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A screengrab from a promotional video for Bayer’s Proline fungicide. (Bayer CropScience Canada via YouTube)

Finer nozzle screens linked to Proline plug-ups

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff July 6, 2017

Bayer CropScience is recommending users of its Proline foliar fungicide double-check the nozzles they’re using before spraying, to avoid the “plugging issues” affecting some customers’ sprayers. The company on Wednesday reported a “small” number of cases in which farmers’ sprayers were plugging up during applications of Proline, a broad-spectrum prothioconazole (Group 3) suspension Bayer bills […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

U.S. proposes cutting biofuels requirements due to ‘market realities’

By Chris Prentice, David Shepardson, Jarrett Renshaw July 6, 2017

New York | Reuters — The U.S. government on Wednesday proposed reducing the volumes of biofuel required to be used in gasoline and diesel in 2018, in a move that could mark the first step towards a broader overhaul to the controversial energy policy. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposal marked a slight decline […] Read more

Barley, Finishers, Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Feeder cattle market enters summer doldrums

By Jerry Klassen July 4, 2017

Western Canadian feeder cattle prices steady to $5 lower across all weight categories last week with most auction barns starting their summer holiday schedule. Most sales rings are closed next week. Limited numbers were on offer across the Prairies, which caused diverse price action in certain regions. Heavier feeders are hard to come by this […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Weather

Trade looks to potential, not projections, post-StatsCan data

By Jade Markus June 29, 2017

CNS Canada — The commodity trade has turned its focus forward following fresh data from Statistics Canada. “The acreage numbers are important, but this game right now is all about weather,” said Mike Jubinville of ProFarmer Canada, naming spring wheat as one crop the market had been closely watching. While estimates for all wheat seeded […] Read more

Barley, Crops, Markets

Strong demand keeps Prairie feed barley well supported

By Phil Franz-Warkentin June 15, 2017

CNS Canada — Feed barley bids remain well supported in Western Canada, as solid demand and reluctant farmer selling keep the market underpinned heading into the summer months. “There is pretty decent demand. I’d say higher than average for this time of year,” said Brandon Motz, sales manager with CorNine Commodities in Lacombe, Alta. Strong […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Finishers, Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Feeder cattle market looks for direction

By Jerry Klassen June 13, 2017

Western Canadian feeder cattle prices were once again unchanged from week-ago levels. After the major rally in late April and May, the market has basically traded in a sideways range and is looking for direction. Feedlot operators have experienced healthy margins during the first half of 2017 and this will likely continue until September. They […] Read more

Canola, Crops

Syngenta exits canola seed business

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff June 13, 2017

Canola growers checking out Syngenta Canada’s 2018 seed guide for Western Canada will notice canola by its absence. Syngenta, which entered the Prairie canola seed market in 2013 and by this spring had six hybrid varieties on offer, said in a statement it has “recently taken the decision to exit the canola seed business.” The […] Read more

Crops, Reuters, Weather

Parched soils threaten canola, spring wheat

By Rod Nickel June 7, 2017

Winnipeg | Reuters — Canada’s western farm belt, dogged by excessive rain in some areas this spring, is now facing parched conditions in others, threatening wheat and canola crops, crop analysts say. A large area of southern Saskatchewan and southwestern Manitoba has received less than 40 per cent of normal precipitation during the 30-day period […] Read more

Barley, Crops, Nutrition

Why variety matters when growing barley for silage

Nutrition with John McKinnon

By John McKinnon May 30, 2017

When growing silage, particularly barley silage, most producers select varieties with proven agronomic traits such as yield, disease and lodging resistance. In contrast, relatively little information is available on the nutritional value of the numerous barley varieties that are available for seeding. Recently a joint research project was run at the University of Saskatchewan and […] Read more

Finishers, Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Feeder cattle market stabilizes

By Jerry Klassen May 30, 2017

After the recent rally, cattle buyers noted that price spreads between weight categories came back in line with traditional levels this week. Shorter-keep yearlings were steady to $4 weaker compared to seven days earlier; mid-weight cattle from 700 to 800 lbs. were relatively unchanged while feeders under 700 lbs. were $4 to $8 higher. On […] Read more

U.S. livestock: Hog futures hit contract highs on shock herd decline

Alberta Crop Report: Harvest more than three-quarters finished

NFU says proposed plant breeders’ rights come at farmers’ expense

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U.S. livestock: Hog futures hit contract highs on shock herd decline

Alberta Crop Report: Harvest more than three-quarters finished

NFU says proposed plant breeders’ rights come at farmers’ expense

Barley

Finer nozzle screens linked to Proline plug-ups

U.S. proposes cutting biofuels requirements due to ‘market realities’

Klassen: Feeder cattle market enters summer doldrums

Trade looks to potential, not projections, post-StatsCan data

Strong demand keeps Prairie feed barley well supported

Klassen: Feeder cattle market looks for direction

Syngenta exits canola seed business

Parched soils threaten canola, spring wheat

Why variety matters when growing barley for silage

Klassen: Feeder cattle market stabilizes

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