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File photo of palmer amaranth — the taller yellowish plants — infesting a U.S. cotton field. (Photo courtesy ARS/USDA)
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Palmer amaranth pops back up in Ontario

Weed infamous in U.S. for multiple herbicide resistances

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A single plant that showed up this summer on the edge of a southwestern Ontario cornfield is cause for concern among Canadian farmers, weed specialists warn. Writing Monday in the ag ministry’s Field Crop News, Ontario provincial weed management specialist Mike Cowbrough said the plant in question, found in Wellington County, is confirmed as palmer
Waterhemp peeks out among soybeans.
Crops

Waterhemp on the rise

Manitoba’s list of affected municipalities keeps growing

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Manitoba’s ag sector is trying to hold the line against big yield-killing threats like waterhemp and Palmer amaranth. Unfortunately, the number of municipalities where waterhemp has been found just grew by two. “Waterhemp and Palmer amaranth are Tier 1 weeds regulated under the Noxious Weeds Act. They must be destroyed when they’re found,” said Manitoba Agriculture weed extension specialist Kim
Container ships pass through locks on the Panama Canal in this file photo. (CIA.gov)
Crops, Weather

Panama Canal’s drought-induced bottleneck eases

Some vessels detour; transits per day still reduced

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Panama City | Reuters — A backlog of vessels waiting to pass the Panama Canal due to drought-related restrictions has eased in recent days after the waterway’s authority authorized more non-booked ships to pass and as others are choosing alternate routes to avoid the delays. The Panama Canal Authority last week opened two additional slots
File photo of a lentil crop before harvest in Saskatchewan. (Bobloblaw/iStock/Getty Images)
Crops, Markets, Pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: AAFC trims production numbers

Lentil, chickpea prices up after report

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MarketsFarm — Among the many revisions Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada made to its August supply and demand report on Friday were reductions in pulse output for 2023-24. Most of Canada’s pulses are grown on the Prairies, and in particular southern Alberta and western Saskatchewan, which happen to be the driest parts of the region, leading
Summary of accumulated precipitation for Manitoba’s Agricultural Regions.
Crop Report, Crops, Weather

Harvest progress hits double digits, majority of Manitoba soils seen dry

Manitoba Crop Report: Issue 15 (week 34)

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Overview  Harvest progress sits at 13 per cent complete across the province, which is on-par with the 5-year average harvest progress. Winter wheat and fall rye harvest is near completion, with 93 per cent of acres harvested. Early yield reports for winter wheat are averaging about 60 bu/acre and 70 bu/acre for fall rye. Harvest
(Dave Bedard/File photo)
Crops, Markets, Weather

AAFC cuts production numbers on drought

Wheat production figures reduced, corn up

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MarketsFarm — Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada published its August outlook for principal field crops on Friday, with some notable changes. Production for several cereal, oilseed and pulse crop were reduced, leading to revisions in exports, domestic usage and ending stocks. The report pointed to drought in southern Alberta and western Saskatchewan for the downward move.
“Lupin has higher protein content, around 36 per cent versus peas in the 26 per cent range, and that’s part of the reason why there is demand for lupins.” – Dennis Lange, Manitoba Agriculture.
Crops, Pulses

Making lupins work as a Prairie pulse option

Lupin trials underway at the Westman Agricultural Diversification Centre in Melita, Man.

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Lupins are more common in flower gardens than fields. That could change due to growing attention in Western Canada on pulse development and plant-based protein. Why it matters: Pulses are a hot commodity given the burgeoning plant-protein market, and that includes new footholds for not-so-familiar crops. Lupins have been put to the test in crop
Spring wheat with Lalrise Start SC applied with seed treatment, right, versus seed treatment alone on the left, in Western Canada, in May 2022.
Cereals, Crops, News

New seed treatment designed to boost cereals

Product centred on enhancing phosphorus solubility and improving early vigour

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Boosting nitrogen use to reduce nitrogen-based fertilizer applications, has been a feature of several products in the past five years. Lalrise Start SC liquid inoculant aims to improve another key nutrient. The seed treatment designed to enhance phosphorus solubility has received full commercial registration and will be available in spring 2024 for spring wheat, oats,
Table 3: Percentage Harvest Completion by Crop and Region to Aug. 15, 2023 (crops still unharvested, or negligible acres displayed as – or omitted from this table).
Crop Report, Crops, Weather

Harvest in Manitoba at three per cent, wheat crop mostly fair to good

Manitoba Crop Report: Issue 14 (week 33)

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Overview  Harvest progress sits at 3 per cent complete across the province (table above), which is on-par with the 5-year average harvest progress. Winter wheat and fall rye harvest continues, with 67 per cent of acres harvested. Early yield reports for winter wheat are averaging about 60 bu/acre. Harvest has started in spring cereal crops,
Chickpea curry. (Modesigns58/iStock/Getty Images)
Crops, Markets, Pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: Chickpea market neither bullish nor bearish

Market players awaiting harvest

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MarketsFarm — Hot and dry growing conditions earlier in the growing season cut into Canada’s chickpea yields in 2023-24, but quality should be good if the weather co-operates through the harvest. Canadian farmers planted 315,600 acres of chickpeas in 2023, which was well above the 233,800 acres seeded the previous year, according to Statistics Canada

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