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Scenes from the Ukrainian corn harvest. This year farmers are struggling to justify the cost of harvesting due to the war and lack of markets.
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From Ukraine: The second summer of war

FIRST PERSON | As harvest begins, farmers wonder if they should bother

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A kamikaze drone flew over our house last night. It fell near our fence and exploded. I looked out the window and saw a red flame. Then I opened my eyes and realized it was a nightmare. In the morning, I called my mother. She said she heard a drone over our town at 3 a.m. These soulless killing
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Crops, Other

The do’s and don’ts of desiccation

As with all herbicide applications, follow the label, especially on application timing

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It is time to think about desiccation and pre-harvest weed control. “We’ve had some really good, hot weather for harvesting, so it really hasn’t been a year that we’ve had to talk much about pre-harvest desiccation or pre-harvest weed management,” provincial weed extension specialist Kim Brown-Livingston says. “But the harvest has just begun, and we’ve
(Photo courtesy Canada Beef Inc.)
Crops, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: Barley, wheat prices now steady

U.S. corn imports keep lid on barley values

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MarketsFarm — Prices for feed barley and wheat didn’t change much for the most part during the week ended Thursday, according to Erin Harakal of Agfinity at Stony Plain, Alta. “This week it has been pretty steady compared to the end of last week,” Harakal said, noting barley prices dropped about $20 per tonne. “Just
As combines roll across the province, the expected highly variable yield picture is emerging.
Crops, News

Variable moisture, variable yields as harvest in Manitoba begins

Early reports say spring wheat crops are rated mostly fair to good; some producers report below-average or average yields

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Variability was the name of the game as spring wheat harvest began in the third week of August. “This is the most variable I can remember,” said Clayton Harder. He has fields around the north side of Winnipeg and said he has soybeans that are ankle high and others that are waist high. One field
“There’s even a question of would harvest equipment be available for 2023. There will be some equipment available, but will it be what you want and [what] fits your needs?” – Bill Campbell, Keystone Agricultural Producers. Photo: iStock/Getty Images
Crops, Livestock, Weather

Manitoba crop report: dry week helps advance harvest

Cattle producers move herds to hay fields to graze regrowth

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MarketsFarm – Dry conditions across crop-growing areas in Manitoba helped the province’s annual harvest get off to a good start during the week ended Aug. 20. Much of the eastern, southern and central regions received two millimetres of precipitation at most during the week with several locations receiving no rainfall at all. The northwest region
File photo of a Wyoming corn crop. (RiverNorthPhotography/iStock/Getty Images)
Crops, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: Market steady in face of harvest, U.S. corn imports

Imports weigh on domestic barley values

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MarketsFarm — The feed grain market in Western Canada is holding reasonably steady as harvest operations progress and corn imports continue to come up from the United States. Anecdotal harvest reports were varied so far, with surprisingly positive results from some growers and others who missed out on showers ending up with lower yields, according
Table 3: Percentage Harvest Completion by Crop and Region to Aug. 15, 2023 (crops still unharvested, or negligible acres displayed as – or omitted from this table).
Crop Report, Crops, Weather

Harvest in Manitoba at three per cent, wheat crop mostly fair to good

Manitoba Crop Report: Issue 14 (week 33)

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Overview  Harvest progress sits at 3 per cent complete across the province (table above), which is on-par with the 5-year average harvest progress. Winter wheat and fall rye harvest continues, with 67 per cent of acres harvested. Early yield reports for winter wheat are averaging about 60 bu/acre. Harvest has started in spring cereal crops,
Chickpea curry. (Modesigns58/iStock/Getty Images)
Crops, Markets, Pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: Chickpea market neither bullish nor bearish

Market players awaiting harvest

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MarketsFarm — Hot and dry growing conditions earlier in the growing season cut into Canada’s chickpea yields in 2023-24, but quality should be good if the weather co-operates through the harvest. Canadian farmers planted 315,600 acres of chickpeas in 2023, which was well above the 233,800 acres seeded the previous year, according to Statistics Canada
(Photo: Reuters/Diego Vara)
Crops, Weather

Saskatchewan Crop Report: Dryness continues as harvest begins 

Since April 1, the entirety of the province received 200 mm or less of rain

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MarketsFarm – With the exception of a handful of areas, most of Saskatchewan remained dry for the week ended July 31 as harvest operations began in the province’s southwest and west-central regions. Areas north of Prince Albert and northwest of Kindersley, as well as inside and around Hudson Bay each saw more than 30 millimetres

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