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The impact of climate change is already being seen, says a wheat breeder with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. Weather data shows rising temperatures, and in many areas, considerably less rainfall.

The quest for drought-tolerant wheat heats up

A hotter, drier future looms but breeding for drought tolerance is a complicated business

By Alexis Kienlen November 23, 2022

Glacier FarmMedia – The push to breed drought-resistant wheat has taken on new urgency as dry times become more common and more severe. “Drought is big on everybody’s minds these days,” said Harpinder Randhawa, a wheat breeder with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s Lethbridge research centre. “Especially in Western Canada, we rely heavily on the natural water availability of rainfall.” Droughts are forecast to

Brazil could soon overtake the United States as top corn supplier, as it did for soybeans a decade ago.

Cereals, Opinion

Opinion: U.S. corn market share threatened by importers and fellow suppliers alike

By Karen Braun November 21, 2022

Reuters – Logistical troubles and a poor 2022 crop have dampened early hopes for U.S. corn exporters, but recent global market developments could present longer-term, negative impacts on the traditional corn giant. The United States was once responsible for more than three-fourths of world corn exports, but that share has slipped to around 30 per

Cereals, Crops, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: More corn, oats in feed rations

'Very weird situation to be seeing again'

By Adam Peleshaty, GFM Network News November 17, 2022

MarketsFarm — As prices for feed barley and wheat increase, more feedlots are turning to corn, according to Susanne Leclerc of Market Master Ltd. at Edmonton. “A lot of places are switching to corn. The desirability of feed barley has been coming down,” she said. “So it will be interesting to see which way the

Cereals, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: Tight logistics underpinning Prairie feed market

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin November 4, 2022

MarketsFarm – Canada’s barley crop may have improved considerably in 2022 compared to 2021’s drought-stricken crop, but the logistics of getting that grain to Alberta’s feedlot alley are keeping prices well supported. Canada grew 9.4 million tonnes of barley during the 2022 growing season, which was up by 35 per cent from the previous year.

Prices for feed barley and feed wheat in Alberta are higher than last year. Photo: Canada Beef

Cereals, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: Good quality, yields amid rising feed prices

By Adam Peleshaty – MarketsFarm, GFM Network News October 27, 2022

MarketsFarm – With harvesting operations coming to a close, there were very few complaints about the quality and yields of new crop feed grains, according to one Lethbridge, Alta.-based trader. “Quality-wise, everything’s been sounding good for the most part. A couple of areas might have a bit of lighter bushels, but for the most part

A wheat field near the village of Zhovtneve, Ukraine in 2016. Photo: Reuters/Valentyn Ogirenko/File

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Ukraine keeps 2023 winter wheat sowing area forecast unchanged despite delays

By GFM Network News, Pavel Polityuk October 25, 2022

Kyiv | Reuters – Ukraine is keeping its forecast of the winter wheat sowing area for the 2023 harvest unchanged at 3.8 million hectares despite a delay caused by unfavourable weather, deputy agriculture minister Taras Vysotskiy told Reuters on Tuesday. Ukraine sowed more than 6 million hectares of winter wheat for the 2022 harvest, but

Agricultural engineer Maximiliano Marzetti checks genetically modified wheat with a strain called HB4, which has a gene that helps it better tolerate drought, inside a laboratory at Bioceres Crop Solutions in Rosario, Argentina, July 19.

Cereals, News

Argentina gambles on GM wheat

As war and drought hit global crops, Latin American nation sees opportunity for technology

By Maximilian Heath October 3, 2022

Reuters – In fields near the Argentine farm town of Pergamino, spiky green shoots of wheat stretch in neat rows to the horizon. It is a crop that developers hope will boost yields of the grain thanks to a single gene borrowed from sunflowers to help it better tolerate drought. Reached along a dusty farm

Alex Griffiths from DUC provides on-farm winter wheat advice.

Cereals, Crops

Winter wheat is for the birds — and farmers

After falling for years, winter wheat acres are on the rebound in Manitoba and a rebate program is helping

By Don Norman September 6, 2022

GROWTH After falling for years, winter wheat acres are on the rebound in Manitoba and a rebate program is helping

Seeded acres of winter wheat in Manitoba have increased for the second straight year, and that’s welcome news for Alex Griffiths, a crop specialist with Ducks Unlimited Canada. “It’s been kind of an interesting curve to follow,” Griffiths said. “We had peaks in 2008 and 2013, when there were about 600,000 acres planted in Manitoba.

Cereals, Crops

Cereal crop quality reasonable as harvest looms

Unsurprisingly, a late spring has translated into a delayed harvest this year

By Don Norman September 1, 2022

Despite getting off to a later-than-normal start, early harvest results show reasonable grade and yield in the province’s cereal fields. “I would say the quality in general, how it’s looking in the field, is good,” says Anne Kirk, Manitoba Agriculture’s cereal specialist. Roughly half of the winter cereals (winter wheat and fall rye) have been

Attention to detail has helped a New Zealand farmer hit record wheat yields. photo: john greig

Cereals, News

Winter wheat yields defy cold winter and harsh spring

A great autumn to establish, followed by deep snow, resulted in a good crop

By Don Norman August 27, 2022

Despite adverse conditions over winter and into spring, winter wheat has done surprisingly well this season, says one agrologist. In fall 2021, the early harvest led to early seeding, and the dry year resulted in leftover nutrients, so the crop was well fertilized. On top of that, it was an open fall, with no frost

Daily Network News

USDA attachés forecast some changes in China’s oilseeds, cereals

China urges hog producers to manage output, vows timely reserve adjustments

Farm Credit Canada offers aid to farmers, companies affected by Iran war price spikes

Cereals

The quest for drought-tolerant wheat heats up

Opinion: U.S. corn market share threatened by importers and fellow suppliers alike

Feed weekly outlook: More corn, oats in feed rations

Feed weekly outlook: Tight logistics underpinning Prairie feed market

Feed weekly outlook: Good quality, yields amid rising feed prices

Ukraine keeps 2023 winter wheat sowing area forecast unchanged despite delays

Argentina gambles on GM wheat

Winter wheat is for the birds — and farmers

Cereal crop quality reasonable as harvest looms

Winter wheat yields defy cold winter and harsh spring

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