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NYMEX May 2022 West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil (candlesticks) with Bollinger bands (20,2). (Barchart)

Fuel prices may remain high beyond Russian invasion, expert says

By Adam Peleshaty, GFM Network News March 22, 2022

MarketsFarm — The decision by the U.S. to halt the import of Russian petroleum products due to the country’s invasion of Ukraine created sticker shock at the pumps in North America — but an end to that invasion would not necessarily mean an end to high fuel prices. On March 15, the average price of

The Roquette pea protein plant near Portage la Prairie. Manitoba’s protein industry has grown significantly since the plant was announced in 2017.

Farmit Manitoba

HALFWAY THERE: Manitoba at midpoint of protein strategy goals

The province has rolled out Project ASPIRE to implement its sustainable protein action framework

By Geralyn Wichers March 9, 2022

The province is over halfway to meeting the investment and employment goals within its Protein Advantage Strategy, said Ag Minister Derek Johnson. “This is outstanding,” said Johnson as he opened the virtual Manitoba Protein Summit on February 22. Manitoba attracted around $73 million in new investment in 2021 for a total of $753 million in new protein

Aerial view of AGT Foods’ pulse plant at Aberdeen, Sask. (AGTFoods.com)

Crops

AGT building oat milling plant in Saskatchewan

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News March 4, 2022

Regina pulse processor AGT Foods plans to bulk up its portfolio in the plant-based ingredients business with a new oat milling operation in central Saskatchewan. The company on Thursday announced it would start construction “immediately” on the new operation, to be housed in an expansion of its existing processing plant just east of Aberdeen, about

Manitoba producers now have new options to insure multi-species forage mixes.

Forages, News

Multi-species forage gets insurance safety net

A long ingredient list no longer necessarily precludes that greenfeed recipe from being insured

By Alexis Stockford March 2, 2022

Producers will have a few new options when it comes to forage insurance in 2022. The Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation (MASC) has added or expanded two programs geared towards producers diversifying their annual forage. Why it matters: Two new or expanded forage insurance options will be on offer this year for producers looking to mix

Canada exports organic wheat around the world.

Markets, News

Organic grains snapshot

Climbing acreage, high prices, good contracts, but expansion may be a tough sell in 2022

By Geralyn Wichers February 22, 2022

With timely rains, organic farming could be a good place to be in 2022 — but it may not be enough to drive expansion of organic acres, said Laura Telford and Stuart McMillan. In a talk during the Prairie Organics Conference on February 9, Telford, the provincial organic specialist, and McMillan, an organic farmer and organic inspector, shared

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

Crops, News, Other

Worst crop in 15 years not bad financially for some

Good prices and good crop insurance coverage helped

By Allan Dawson February 3, 2022

Warren McCutcheon is too young to recall much about the 1988 drought, but based on stories he’s heard, he suspects a combination of factors resulted in many Manitoba farmers faring better after the 2021 drought. The 1988 drought, dubbed at the time ‘the worst since the Dirty ’30s,’ triggered $790 million ($1.57 billion in today’s

Feed only quality grass or hay and free-choice salt, mineral and fresh water for the duration of two weeks.

Livestock

Take the two-week grain-free challenge

Horse Health: Sometimes saying no is the best way to express affection to your horse

By Carol Shwetz January 19, 2022

Even though a ‘two-week grain-free challenge’ may be anxiety inducing to a number of horse owners its implementation generally yields valuable realizations and surprisingly beneficial results for both horse and human. Humans often equate food with love and unknowingly project these feelings on to their animal family — the cats, the dogs and the horses. Depending on the

Farmer Dave Gruenbaum plants corn as he terminates off-season cover crops with a roller near Plain City, Ohio, May 2021.

News

Farming for the climate

U.S. growers embrace cover crops while eyeing low-carbon future

By Karl Plume January 19, 2022

Reuters – Illinois farmer Jack McCormick planted 350 acres of barley and radishes last fall as part of an off-season crop that he does not intend to harvest. Instead, the crops will be killed off with a weed killer next spring before McCormick plants soybeans in the same dirt. The barley and radishes will not

CBOT March 2022 oats (candlesticks) with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages (yellow, brown and dark green lines). (Barchart)

Crops, Markets

Oat prices, acres to rise in 2022, analyst says

By GFM Network News January 15, 2022

MarketsFarm — An independent crop market analyst told Saskatchewan oat growers he is bullish for the crop in 2022. Brennan Turner, founder and former CEO of online crop marketing platforms FarmLead and Combyne Ag, delivered a presentation at the Saskatchewan Oat Development Commission’s (SaskOats) annual general meeting in Saskatoon on Wednesday. Turner, a Foam Lake

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hog futures rise on first WASDE since September

U.S. export sales include only small soybean business to China

U.S. corn and soybean yields revised down by USDA

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