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CBOT May 2022 wheat (candlesticks) with 20-day moving average (dark green line) and CBOT July 2022 and September 2022 wheat (yellow and orange lines). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Wheat extends run to 14-year high on Russia-Ukraine supply threat

U.S. studying biofuel waiver to fight food inflation

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures galloped to another 14-year high on Thursday as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine increasingly fanned fears of massive disruptions to grain exports from the Black Sea region. Wheat and corn futures advanced by their daily trading limits during a volatile session, though the corn market later
A sunflower crop north of St. Adolphe, Man. on Sept. 19, 2021. (Dave Bedard photo)
Crops

Sunflower market seeing broad strength

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MarketsFarm — Sunflower seed has found itself caught up with the general strength seen in most agricultural markets, with the Russian invasion of Ukraine adding another layer of uncertainty to the market as the two countries are both major world producers. “We believe sunflowers are a very attractive option going into 2022,” said Robert Deraas,
Crops, News

Growers wanted for fertilizer survey

Crop alliance and Fertilizer Canada teaming up on grower survey

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Manitoba Crop Alliance and Fertilizer Canada are again looking for Manitoba farmers to complete a survey on their fertility practices — this time in corn, sunflower and flax crops. Manitoba Corn Growers Association, now part of the MCA, partially funded a similar survey in 2017 for corn and canola. In a media release the MCA
A sunflower crop north of St. Adolphe, Man. on Sept. 19, 2021. (Dave Bedard photo)
Crops, Markets

USDA expects canola, sunflowers elsewhere to offset Canada’s shortfalls

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MarketsFarm –– Good canola and rapeseed crops in Australia and a number of other parts of the world along with large world sunflower seed production should help offset Canada’s smaller-than-expected production somewhat, according to the December oil crops outlook from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Total global canola/rapeseed production is now forecast by USDA at
A simple bird-feeding shelter.
Farmit Manitoba

Feeding birds an opportunity to watch and photograph birds

Chickadees, nuthatches and woodpeckers are among the most common winter bird visitors

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Whether you’re a newcomer or a longtime participant in the joys of watching and feeding birds, the hobby can offer months of enjoyment and education. These COVID times seem to have prompted more people to take up both birdwatching and bird photography. Winter’s arrival brings changes to these pastimes but those who feed birds have
A sunflower crop north of St. Adolphe, Man. on Sept. 19, 2021. (Dave Bedard photo)
Crops, Markets, Weather

Rains make sunny days for sunflower crops

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MarketsFarm — Despite drought conditions throughout southern Manitoba decimating crops during the summer, late rain showers in some areas are improving harvests of one crop in particular. Precipitation in August helped improve the sunflower seed harvest in areas of Manitoba, with the province reporting on Oct. 13 average yields of more than 2,000 lbs. per
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Crops, Markets

Sunflower seed market falls back to Earth

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MarketsFarm — Sunflower growers in Canada took off a bumper crop in 2020, almost hitting the 100,000-tonne mark for the first time since 2010. The forecast for this year’s crop isn’t as sunny. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s latest outlook, released earlier this month, predicts the national sunflower seed crop in 2021 at 75,000 tonnes off
(Dave Bedard photo)
Crops

Merged Manitoba crop groups qualify for checkoffs

Manitoba Crop Alliance also names top brass

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The new unit formed from the merger of five Manitoba crop commodity organizations is set to begin collecting checkoffs for its founding groups’ crops, starting Aug. 1. The Manitoba Crop Alliance (MCA) announced Monday it now has its designation under the provincial Agricultural Producers’ Organization Funding Act. The designation allows the new organization to collect
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Scoular expands bird food facility in Winkler

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Expanded bird food operations in Winkler will create six additional jobs and expand need for municipal services, the Scoular Company announced June 30. The company relocated its Winnipeg bird food operations to its facility in Winkler in June. “This community has provided Scoular an opportunity to engage our strong business relationships and invest in our
One might suspect the wilted sunflower seeding on the right was damaged by frost May 30, but Anastasia Kubinec, Manitoba Agriculture and Resource Development's (MARD) manager of crop industry development, says a cutworm was the culprit. She says farmers should be checking their fields for more than frost damage right now.
Crops, News

Frost was mostly light, but check your fields for other crop stressors right now

Flea beetles and cutworms are on the rise, while packed soils and dry hot winds are other things to watch for

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[UPDATED: June 2, 2020] Potential frost damage might be the least of the many crop stressors Manitoba farmers see as they scout their fields the next several days. “Frost is just one of the factors we’re looking for right now,” Anastasia Kubinec, Manitoba Agriculture and Resource Development’s (MARD) Manager of Crop Industry Development, said in

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