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StatsCan confirms canola stocks tightening

Wheat stocks also down from previous year-end

MarketsFarm — Solid demand from exporters and domestic crushers continues to eat rapidly through Canada’s canola stocks, which as of Dec. 31 were down nearly 24 per cent from the same date a year earlier, according to new data released Friday from Statistics Canada. The government agency pegged total canola stocks in the country as

A deal for Planters would be Hormel Foods’ biggest to date, the Wall Street Journal said. (Kraft Heinz promotional video screengrab via YouTube)

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Kraft Heinz reported in talks to sell Planters snack business

Pandemic-based surge in snack demand wanes

By GFM Network News, Reuters February 3, 2021

Reuters — Kraft Heinz is in talks to sell its Planters snack business to Skippy peanut butter maker Hormel Foods for about US$3 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter. The deal could be announced as soon as next week if talks do not fall apart, the Journal

Grain Markets, Markets

Canadian grain exports up 35 per cent on the year

By MarketsFarm Team February 1, 2021

Canadian grain companies continue to do brisk business moving grains and oilseeds out of the country, with movement of canola, wheat, barley and many other crops running well ahead of the year-ago pace. Crop-year-to-date exports of Canada’s major grains and oilseeds as of Jan. 17 came in at 26.4 million tonnes, according to Canadian Grain

Hailey and Cale Jeffries at the Prairie Fava facility near Glenboro.

Faces of ag, Farmit Manitoba

Fava innovation a labour of love

Faces of Ag: The Glenboro startup has since partnered with Arlene Dickinson and Roquette

By Geralyn Wichers January 27, 2021

It started with a desire to feed her sick mom. Around 2015, as Hailey Jeffries settled into farm life with husband Cale, her mother was diagnosed with cancer. As she suffered through rounds of chemotherapy, Hailey’s mom didn’t have much of an appetite. She asked for bagels, muffins and other baked goods. While Hailey wanted

Will Bailey-Elkin (right) seeds intercropped peas and cereals with Wilson Fink (left) at the Ian N. Morrison Research Farm in Carman.

News

Survey seeks farmers who intercrop organic peas

The University of Manitoba study is analyzing the economics of pea-cereal intercrops

By Geralyn Wichers January 26, 2021

A University of Manitoba study is looking for farmers’ input to analyze the economics of organic pea intercropping. “The overall goal of the questionnaire is to add on-farm information to an economic analysis of different pea-intercrop seed mixtures,” said Will Bailey-Elkin, a master’s student in the department of plant science. Bailey-Elkin is looking for farmers in Manitoba,

News

Partnership to expand use of western Canadian plant proteins

Consortium will develop new products for Canadian and Asian markets

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff January 26, 2021

A new partnership is aiming to develop new plant-based protein products and ingredients intended for markets in Western Canada and Asia. A recent media release from Protein Industries Canada, the federally funded ‘supercluster’ that’s tasked with growing this sector said Mera Food Group, Mera Developments and Benson Farms are going in together to use oats,

Crops, Markets

Feds predict three per cent increase in canola acres

Stocks nevertheless expected to tighten

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin January 26, 2021

MarketsFarm — Canadian farmers will seed more canola in the upcoming 2021-22 crop year, but solid demand will still cause ending stocks to tighten, according to the first new-crop supply/demand projections from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), released Monday. The department forecast seeded canola area in the spring of 2021 at 21.37 million acres, up

Zero in on a specific goal when intercropping so you can measure progress over time, and “learn from the failures,” says researcher  Yvonne Lawley.

Crops, News

Intercropping can be a win win for mixed operations

The practice comes with a learning curve, but can increase grazing options while boosting soil health

By Beef Cattle Research Council January 20, 2021

There is a lot of buzz in beef and forage production systems around the concepts of sustainability and soil health, and the numerous different production practices that can support those ideas. Intercropping is one strategy that can improve efficiency and soil health. Manitoba producer Alan MacKenzie considers intercropping to be two crops that are grown

Crops, Markets, Pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: Green, yellow pea prices reach parity

Lower-priced green peas meet upwardly-mobile yellows

By GFM Network News January 20, 2021

MarketsFarm — Yellow and green pea prices in Western Canada have taken divergent paths to start 2021, with yellow peas on the rise and greens declining as values reach parity in many locations. Mike Jubinville of MarketsFarm Pro explained that while Canada’s pea exports suffered under yellow pea import restrictions implemented by India, China later

“Soils, wherever you are on the planet, were never formed with monocultures.” – Blake Vince.

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This farmer sees cover crop benefits

It’s not just about the environment; it’s also about the bottom line

By Don Norman January 19, 2021

Farmer Blake Vince says he’s seen both benefits and challenges as he’s made cover crops part of his operation near London, Ont. At November’s Farm Forum Event virtual conference, he appeared by way of a pre-recorded presentation done weeks earlier at his no-till farm. Standing in the middle of a cover crop that was planted

Daily Network News

Iran says Strait of Hormuz open as Trump sees deal ‘soon’ to end war

Agriculture groups welcome seed, fertilizer approval bill

AAFC projects tighter canola stocks for 2026-27

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