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Alberta harvest on the verge of completion

By Glen Hallick, GFM Network News October 7, 2022

MarketsFarm – Combining in Alberta is almost finished with the latest crop report indicating it’s at 96.3 per cent complete. The province’s Agriculture, Forestry and Rural Economic Development (AFRED) department noted that as of Oct. 4, the harvesting of all crops advanced nine points from the previous week due to dry weather. Of the 11 […] Read more

Crops, Markets

Saskatchewan Crop Report: Harvest kicks off in Saskatchewan

By Adam Peleshaty - MarketsFarm, GFM Network News August 4, 2022

MarketsFarm – As the calendar turned to August, some combining has already started in Saskatchewan according to the province’s weekly crop report. For the week ended Aug. 1, the harvest has started for a select number of crops mostly located in the west-central and southwest regions. So far, one per cent of the province’s dry […] Read more

Livestock, Market talk, Markets

Where are all these feeder cattle coming from?

Market Talk with Jerry Klassen

By Jerry Klassen June 13, 2022

U.S. and western Canadian feeder cattle prices have been consolidating over the past month. Higher-quality medium-flesh steers averaging 850 pounds have been trading in the range of $180-$185 while 600-pound steers have been trading in the range of $220-$230. Earlier in winter, I and many other analysts were expecting placements into U.S. and Canadian feedlots […] Read more

A relay crop growing after the swath grazing crop has been cut.

Features, Grazing

Stocking cattle and stockpiling forage

Tim Wray walks us through his family’s plan for the grazing season as they seek to balance forage supplies with cattle inventory

By Duane McCartney May 30, 2022

When it comes to handling drought, a little planning and strategy go a long way for the Wray family. Tim Wray grew up on his family’s cattle operation in Irricana, a small town located 50 kilometres northeast of Calgary. Today Tim and his uncle, Doug Wray, operate Wray Ranch, which has endured dry conditions for […] Read more

Flags in front of the European Commission headquarters in Brussels. (Inakiantonana/E+/Getty Images)

Crops, Markets

EU crops to face some challenges in 2022-23

By MarketsFarm, GFM Network News April 28, 2022

MarketsFarm — Total grain production in the European Union is expected to decrease overall by 2.4 per cent in 2022-23, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture attachés throughout the multi-nation bloc. For the coming crop year, they forecast production to be 286.02 million tonnes of wheat, corn, barley, rye, oats, mixed grains and others. One […] Read more

Fall rye flowering in south-central Manitoba. (Allan Dawson photo)

Cereals, Crops, Weather

Rye in strong position going into 2022

By Adam Peleshaty, GFM Network News March 12, 2022

MarketsFarm — Last summer’s drought sharply reduced yields of many crops across the Prairies, leaving multiple supply challenges and rising prices in the aftermath. Western Canadian rye, however, was largely left unscathed, which may bode well for the crop heading into 2022. Rye production came in at 473,000 tonnes for 2021-22, according to Statistics Canada […] Read more

Small-bale grazing with intercrop regrowth at the MBFI Johnson Farm.

Forages, Livestock

Diversifying the tool kit for grazing annual forages

By Mary-Jane Orr March 1, 2022

For the 2021 field season at Manitoba Beef and Forage Initiatives (MBFI), we were impressed by the outcomes of management tools for diverse annual forages to extend grazing through fall and into winter. At both farm stations, the Brookdale Farm and Johnson Farm, we showcase fields grown for general farm operations to support the research […] Read more

Sea surface temperature anomalies over the equatorial Pacific Ocean for the week centred on Jan. 5, 2022. (CPC.ncep.noaa.gov)

General, Reuters, Weather

La Niña likely to continue into spring, U.S. forecaster says

By Reuters, GFM Network News January 13, 2022

Reuters — La Nina conditions are likely to continue during the Northern Hemisphere spring, a U.S. government weather forecaster said on Thursday. The La Niña weather pattern, characterized by unusually cold temperatures in the equatorial Pacific Ocean, has a 67 per cent chance of persisting from March through May this year, the National Weather Service’s […] Read more

Ergot (seen at right) is a common cause of mycotoxin in grains.

Cereals, News

USask PhD student earns Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate Scholarship for fungal research

Leading-edge research into ergot contamination recognized

By University of Saskatchewan November 12, 2021

University of Saskatchewan (USask) PhD student Jensen Cherewyk has been awarded one of Canada’s most prestigious doctoral scholarships for leading-edge research into an overlooked compound formed by a toxic fungus in forage grasses and cereal grains that threatens human and animal food safety. “I was not expecting it, and I’m very grateful,” Cherewyk said about receiving the Natural Sciences and […] Read more

Comment, Comment/Columns

Comment: Keep your pencil sharp

By Lisa Guenther October 26, 2021

“The most important tool on the farm is the pencil.” That was the best farming advice Mike Buis ever received, and it came from his grandfather. Buis recently conducted a virtual tour of his family’s Chatham, Ont., beef farm for the Canadian Farm Writers’ Federation. Coincidentally, a day or two before the Buis Beef tour, […] Read more

Trump tariffs could fund bailout for US farmers, agriculture secretary tells Financial Times

Top global meatpacker JBS prepares for drop in cattle for slaughter in 2026

U.S. grains: Grains off highs with fed in focus, soyoil down more than two per cent

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