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Biden signs ocean shipping bill in bid to reduce backlogs

By David Shepardson, GFM Network News June 17, 2022

Washington | Reuters — U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday signed legislation to improve oversight of ocean shipping, which lawmakers say will help curb inflation and ease export backlogs. The bipartisan bill passed the U.S. House of Representatives on a 369-42 vote earlier this week. Biden said he had “promised to crack down on ocean

Pinto beans. (Scott Bauer photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Crops, Markets, Pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: Fewer edible bean acres to underpin prices

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin June 15, 2022

MarketsFarm — Edible bean area is unlikely to live up to expectations in some key North American growing areas this year, as insurance deadlines pass. However, the excessive moisture that caused seeding delays in Manitoba and North Dakota should help the yield prospects for what did go in the ground in the region. Projections for

Seeding progression in 2022 compared to previous years.

Crop Report, Crops, News

Manitoba seeding 87 per cent complete, recent rains halt progress

Manitoba Crop Report: Issue 6, June 14, 2022

By Manitoba Agriculture June 14, 2022

Overview A concentrated push to finish seeding this past week led to a sharp increase in planted acres, with many farms in the Eastern, Central, and Southwest regions finished seeding, while parts of the Interlake and eastern side of the Northwest region remain unplanted. Some reseeding of canola has occurred after crusting events and severe

Crops, Weather

Rains bring much-needed moisture to Alberta’s south

By GFM Network News June 10, 2022

MarketsFarm — Rains across southern and central regions of Alberta were both much-needed and well-received during the week ended Tuesday. Both regions received 20 to 50 millimetres of precipitation, according to the province’s weekly crop report released Friday. The amount of rain that fell onto the south region was equivalent to the amount of precipitation

Crops, Weather

Drought worsens in Alberta, but eastern Prairies wet

By GFM Network News, Marketsfarm June 10, 2022

MarketsFarm — Highly varied precipitation across the Canadian Prairies in May saw drought conditions worsen in southern Alberta while parts of Manitoba and Saskatchewan were becoming too wet, according to the latest federal Drought Monitor report. The report, released by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) for the period ended May 31, showed that overall, 19

Crops, Weather

Planting in Saskatchewan nearing its end

By GFM Network News, Marketsfarm June 10, 2022

MarketsFarm — Spring planting across Saskatchewan reached 91 per cent complete as of Monday, according to the province’s latest crop report. That was an increase of 15 points over the week and the pace was only six behind the five-year average. However, Saskatchewan Agriculture stressed there are many acres in the eastern half of the

Crops, Weather

Rain helps Ontario crops as last of seeding presses on

By GFM Network News, Marketsfarm June 10, 2022

MarketsFarm — Rains were timely in helping with crop establishment, according to the latest report from the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA). As some spring planting remained to be completed, amounts of precipitation ranged from 12 to 55 millimetres. While herbicide applications on cereals continued in southern Ontario, planting in the

Crops, Weather

StatCan releases satellite crop vegetation data

By Adam Peleshaty, GFM Network News, Marketsfarm June 10, 2022

MarketsFarm — Statistics Canada’s crop condition assessment program (CCAP) on Thursday released its weekly normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) values from April 11 to May 29 — telling the tale of weather extremes in the Prairie provinces. As of the fourth week of May, seeding was 95 per cent complete in Alberta, compared to the

Expanding the time farmers can ask for a CGC-determined grade would give farmers more flexibility, but add a measure of cost to the grain system.

News

CGC extended access gets support

Producers would have more time to trigger a final say from the CGC on disputed grain grades

By Allan Dawson June 8, 2022

A Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) proposal to give farmers more time to ask the CGC to grade their grain when they disagree with an elevator ruling is supported by a majority who responded to the CGC’s request for feedback. Currently, farmers have to make that decision at the time the grain is delivered to an elevator. In

Green lentils. (Alexey Shipilov/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops

Pulse weekly outlook: Lentils planted, now it’s wait-and-see

By GFM Network News, Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm June 7, 2022

MarketsFarm — As planting of lentils on the Canadian Prairies has pretty much wrapped up for 2022, prices have been holding firm, according to Colin Young of Midwest Grain Ltd. at Moose Jaw. “In pulses right now, this is the naturally quiet time of the year. We’re ramping old-crop into new-crop,” Young said. “Prices are

Daily Network News

How farmers can manage stress, anxiety during spring seeding

Chinese pig farmers test fermented feeds as Beijing weans sector off U.S. soy

Deere settles U.S. right-to-repair lawsuit with $99 million fund, repair commitments

Pulses

Biden signs ocean shipping bill in bid to reduce backlogs

Pulse weekly outlook: Fewer edible bean acres to underpin prices

Manitoba seeding 87 per cent complete, recent rains halt progress

Rains bring much-needed moisture to Alberta’s south

Drought worsens in Alberta, but eastern Prairies wet

Planting in Saskatchewan nearing its end

Rain helps Ontario crops as last of seeding presses on

StatCan releases satellite crop vegetation data

CGC extended access gets support

Pulse weekly outlook: Lentils planted, now it’s wait-and-see

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AgCanadaTV Special Feature: Crop pest insects to watch out for in 2026

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