty much in line with market expectations. Statistics Canada on Tuesday issued its report on stocks as of Dec. 31, 2022, which highlighted notable increases in most grains, further signaling a recovery from the 2021 drought. “Stocks reports are important because they confirm the
There seems to be some correlation between certain zero-till practices and soil acidification.
Crops, News

Soil acidity a growing issue

Over time a natural chemical reaction to nitrogen can cause an acidic band to develop

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Most of Manitoba’s soils are considered to be neutral, with pH around 7.0 and being neither acid nor alkaline. If anything there’s a tendency towards the alkaline. That’s why North Dakota State University cropping systems specialist Ryan Buetow’s warning at the recent Manitoba Agronomists’ Conference was unexpected. He says there are pockets of acidity showing
Amy Nikkel, who owns Adagio Acres with her family, speaks at Manitoba Ag Days in Brandon on Jan. 18.
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The good, bad and ugly of value-added

Farmer and miller Amy Nikkel shares considerations for on-farm food processing

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Amy Nikkel and her family took up farming, food-processing and grain milling “kind of all together,” she said. The first year, they grew a crop of gluten-free organic oats, cleaned them and tested products. The next year a flood kept them from planting oats on their Interlake farm. The third year, they grew another crop,
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Cereals, Crops, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: Barley, wheat prices continue downward

Oats, canola meal also bound for feedlots

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MarketsFarm — As colder temperatures descend onto the Prairies, buying activity for feed barley and wheat was just as frigid. “A lot of guys are fairly caught up with purchasing,” said Mike Fleischhauer of Eagle Commodities Inc. in Lethbridge. “You see the prices of wheat and barley start to trickle down a little bit. Corn’s
How much diversity in a cover crop is too much?
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The making of a cover crop mix

How ‘multi-species’ should a multi-species mix get?

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Michael Thiele wants farmers to design their cover crops for whatever they don’t have in their system. The soil health presenter said during an early January workshop in Minnedosa that for some farmers, that might be soil carbon. For others, it might be nitrogen or soil structure or other soil health traits. On the business
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Crops, Markets

AAFC issues first look at 2023-24

Oats production expected down significantly on year; wheat, canola up

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MarketsFarm — Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) has released its first crop projections for 2023-24, forecasting a very notable drop in oats. In AAFC’s January supply and demand estimates, released Friday, it cut oat production to 3.611 million tonnes, down almost 31 per cent compared to 2022-23. The department chopped the carryout for oats by
CBOT March 2023 oats with 20- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)
Crops, Markets

Oats face an uncertain year

Reduced acres expected in 2023

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MarketsFarm — When comparing oat prices at the start of 2023 compared to one year ago, they appear to be night and day. Despite modest price increases over the past month, some western Canadian oat bids are less than half of what they were last year. In Alberta, the high-delivered bid for oats as of

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