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Seeding progression in 2022 compared to previous years.

Seeding progress at 93 per cent, extreme weather still a factor

Manitoba Crop Report: Issue 8, June 28, 2022

By Manitoba Agriculture June 28, 2022

Overview A number of fields in the Southwest region were seeded post-June 20th, leading to a small increase in planted acres. Some of these areas were low spots that could now be seeded, but most have been seeded via a floater, to either canola or greenfeed/cover crop. Severe weather and heavy rains have damaged crops

Poland is trying to move Ukraine grain by rail due to Russia’s blockade of Ukrainian sea ports on the Black Sea. Photo: IanChrisGraham/iStock/Getty Images

Poland says EU goal for Ukraine grain movement not feasible by July

By GFM Network News June 28, 2022

Warsaw | Reuters – The European Union’s goal to move 20 million tons of grain out of Ukraine by the end of July is not feasible amid little progress in implementing EU and U.S. initiatives to ease logistics problems, the Polish agriculture minister said on Tuesday. Speaking to Reuters in an interview, Henryk Kowalczyk accused

Crop Report, Crops, News

Seeding in Manitoba 91 per cent complete, severe flea beetle pressure in canola

Manitoba Crop Report: Issue 7, June 21, 2022

By Manitoba Agriculture June 21, 2022

Overview A final push to finish seeding this past week brought a small increase in planted acres. Significant amounts of reseeded canola occurred from severe flea beetle damage, and crusting and flooding to a lesser extent. Extreme heat brought on severe thunderstorms in large parts of the Southwest, Northwest, and Interlake regions over the weekend

File photo of Black Sea port facilities at Odesa, Ukraine. (Leskas/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops

Turkish team to discuss Black Sea grain corridor in Russia this week

Turkey proposes to monitor safe passage

By GFM Network News, Reuters June 21, 2022

Ankara | Reuters — Ankara’s military delegation will travel to Russia this week to discuss details of a possible safe sea corridor in the Black Sea to export Ukrainian grain, Turkish presidency sources said on Tuesday. Russia’s TASS agency confirmed plans for the talks, citing Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov. Russia’s Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine

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EU nudges up soft wheat crop forecast, cuts barley and maize

By Reuters June 21, 2022

The European Commission has raised slightly its monthly forecast of usable production of common wheat, or soft wheat, in the European Union in 2022-23, to 130.4 million tonnes from 130.1 million previously, data posted on its website showed. The latest projection was also slightly above production of 130.1 million tonnes in the current 2021-22 season.

Maksymenko uses Canadian-made zero-till equipment to sow his fields.

Farmit Manitoba, News

Ukrainian farmers responsible for wider community during war

Maxym Maksymenko farms just a few miles from the front in southern Ukraine

By Ihor Pavliuk June 17, 2022

As I wrote earlier, almost every Ukrainian farmer has to take care of more than just his family. If he cultivates more than 1,000 hectares of land, this means that he is forced to help solve the social problems of the inhabitants of nearby settlements. Moreover, it is completely voluntary, since the state does not

File photo of Ukraine’s Agriculture Minister Mykola Solskyi at a “Global Food Security Call to Action” meeting of foreign ministers at United Nations headquarters in New York, on May 18, 2022. (Photo: Reuters/Eduardo Munoz)

Crops, Markets

Russia’s war may deprive world of three Ukrainian wheat harvests, minister says

'Significant' decline expected in winter wheat acres

By GFM Network News, Pavel Polityuk June 15, 2022

Kyiv | Reuters — Russia’s invasion of Ukraine will create a global wheat shortage for at least three seasons by keeping much of the Ukrainian crop from markets, pushing prices to record levels, Ukraine’s agriculture minister told Reuters. Ukraine, sometimes known as Europe’s breadbasket, has had its maritime grain export routes blocked by Russia and

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

Aerial view of the Nika-Tera port terminal at Mykolaiv, Ukraine from a 2020 corporate video. (Nika-Tera video screengrab via YouTube)

Crops, Markets

Russian attack destroys warehouses of major Ukrainian port terminal, owner says

By GFM Network News, Pavel Polityuk June 7, 2022

Kyiv | Reuters — Russian shelling destroyed the warehouses of one of Ukraine’s largest agricultural commodities terminals in the Black Sea port of Mykolaiv over the weekend, authorities and the facility’s owner said Tuesday. The attack came at a time Turkey is trying to develop a U.N.-backed plan to start grain exports from Ukraine’s ports,

MASC crop insurance upcoming seeding deadlines.

Crop Report, Crops, News

Manitoba crop progress about a month behind schedule

Manitoba Crop Report: Issue 5, June 7, 2022

By Manitoba Agriculture June 7, 2022

Overview Widespread, heavy rains began last week, forcing a stop to all field activities until this weekend, with the exceptions of the Northwest and much of the Southwest region, which saw significant increases in seeded acreage. The following days were dry, windy and cool, warming up over the weekend when many farmers were able to

Daily Network News

Canadian hog sector set for strong margins in 2026 says FCC

Argentina’s beef export revenue reaches record in 2025

Australian canola down but not out of China after Xi’s deal with Canada

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Seeding progress at 93 per cent, extreme weather still a factor

Poland says EU goal for Ukraine grain movement not feasible by July

Seeding in Manitoba 91 per cent complete, severe flea beetle pressure in canola

Turkish team to discuss Black Sea grain corridor in Russia this week

EU nudges up soft wheat crop forecast, cuts barley and maize

Ukrainian farmers responsible for wider community during war

Russia’s war may deprive world of three Ukrainian wheat harvests, minister says

Manitoba seeding 87 per cent complete, recent rains halt progress

Russian attack destroys warehouses of major Ukrainian port terminal, owner says

Manitoba crop progress about a month behind schedule

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