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Prairie feed grains drying out, influx of U.S. corn continues

By Glen Hallick November 1, 2018

CNS Canada – While plenty of wheat and barley are being downgraded to feed quality in Western Canada, as harvest nears the end crops are starting to come off dry. “In general, the sunshine and weather has progressed us fairly quickly. Grain toward the end was even coming off dry, so everyone seems content that […] Read more

Soybeans getting one step closer to the bin in Western Manitoba in October 2018. Photo: Greg Berg

Crops, Weather

Weather weighed on 2018 Manitoba crop year

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm October 30, 2018

CNS Canada – Conditions were variable across Manitoba throughout the 2018 growing season, according to the provincial crop report released Oct. 29. As of Oct. 29, provincially 97 per cent of the total crop was harvested. Crops completely finished include winter wheat, fall rye, field pea and dry bean. The spring wheat, barley, oat and […] Read more

Crops, Weather

Alberta farmers make large harvest progress

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm October 26, 2018

CNS Canada – After weeks of no harvest progress, farmers in Alberta were able to get back into the fields and make significant harvest progress over the last week, according to the provincial crop report released Oct. 26. The Alberta harvest is now 78 per cent completed as of Tuesday, Oct.23, jumping up 28 per […] Read more

Grain bins in a Saskatchewan field. (MysticEnergy/iStock/Getty Images)

Cereals, Crops, Markets, Weather

Feed weekly outlook: Grains flood Alberta market

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm October 18, 2018

CNS Canada — Feed grain prices in Alberta have come down as producers have rushed to sell downgraded crops. “Last week the phones were blowing up… right now I think we’re seeing some better weather, so everyone’s outside and the phones are probably going to light up again next week,” said Nelson Neumann, grain trader […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Oats, Weather

Millers likely to see tighter oat supplies

By Terry Fries October 11, 2018

CNS Canada — Oat prices are on the rise as millers attempt to secure supplies amid a difficult harvest. “As of right now, it will be tight for everybody. The thing is there’s so much still to be harvested. If they get it off it might not be the best. Some of it will be […] Read more

Crops, Markets

StatsCan’s canola forecast deemed supportive

By Dave Sims August 31, 2018

CNS Canada — A summer of dryness and sizzling heat has apparently taken its toll on canola plants in many areas of Western Canada, according to the latest crop production estimate from Statistics Canada. In a survey compiled in the latter days of July and released Friday, Statistics Canada pegged canola production for 2018-19 at […] Read more

Crops

Questions remain over heat’s impact on 2018 yields

By Dave Sims August 30, 2018

CNS Canada — Harvest came early for some crops in Western Canada this year. A few canola crops in Manitoba are already in the bin as warm temperatures and a lack of rain helped growers hit the fields quicker than other years. However, a hot and mostly dry summer on the Prairies has left many […] Read more

Features, Livestock, Vet advice

Blackleg: A pasture nemesis

Vet Advice with Dr. Ron Clarke

By Dr. Ron Clarke July 17, 2018

Blackleg is an acute, febrile, highly fatal disease of cattle, sheep and goats caused by Clostridium chauvoei characterized by swellings with pockets of trapped air that produce crepitation (crackling) over affected areas. Although blackleg can affect any muscle in the body, including the heart and diaphragm, heavy muscles of the front and hind limbs are […] Read more

The fireplace where the bread was found is in the middle of this stone structure at the Shubayqa 1 site. (Alexis Pantos photo, News.ku.dk)

Barley, Crops, Oats, Reuters

World’s oldest bread found at prehistoric site in Jordan

By Will Dunham July 16, 2018

Washington | Reuters — Charred remains of a flatbread baked about 14,500 years ago in a stone fireplace at a site in northeastern Jordan have given researchers a delectable surprise: people began making bread, a vital staple food, millennia before they developed agriculture. No matter how you slice it, the discovery detailed on Monday shows […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Oats

Ample supply keeps oats under pressure

By Phil Franz-Warkentin June 8, 2018

CNS Canada — Canadian oat crops are in reasonably good shape following recent rains, though prices may find themselves under pressure as end-users are well covered for the time being. Farmers planned on seeding about 3.15 million acres of oats in the country in 2018, down only slightly from the 3.2 million seeded the previous […] Read more

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Prairie feed grains drying out, influx of U.S. corn continues

Weather weighed on 2018 Manitoba crop year

Alberta farmers make large harvest progress

Feed weekly outlook: Grains flood Alberta market

Millers likely to see tighter oat supplies

StatsCan’s canola forecast deemed supportive

Questions remain over heat’s impact on 2018 yields

Blackleg: A pasture nemesis

World’s oldest bread found at prehistoric site in Jordan

Ample supply keeps oats under pressure

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