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Early controlled traffic farming pioneer saw benefit in soil biology

Two-year study showed significant improvements in several areas

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When Adam Gurr talks about the history of controlled traffic farming (CTF) in Canada he’ll tell you about Dean Glenney, a now-retired agricultural engineer and farmer from Ontario. He could get phenomenal corn yields and he felt it was because of his use of CTF. “When you visit Dean’s farm, he brings a shovel out,
AAFC’s Drought Monitor map for the period ending March 31, 2022. (Agriculture.canada.ca)
Crops, Weather

Drought severity easing across much of Prairies, AAFC reports

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MarketsFarm — Drought conditions persisted across much of the Prairies during the month of March, although the extent and severity of the dryness was reduced in many areas, according to the latest Drought Monitor report from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC). “While there have been substantial improvements to drought conditions across Western Canada since last
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Advance Payments Program to offer 100 per cent up front

Feds temporarily waive 60 per cent up-front limit

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Canadian farmers seeking pre-production cash advances under the federal Advance Payments Program ahead of this year’s spring seeding will be able to get the entire eligible amount up front. Federal Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau on Wednesday announced a “temporary waiving” of the program’s usual requirement that pre-production cash advances be issued in instalments of 60
The money will be used to increase rotational grazing, cover cropping and nitrogen management.
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Federal government funding sustainable agriculture

Projects targeted to help farmers adapt to climate change, reduce emissions

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A $66-million funding announcement from Ottawa aims to target climate change. Member of Parliament Terry Duguid said climate change, and the resulting extreme weather events such as last year’s drought, underscore the need, while at a news conference March 17. “The extreme nature of these events is related to climate change,” Duguid said. The Manitoba
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Crops, Weather

Saskatchewan pushes crop insurance deadline to mid-April

'Logistical challenges' led to extension

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Saskatchewan farmers will get an extra couple of weeks to apply for, cancel, reinstate or change their crop insurance contracts for 2022, due to holdups in the delivery of their application packages. That deadline, originally March 31, has now been extended to April 14, provincial Ag Minister David Marit and his federal counterpart Marie-Claude Bibeau
Drought conditions in Canada at Feb. 28, 2022. (Map courtesy Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada)
Crops, Weather

Most of Prairies still very dry, but recovery possible

Southern Manitoba considered out of drought

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MarketsFarm — Despite the Prairies receiving above-normal amounts of precipitation during February, the great majority of the region remained highly vulnerable to more dryness going into spring, according to the Canadian Drought Monitor. The monitor’s latest report showed those areas of the Prairies tackling extreme drought to have retracted somewhat. As of Feb. 28, that
File photo of wheat being loaded onto a bulk vessel at port in Russia. (YGrek/iStock/Getty Images)
Crops, Markets

Louis Dreyfus suspends operations in Russia

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Paris | Reuters — Louis Dreyfus Co., (LDC), one of the world’s largest agricultural commodity merchants, has suspended its operations in Russia, it said on Friday. LDC did not provide further details in an emailed response to a question about the impact of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on its activities. Like other crop traders, it
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Crops, Other

Bunge says sanctions may have ‘adverse effect’ on Russian operations

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Reuters — Global agricultural commodities trader Bunge said continued conflict in Ukraine and stinging sanctions on Russia could have an “adverse effect” on its operations in the breadbasket region. Bunge and rival agribusinesses ADM and Cargill suspended operations in Ukraine last week after Russia invaded its neighbour. But none have stopped their business in Russia
It’s assumed almost all kochia in Manitoba is already resistant to Group 2 herbicides.
Crops, News

Herbicide resistance keeps on rising

Mother Nature keeps outsmarting the available crop protection products

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Every year weed scientists with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada continue their herbicide-resistant weed surveys — and every year they find new places with weeds poking through the crop canopies in direct defiance of the spraying. This is because Mother Nature is better at genetics than we are at chemistry so our herbicides just can’t keep

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