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Emerging corn plants in Canada. (Sophie-Caron/iStock/Getty Images)
Crops, Weather

Saskatchewan offers up corn rainfall insurance plan

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Saskatchewan’s crop insurance offerings for 2019 will include a new program allowing corn growers to insure against a substantial drop in moisture. The provincial and federal government on Feb. 26 rolled out Saskatchewan’s 2019 crop insurance program, in which coverage levels on average are to reach a record $230 per acre, up from $216 last
(PerformanceAg.ca)
Crops

Alberta input retail chain expands westward reach

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A pair of independent crop input retail outlets in west-central Alberta will be networking with seven others by month-end. Crop Management Network (CMN), a joint venture between an employee-owned network of retail outlets and La Coop federee’s Agrico Canada arm, announced Wednesday it has reached a deal to buy Performance Ag Group. Performance Ag, which
(CNHIndustrial.com)
Crops

CNH begins 3D-printing spare parts

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In a twist on the idea of ordering parts online, the parent firm for New Holland and Case IH is trying out the use of 3D printing to make plastic — and eventually metal — spare parts. British-based equipment manufacturing giant CNH Industrial said Monday it has already produced its first 3D-printed spare parts, making
Jill McDonald of SaskBarley makes the case for better barley variety acceptance during the Prairie Grain Development Committee meeting in Saskatoon Feb. 27.
Cereals, News

Barley varieties moribund

New genetics are needed in the field

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Malt buyers have been slow to accept new varieties and that’s starting to have a big effect on growers. Yields are lagging, profits are falling and other crops are starting to look more attractive to growers. Jill McDonald of SaskBarley wants to see that change. She says varieties need to keep up with the times,
(File photo by Dave Bedard)
Crops

Railways to appeal federal order on train braking

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A ministerial order requiring railways to apply handbrakes on trains stopped on mountain grades is the subject of an appeal by Canada’s big two railways. Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) said Friday it will appeal the Feb. 8 order, which federal Transport Minister Marc Garneau issued following the Feb. 4 fatal crash of a grain train
(File photo by Dave Bedard)
Crops, Markets

Fund short position rises in canola

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MarketsFarm — Fund traders added to their net short position in ICE Futures canola contracts during the week ended Tuesday, according to the latest Commitment of Traders (CoT) report compiled by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). After being delayed by the U.S. government shutdown, the CFTC was finally up to date with its
CBOT May 2019 corn, with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)
Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Corn hits contract lows

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Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures fell to contract lows on Friday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture raised its forecast of U.S. corn ending stocks above a range of trade expectations, reflecting a drop in the government’s corn export forecast. U.S. soybean futures also declined and wheat recorded a fifth straight weekly decline,
Plants on a coca plantation in Colombia’s Sierra Nevada. (James Wagstaff/iStock/Getty Images)
Crops

Colombian president defends use of glyphosate on coca crops

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Bogota | Reuters — A judicial ban on aerial spraying of glyphosate herbicide to eliminate coca crops should be modified, Colombia’s President Ivan Duque said on Thursday, because expansion of the crop since the ban threatens peace efforts. The Andean country suspended aerial fumigation of coca, the raw ingredient in cocaine, with the Monsanto herbicide

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