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Alberta crops improve with rain 

MarketsFarm – Drought conditions that devastated crops in Alberta last year and were poised to do the same this year are becoming something in the past, according to the province’s latest crop report. Recent rainfall has been wiping out any notion of drought in 2022 as soil moisture conditions continued to improve across the province.



The Hula Hoop method provides a per-square-foot plant count.

Crowdsourcing canola counts

Results coming in from first year of the Canola Council of Canada’s ‘Canola Counts’ survey

Self-improvement is tricky without looking outward for perspective. A program launched last year by the Canola Council of Canada (CCC) aims to give canola growers that perspective on a massive scale. The CCC’s ‘Canola Counts’ survey is now into its second year and the data coming in is already providing good insights for agronomists, says



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AAFC ups wheat production, usage numbers; stocks steady

MarketsFarm — Projected ending stocks of Canada’s major crops were left relatively unchanged in the latest supply/demand estimates from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, released Monday, although there were some revisions to the wheat production and usage numbers. The government agency raised its forecast for total Canadian wheat production in 2022-23 to 33.092 million tonnes, up

Seeding progression in 2022 compared to previous years.

Seeding in Manitoba 91 per cent complete, severe flea beetle pressure in canola

Manitoba Crop Report: Issue 7, June 21, 2022

Overview A final push to finish seeding this past week brought a small increase in planted acres. Significant amounts of reseeded canola occurred from severe flea beetle damage, and crusting and flooding to a lesser extent.  Extreme heat brought on severe thunderstorms in large parts of the Southwest, Northwest, and Interlake regions over the weekend



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Turkish team to discuss Black Sea grain corridor in Russia this week

Turkey proposes to monitor safe passage

Ankara | Reuters — Ankara’s military delegation will travel to Russia this week to discuss details of a possible safe sea corridor in the Black Sea to export Ukrainian grain, Turkish presidency sources said on Tuesday. Russia’s TASS agency confirmed plans for the talks, citing Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov. Russia’s Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine



Wheat fields being harvested

EU nudges up soft wheat crop forecast, cuts barley and maize

The European Commission has raised slightly its monthly forecast of usable production of common wheat, or soft wheat, in the European Union in 2022-23, to 130.4 million tonnes from 130.1 million previously, data posted on its website showed. The latest projection was also slightly above production of 130.1 million tonnes in the current 2021-22 season.