Rye Archives | Canadian Cattlemen

Cigi, Cereals Canada agree to pursue amalgamation

By Allan Dawson June 28, 2019

The boards of the Canadian International Grains Institute (Cigi) and Cereals Canada have agreed to pursue amalgamation by March 31, 2020. That’s if a proposal, yet to be developed, is approved by the two bodies’ member organizations, leaders Dean Dias and Cam Dahl, said Friday in separate interviews. “During the past week, both boards have […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

Target Trump’s base if trade spat worsens, Mexican farm lobby says

By David Alire Garcia, Sharay Angulo May 31, 2019

Mexico City | Reuters — The Mexican government should target agricultural goods produced in states that have voted for U.S. President Donald Trump’s Republican Party if the trade conflict between the two neighbours worsens, the head of Mexico’s main farm lobby said on Friday. Bosco de la Vega, head of Mexico’s national farm council CNA, […] Read more

Regrowth of a relay crop after the barley silage was removed in late July.

Features, Forages

Planting summer annual crops for fall and winter pasture

By Heather Smith Thomas April 15, 2019

Extending the grazing season can reduce production costs for cattle. Annual crops can fill in some gaps, or improve soil health before replanting a permanent pasture or seeding another crop. “A good perennial stand is the most cost-effective forage, and a good long-term investment, but annuals can be a good interim plan,” says Graeme Finn […] Read more

Feedlot margins are set up to move into the negative for the second quarter of 2019.

Finishers, Market talk, Markets

Feeder cattle outlook lower in 2019

Market Talk with Jerry Klassen

By Jerry Klassen December 12, 2018

I’ve received many calls from cattle producers over the past couple of weeks with regard to the feeder cattle outlook for the spring period. Feeder cattle prices made seasonal highs during the first week of October and then started to trend lower. This weakness caught many cow-calf producers off guard as they failed to realize […] Read more

Crops, Weather, Winter Wheat

Fall rye’s popularity catching on Prairies

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm December 7, 2018

CNS Canada — It’s good and bad news when it comes to winter cereal acreage in Western Canada. Winter wheat acres in Manitoba and Saskatchewan are down this fall, while acreage in Alberta increased, and fall rye acres in all provinces rose. “I think a lot of the guys that were growing winter wheat have […] Read more

Cereals, Crops, Markets

Quebec rye production on the rise

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm December 7, 2018

CNS Canada — Rye production was up in Quebec in 2018, one reason being producers supplying hybrid rye for feed to the province’s hog industry. “Feed was coming from out west, but now we’re starting to produce the seed itself here,” said Andre Lussier, who farms near St. Hyacinthe, Que. and is a director with […] Read more

Cereals, Crops, Markets

Rye prices as good as they’re going to get

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm December 4, 2018

CNS Canada — At more than $7 per bushel for rye in Western Canada, Cal Vandaele believes the price has topped off. “There’s been bids touching $8,” said Vandaele, of Vandaele Seed at Medora, Man., about 120 km southwest of Brandon, adding the price will decline over the winter. “When they start getting into these […] Read more

Cereals, Crops

Winter Cereals Manitoba now in on amalgamation plan

By GFM Staff November 22, 2018

A possible union between four Manitoba commodity grower groups has a new fifth player on deck. Winter Cereals Manitoba Inc. (WCMI) announced Thursday its chair, Doug Martin, and director Allan Olinyk will join a steering committee made up of directors and staff from the Manitoba Corn Growers Association (MCGA), Manitoba Flax Growers Association (MFGA), National […] Read more

Crops

Ceres lands tenant for Niagara-area grain elevator

By GFM Staff November 14, 2018

A former Robin Hood flour mill repurposed as an export grain elevator in the Niagara region will devote the bulk of its capacity to a new tenant starting next summer. Minneapolis-based Ceres Global Ag Corp. announced Tuesday it has a new long-term storage and handling agreement in place with London Agricultural Commodities (LAC). The agreement […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Features, Forages

Extending fall and winter grazing

Crop residues are probably the most underutilized source of winter grazing, says extension specialist

By Heather Smith Thomas November 5, 2018

Extending the grazing season for cattle can help reduce production costs and there are various ways to increase forage production/utilization to ensure adequate fall grazing that can often be extended into winter. Lorne Klein, range management extension specialist, Ministry of Agriculture in Weyburn, Sask., says there are four sources of forage. “These are native prairie, […] Read more

ICE weekly outlook: Uncertainty, lack of farmer selling lift canola bids

U.S. grains: Soy slips on favourable weather, demand disappointment

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures top one-month peaks

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