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Pulse weekly outlook: Benchmark report out for fababeans, feed peas

By GFM Network News, MarketsFarm Team April 17, 2019

MarketsFarm — Alberta Pulse Growers on Monday released Feed Benchmark Bi-Weekly Reports, providing “a consistent and unbiased estimate of the feeding value of low-tannin fababeans and feed peas” in central Alberta, central Saskatchewan and southern Manitoba. Comparing fababean and feed pea prices to other feed grains, the report stated, “Grains are softening further on the

Crops, Markets

Views differ on crop exports to China other than canola

By GFM Network News, Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm April 16, 2019

MarketsFarm — Depending on whom one has spoken with, there are differing views as to grain exports to China other than canola. The federal government has stated there have been no export issues outside of canola. “The current actions taken by China are limited to canola seed, and we have not received any indication of

Crops

Early seeding comes with risks

They can be managed but the issues shouldn’t be ignored

By Don Norman April 16, 2019

As the weather warms, thoughts turn to early seeding — but how to balance the risks and rewards of the practice? According to crop insurance data, early-seeded crops tend to show increased yields compared to later-seeded crops. But there are risks involved. For example, nutrient availability and uptake, particularly phosphorus, is severely hampered in cold,

Local news, News

A tale of two proteins

Are plant and animal proteins competitors or complementary under the province’s new ‘protein strategy’?

By Alexis Stockford April 11, 2019

The provincial government wants Manitoba to be a protein province, but the jury is still out on where that investment will fall between livestock and plant-based protein. The province has said both plant and animal protein sectors will benefit from the government’s Manitoba Protein Advantage Strategy. “We’re positioned so well, probably better than any other

Crops, Markets

Pulse weekly outlook: Yellow, green pea prices vary ahead of seeding

By GFM Network News April 9, 2019

MarketsFarm — India’s tariffs on Canadian pulses hit green and yellow peas particularly hard over the past year — and the market is still hurting as producers plan acres for 2019. Since yellow pea exports dropped significantly in the middle of the year, “there’s going to be a lot of carryover in yellow peas for

Grapes and cheese on skewers. A fun way to serve fruit and cheese while also controlling portion size.

Recipe Swap

Snacks and lunches to go

Spring can be a busy time so try these quick and nutritious food ideas

By Getty Stewart March 29, 2019

Spring break marks the home stretch for school and the start of spring farm work. For us home cooks, this means making more lunches and snacks to go. Keeping your kids and farmers fuelled with good food will help them function at their best and prevent fatigue, constipation, energy crashes and dehydration. For the best

Editorial, Opinion

Editorial: Lose the certificate, lose the brand

By John Morriss March 28, 2019

These days you can hardly read an article on business success without a reference to the importance of branding. But last week the federal budget confirmed what we reported in the last issue — the Canadian Grain Commission and its Certificate Final for export shipments are under review. That means that so is the brand

Lana Shaw is asking for producers to give $200 to “adopt” one of 48 plots in her flax-fababean intercrop trials in Redvers, Sask., this year.

Crops, News

Research to go to a good home

‘Adopt a Plot’ campaign turns to crowdfunding to test novel intercrop combinations

By Alexis Stockford March 26, 2019

Lana Shaw has a long list of crop combinations she would like to test in the intercrop trial plots, and she hopes farmers themselves will give her the funds to get that research off the ground. The researcher from the South East Research Farm is back again with another crowdfunding research campaign. Shaw is asking

Crops, News

Crop insurance deadline coming up

Crop dollar values are generally slightly higher, while premiums on average are down seven per cent

By Allan Dawson March 22, 2019

The deadline for making crop insurance changes for the coming season, or enrolling for the first time, is nearly here. The March 31 deadline is a Sunday this year so Manitoba farmers have until Monday, April 1, says David Van Deynze, vice-president of insurance operations at the Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation (MASC), which administers the

“Most of our trials, everything pushes yield. We’re looking at three, four, five per cent be!er than the checks, and that’s a significant increase for the average farmer. Now we have to be cognizant that we’re not giving up one or two points of protein to get a couple of points of yield.” – Glen Hawkins, PRCPSC chair

Crops, Pulses

Time for a new balance on pulse protein-yield trade-off

The group that recommends new pulse varieties for registration with the CFIA says it hopes to “bolster” or, at the least, “hold the line” on protein 

By Alexis Stockford March 19, 2019

Canada’s pulses have a protein problem, and now the group that recommends varieties for CFIA registration says it’s time to add it back into the equation. The shortfall was under scrutiny during the latest annual meeting of the Prairie Recommending Committee for Pulse and Special Crops (PRCPSC) in Saskatoon Feb. 25-28. The committee highlighted the

Daily Network News

Canadian finance minister talks supply chain integrity, pork tariffs with Chinese vice premier

New strategies needed for Canadian agriculture to stand out in global trade

Feed Grains Weekly: Cash prices for wheat, barley largely flat

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