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Environment Canada sees ‘average’ Prairie winter ahead

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MarketsFarm — An ‘average’ winter is in the forecast for most of the Canadian Prairies, according to the latest long-range seasonal forecast for December through February from Environment Canada, released Wednesday. The government department is calling for normal temperatures across all the agricultural areas of the three Prairie provinces — aside from the northernmost reaches
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Crops, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: Looming corn imports to keep lid on Prairie barley

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MarketsFarm — Large shipments of corn from the U.S., slated for delivery to Alberta’s feedlot alley, should keep domestic barley prices under pressure going forward, according to an analyst. “The barley price here will gradually decline,” said Errol Anderson of Pro Market Communications in Calgary, adding that up to 30 unit trains of U.S. corn
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Crops, Markets, Weather

Opinions divided ahead of StatCan production report

Agency's previous estimates model-based

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MarketsFarm — Ahead of the crop production report from Statistics Canada (StatCan) due out Friday, trade expectations are above and below what the federal agency estimated in September. In August, and in September, StatCan issued production reports based on a satellite model and without any input from farmers filling out surveys. That has caused some
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Crops, Markets, Weather

EU cuts estimate of drought-hit maize crop, raises import outlook

Commission cuts soft wheat exports, raises imports

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Paris | Reuters — The European Commission on Friday cut its estimate of this year’s drought-hit maize harvest in the European Union to a new 15-year low while again raising its projection for this season’s maize imports. European maize (corn) crops endured severe drought and several heatwaves during the crucial summer growth period. The Commission
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.
Cereals, Crops

The quest for drought-tolerant wheat heats up

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

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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
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Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle top three-week high on supply worries

Lean hog futures up with slaughter pace

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Chicago | Reuters — Live cattle futures exceeded a three-week high at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange on Monday on worries about tightening U.S. supplies, while feeder cattle futures set a two-month high. Traders focused on a monthly U.S. Department of Agriculture report, issued after the market closed on Friday, that showed cattle placements into feedlots
Drought expands across western Prairies
Crops, Weather

Drought expands across western Prairies

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MarketsFarm — Drought conditions expanded across Alberta and Saskatchewan in October, with very little precipitation across the agricultural regions of the two provinces since August. That’s according to the latest Canadian Drought Monitor from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, as of Oct. 31. At the end of that month, 72 per cent of the Prairie region
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Crops, Markets, Pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: Chickpea prices rise amid tight supplies

Supplies still haven't recovered off 2021

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MarketsFarm — Chickpea prices in Western Canada are on the rise due to tight supplies, according to one trader. Prices for Kabuli chickpeas rose five cents per pound from last month, with high-delivered bids ranging from 40 cents/lb. for the seven-millimetre variety to 55.5 cents/lb. for 10-mm, according to Prairie Ag Hotwire. In comparison to
Should you buy your numbers back quickly, or retain heifers? The answer is, it depends.
Beef cattle, Livestock

To buy, or not to buy

BCRC study hopes to map out a farm’s best path toward a rebuilt herd

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A farm’s best plan when it comes to rebuilding the cattle herd after drought may have a lot to do with how deeply they had to cull, according to the Beef Cattle Research Council (BCRC). The advice is the result of a BCRC modeling study, which hoped to gauge the best recovery method for different
Gary Millershaski, a farmer and scout on the Wheat Quality Council’s Kansas wheat tour, inspects winter wheat stunted by drought near Syracuse, Kansas, this past spring. Worries are already mounting there may be a repeat.
News, Weather

U.S. winter wheat farmers plant into dust

Analysts say despite historically high prices for time of year, acreage could fall

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Reuters – With planting roughly halfway complete, as of Oct. 17, the 2023 U.S. hard red winter wheat crop is already being hobbled by drought in the heart of the southern Plains, wheat experts said. Planting plans may be scaled back in the U.S. breadbasket despite historically high prices for this time of year, reflecting

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