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There’s good money to be made in peas these days but producers such as Jason Hodsen are struggling to find sufficient supplies of seed
A small green and yellow pea crop in 2012 and increased demand is pushing old-crop prices to new heights this spring, while limiting the amount of available seed. “There is a potential for a very strong market for the next few years,” Jackie Kress, senior grain manager for Legumex Walker, said at the recent WildThe elimination of European oat tariffs could present new opportunities for North American oat growers
Without a rebound of the equine oat market, oat growers could see the crop slide into special crops territory and lose its spot on the Chicago Board of Trade. Losing the CBOT oat contract is a development that would cost producers and processors dearly, according to Randy Strychar of Ag Commodity Research, who spoke aboutThe disease, which causes brown stripes in potatoes, has spread like wildfire since being found in Texas in 2000
Manitoba growers haven’t seen zebra chip disease yet — but it’s only a matter of time, says John Nordgaard. The transplanted North Dakotan manages a potato operation for Black Gold Farms near Piersall, Texas, which he describes as one of the epicentres for the disease, which results in striped chips that look like a whiteFarmers in drier regions of the western Prairies flirted with canola but are turning back to the tried and true
Attractive prices and weather issues are expected to help farmers in Canada take a serious look at seeding more acres to wheat this summer than in previous years, according to industry sources. “Last year a lot of farmers took a chance with canola given the high financial returns, but the drier-than-anticipated conditions across parts of
