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Pacific Ocean sea surface temperature (SST) anomalies, in degrees Celsius, for the week centred on April 5, 2023. (CPC.ncep.noaa.gov)

U.S. forecaster sees 62 per cent chance of El Nino developing during May-July

Argentina, parts of U.S. could benefit; Asian crops may not

By GFM Network News April 13, 2023

Reuters — A U.S. weather forecaster on Thursday predicted a 62 per cent chance of the El Niño phenomenon developing in the Northern Hemisphere during May-July, and a strong chance toward end-year, likely compounding risks to crops across the globe. “The coastal warming in the eastern Pacific may foreshadow changes across the Pacific basin. Therefore,

Comment, Op/Ed

Comment: Persistent chemicals can be managed in livestock

Research shows that grazing and crop sites, along with seasonal affects change how chemical levels show up in livestock

By Antti Mikkonen, Mark Patrick Tayler April 5, 2023

PFAS, known as “forever chemicals”, have been found just about everywhere on Earth, including in toilet paper. These chemicals are a group of artificial compounds based on carbon and fluorine – per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS. They comprise thousands of individual chemicals with hundreds of documented uses, including water proofing and fire suppression. It

File photo of tobacco fields at Vinales in western Cuba. (Nikada/E+/Getty Images)

Markets

U.S. ag businesses want Biden to allow more investment in Cuba

Canadian investment 'significant' in Cuban business

By GFM Network News April 4, 2023

Havana | Reuters — U.S. agribusinesses, on a trade tour in Cuba, said on Tuesday they were “losing” in their bid to boost commerce with Cuban farmers and called on the Biden administration to ease restrictions and allow them to invest in private agriculture on the island. U.S. President Joe Biden last May loosened restrictions

Weather

Carbon price exemption for farm gas clears Commons

Bill C-234 next headed to Senate

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News March 30, 2023

Legislative amendments that would exempt farmers’ eligible purchases of natural gas and propane from federal carbon pricing are now en route to Canada’s Senate. Bill C-234, a private member’s bill sponsored by Ben Lobb, the Conservative MP for the southern Ontario riding of Huron-Bruce, passed third reading for adoption in the House of Commons on

Markets

Food sales grew but margins tightened in 2022, FCC says

Modest further growth expected this year

By GFM Network News, Gfm Staff March 28, 2023

Food and beverages sales increased in Canada last year, even as margins hit an historic low and consumers chose Canadian less. According to the latest FCC Food and Beverage Report, released Tuesday, sales increased 11 per cent to $156 billion in 2022. These gains came largely from higher export values and strength in the grain

Grain farmer Oleksandr Klepach points at trenches in his field, amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, in Snihurivka, southeast Ukraine.

Global markets, News

Facing minefields and cash crunch, Ukraine farmers to sow smaller crop

As spring draws nearer, the farmers of this global breadbasket face growing challenges

By Pavel Polityuk, Rod Nickel March 24, 2023

Facing fields full of mines and short of cash, many Ukrainian farmers are likely to sow a smaller area this spring than they did following Russia’s invasion, in what could be a further blow to global food supplies after disruptions last year. Ukraine is a major supplier of wheat and corn to world markets. Production

The minister is on the case: federal Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau checks out the cab of a new Case IH Magnum tractor during her visit to the Ag in Motion show on July 20, 2022. (Greg Berg photo)

Crops

Federal report shows farmer concerns remain regarding emissions targets

AAFC report polled farmers, industry for thoughts on fertilizer emissions policy

By Don Norman, GFM Network News March 22, 2023

A new Agriculture and Agri-food Canada (AAFC) report shows farmers remain concerned about federal emissions reduction targets — and whether those targets remain voluntary. The “What We Heard” Report, released Wednesday, is the result of consultations between AAFC and the agricultural sector to gather feedback on how best to support farmers and producers to achieve

Crops

Soil tests seek a non-chemical attraction

Researchers hope to hone in on biological soil testing when it comes to inoculating legumes

By Gord Leathers March 21, 2023

Manitoba expat Barney Geddes, an assistant professor with the microbiological sciences program at North Dakota State University, likes to tell health care researchers how important the development of nitrogen fertilizer was. In terms of human lives saved, it’s had a greater impact than all innovations produced by medical science put together. “It’s sort of entertaining,”

News

Manitoba farmland values up 11.2 per cent

Prairie provinces all show double-digit increases in farmland values

By Don Norman March 20, 2023

Average Manitoba farmland prices were up 11.2 per cent in 2022 — slightly below the Canadian average increase of 12.8 per cent. The data was released in a Farm Credit Canada report March 13 and represents the largest increase the province has seen since 2015, when prices rose 12.4 per cent. This year’s increase follows jumps of

Pacific Ocean sea surface anomalies (in degrees Celsius) for the weeks centred on Jan. 4 (top) and March 15, 2023 (bottom).

Weather

El Niño could arrive by summer

By Seher Dareen March 20, 2023

Reuters — La Niña has ended and neutral conditions are expected to continue through the Northern Hemisphere’s spring and early summer 2023, a U.S. government weather forecaster said March 9. El Niño could possibly form during summer 2023 and persist through the fall, they added. “The forecaster consensus favours ENSO-neutral through summer 2023, with elevated

Daily Network News

U.S. grains: Soy hits 17-month high, corn to four-month top as trade braces for U.S. data

Federal budget shows remaining disconnect between agriculture, policymakers, panelists say

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures continue downward

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