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Crop development varies widely, watch closely for pest insects

Manitoba Crop Report: Issue 13, August 2, 2022

By Manitoba Agriculture August 2, 2022

Overview Fungicide application is slowing across Manitoba, as crops grow past the appropriate timing windows. Producers have done much more fungicide application in 2022 than in recent years. A few insect concerns have popped up in localized spots across Manitoba, with bertha armyworm spraying reported in the Eastern region. Soybean and pea aphids have been

Crops

Alberta crops improve tremendously over last year

By GFM Network News, Marketsfarm July 29, 2022

Crops in Alberta remain in good shape as the latest crop report noted all crops across the province are 72 per cent good to excellent. That’s a huge improvement compared to this time last year when drought pushed crops down to 20 per cent good to excellent. Rain, especially in June proved to be very

Canola plants in flower north of Lorette, Man., on July 20. Generally favourable growing conditions are responsible for some of the downward pressure on canola futures.

Grain Markets, Markets

Canola futures slip below psychological support levels

Despite the yield outlook, canola’s supply-demand balance remains tight

By Phil Franz-Warkentin July 28, 2022

Canada’s canola crop is still some time away from harvest, with plenty of opportunities for a weather scare to materialize. However, relatively benign conditions for the time being were enough to weigh on the futures during the week ended July 22. Prices fell below psychological support to their softest levels in six months. The November

Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Upticks during a downturn not unusual

By GFM Network News, Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm July 28, 2022

MarketsFarm – As prices fall back, an analyst said it’s very common for there to be occasional spike upwards, and that’s exactly what’s been happening to canola. “We’ve come down a long way and having a bit of a rally wouldn’t be unusual,” commented analyst David Derwin of PI Financial in Winnipeg, Man. “After we

Crop Report, Crops, News

Fungal disease risk on the rise, soybeans see rapid growth

Manitoba Crop Report: Issue 12, July 26, 2022

By Manitoba Agriculture July 26, 2022

Overview Rainfall amounts varied across the province with the highest amounts falling in the Eastern and Interlake regions. Most locations in Manitoba received between 20 to 60 mm in the preceding seven days. The Northwest region is the exception, where rainfall amounts ranged from 1 to 32 mm. Frequent rains and generally warm temperatures have

A lot of the pre-harvest safety checks are the same tasks you should take to prevent spoilage, says farm safety expert Robert Gobeil.

Markets

Be safe and profitable when storing grain

Best practices for safety and preventing spoilage in bins frequently cross over, says safety expert

By Jeff Melchior July 26, 2022

Glacier FarmMedia – The pre-harvest season is a good time to think about best practices around grain bin safety. Sounds like one more set of things to do on top of about a million others, right? Not necessarily, said a farm safety specialist. Those already taking action to minimize grain spoilage are also eliminating safety

Soil specialist John Heard discusses nitrogen losses in soil.

Crops, News

Manitoba Crop Diagnostic School returns to in-person event

The group also celebrated the quarter-century milestone, albeit a year late

By Don Norman July 25, 2022

Despite forecasts warning of rain, this year’s Crop Diagnostic School (CDS) saw nothing but blue skies. It was welcome stroke of luck for organizers who put together the first “in-person” event since 2019. “It went really well,” said Marla Riekman, a soil management specialist for Manitoba Agriculture who was heading this year’s event. “It’s been

Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau on July 19 attended an event in Winnipeg marking the 50th anniversary of Cereals Canada with that organization’s CEO Dean Dias. (Dave Bedard photo)

Crops

Direct compensation for fertilizer tariffs not on table

Eastern farm groups call for help ahead of fall seeding

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News July 25, 2022

Farmers in Eastern Canada who rely on imports of Russian-made fertilizers aren’t going to see direct compensation for the federal government’s general tariff on those products. A clutch of farmer and ag industry groups on July 15 put forward a new request to Ottawa for compensation to farmers “negatively impacted” by a 35 per cent

File photo of Black Sea port facilities at Odesa, Ukraine. (Leskas/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops, Markets

Outraged by strike on Odesa, Ukraine still prepares to resume grain exports

Accord had sought to avert major global food crisis; attack shows Moscow can't be trusted on deal, Zelenskiy says

By GFM Network News, Natalia Zinets July 24, 2022

Kyiv | Reuters — Ukraine pressed ahead on Sunday with efforts to restart grain exports from Odesa and other Black Sea ports after a missile attack that cast doubt over whether Russia would honour a deal aimed at easing global food shortages caused by the war. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy denounced the strikes on Odesa as

CBOT September 2022 wheat (candlesticks) with 20-day moving average (green line), MGEX September 2022 spring wheat (yellow line) and K.C. September 2022 hard red wheat (orange line). (Barchart)

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Wheat falls six per cent on Ukraine grain export deal

CBOT corn sags, soy rallies

By GFM Network News, Julie Ingwersen July 22, 2022

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell nearly six per cent on Friday to their lowest level since February after Russia and Ukraine signed a landmark deal to reopen Ukrainian Black Sea ports for grain exports, traders said. Corn fell almost two per cent on the news but soybean futures closed higher, rebounding from

Daily Network News

Women who fed a nation

U.S. grains: Soybeans rise on China demand hopes; corn and wheat rebound

U.S. livestock: Hogs rebound, cattle hit upward limits

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