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“MBP has been advocating since the onset of the program for recognition of some of these other extraordinary expenses that weren’t included in the feed assistance component... ” – Carson Callum, Manitoba Beef Producers.

AgriRecovery program expands

Harvesting extra feed acres, hauling water, or opening up new areas for grazing are now up for aid funding

By Alexis Stockford February 10, 2022

Livestock producers hoping to tap AgriRecovery will now be able to claim things like land rentals, fencing or costs for hauling water or harvesting extra forage acres during last year’s drought. The province and federal government announced the expanded Livestock Feed and Transportation Drought Assistance program Feb. 2. Elk producers are now also able to

Crops, Markets, Weather

StatsCan confirms tight grain and oilseed stocks

Canadian corn stocks up on year

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin February 9, 2022

MarketsFarm — Canada’s tight supplies of canola, wheat and other crops following the 2021 Prairie drought received more confirmation from Statistics Canada with the release of updated stocks data on Tuesday. Canola stocks, as of Dec. 31, 2021, of 7.6 million tonnes were down 43 per cent from the previous year and the tightest since

AAFC’s Drought Monitor map effective Jan. 31, 2022. (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada)

Crops, Weather

Drought conditions ease slightly across Prairies

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin February 9, 2022

MarketsFarm — Mixed precipitation throughout January helped drought conditions improve across much of the Canadian Prairies during the month, according to the latest Drought Monitor report from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), released Tuesday. Conditions have deteriorated in some areas, however, and the majority of Western Canada was still in some kind of drought state.

Crops, Markets, Pulses, Weather

Pulse weekly outlook: Pulse stocks drop due to drought

By Adam Peleshaty, GFM Network News February 9, 2022

MarketsFarm — Statistics Canada’s latest report on stocks of principal field crops clearly demonstrated how much of an effect last summer’s historic drought in Western Canada had on pulse crops. According to the report released Tuesday, last December’s total domestic stocks for dry peas, chickpeas, lentils and soybeans all declined from the year earlier. Those

CBOT March 2022 soybeans (candlesticks) with Bollinger bands (20,2). (Barchart)

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: South American dryness lifts soybeans, corn

Wheat also up

By Christopher Walljasper, GFM Network News February 8, 2022

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago soybean futures on Monday rose to eight-month highs, underpinned by concerns over possible reduced supplies from weather-damaged South American harvests. Corn also climbed on South American dryness, while wheat followed higher. Markets are also positioning ahead of world grain and oilseed supply and demand forecasts from the U.S. Department of

News

Agriculture’s role in fighting climate change discussed at KAP AGM

By Allan Dawson February 7, 2022

Manitoba and its farmers have a role in fighting climate change, says Manitoba’s new agriculture minister, Derek Johnson. “The (2021) drought underlined the impacts of climate change on our sector and reminded us of the importance to look ahead and prepare,” he told the Keystone Agricultural Producers’ annual meeting Jan. 25 in a recorded video.

News

Crop insurance figures growing fast

High crop prices now mean record coverage for the 2022, while last year’s drought will trigger record payouts on the 2021 crop

By Allan Dawson February 3, 2022

Crop insurance figures keep getting bigger. The 2021 group season will generate around $650 million in payouts due to low yields during the drought. And the resulting higher prices will mean that is followed by a record $4.66 billion in crop insurance coverage for the 2022 growing season. That $4.66 billion in coverage is based

Crops, News, Other

Worst crop in 15 years not bad financially for some

Good prices and good crop insurance coverage helped

By Allan Dawson February 3, 2022

Warren McCutcheon is too young to recall much about the 1988 drought, but based on stories he’s heard, he suspects a combination of factors resulted in many Manitoba farmers faring better after the 2021 drought. The 1988 drought, dubbed at the time ‘the worst since the Dirty ’30s,’ triggered $790 million ($1.57 billion in today’s

Other, Weather, Weather Vane

Are we slowly working our way out of a drought?

Some relatively dry winters have messed with our perception of what’s average

By Daniel Bezte February 1, 2022

What was on almost everyone’s mind at the start of this winter was the ongoing drought across our region. Hopes were high that we wouldn’t see a repeat of last winter and after a fairly early dump of snow, those hopes were bolstered. Then that first dump of snow partially melted away and the first

Crews work as Canadian Pacific Railway tracks are suspended above the washed-out Tank Hill underpass of the Trans-Canada Highway after devastating rain storms caused flooding and landslides, northeast of Lytton, B.C. on Nov. 20, 2021. (Photo: B.C. Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure handout via Reuters)

Crops, Markets, Weather

Year-end profits up for CN, CP despite lower grain handles

Railways' ledgers weather drought, B.C. disasters

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News January 29, 2022

Both of Canada’s big two railways were able to improve their overall gross and net in 2021 over 2020 despite a yield-robbing drought and disastrous track and bridge washouts in southern British Columbia. Canadian National Railway (CN) on Tuesday reported 2021 net income of $4.892 billion on $14.477 billion in gross revenue, up from $3.784

Daily Network News

CFIA updates plant protection regulations

U.S. grains: Corn, wheat ease after gains driven by Black Sea jitters

CBOT Weekly: Watching for Chinese soybean purchases

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