Crops, Features, Forages

Tips for managing sainfoin in your forage stand

Posted 3 days ago by Lisa Guenther

News, Pasture

Kirkella Community Pasture receives conservation trust funding

Posted on April 18, 2019 by Manitoba Forage and Grassland Association

Crops, Features, Forages

Building healthy soil for forages

Posted on April 17, 2019 by Kelly Sidoryk

Must Reads

• Forages, News, News Roundup

  Manitoba alfalfa growers wanted for sampling program

  The Manitoba and Forage Grasslands Association (MFGA) is looking for alfalfa growers to submit alfalfa samples in May and June…

  April 15, 2019

• Features, Forages

  Planting summer annual crops for fall and winter pasture

  Extending the grazing season can reduce production costs for cattle. Annual crops can fill in some gaps, or improve soil…

  April 15, 2019

• Forages, News, News Roundup

  A systems approach to cutting hay

  Deciding when to cut hay often comes down to a gut feeling. “And lots of times, that can get you…

  April 12, 2019

• Crops, Forages

  Leaving the grass – and the carbon – in the ground

  Canadian forage producers know the value of the land they are responsible for — all 33.8 million acres of cultivated…

  April 5, 2019

• Features, Hay, Livestock

  Making good hay

  My wife and I recently attended the Alberta Organic Conference in Fort Saskatchewan. It was a fantastic event and she…

  April 2, 2019

• Barley, Market talk, Markets

  Feed barley update

  The feed barley market has been relatively flat throughout the winter. During the last week of January, Lethbridge-area feedlots were…

  March 6, 2019

Crops, Markets, Pulses, Reuters

Tyson sells stake in Beyond Meat

By Reuters, GFM Network News 16 hours ago

Reuters — Tyson Foods said on Wednesday it had sold its 6.5 per cent stake in vegan burger maker Beyond Meat, as the No. 1 U.S. meat processor looks to develop its own line of alternative protein products. The exit comes against the backdrop of rising tensions between the two companies after Tyson CEO Noel […] Read more

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Canola, Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Acreage report halts canola skid

By GFM Network News 16 hours ago

MarketsFarm –– Statistics Canada’s acreage report has provided something of a much-needed bounce for canola bids. Canola hit a record low Tuesday, with the May contract at $437.80 per tonne and the July contract at $446.10 per tonne. The primary reason for the huge drop was the price of soybeans on the Chicago Board of […] Read more

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Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn, soy drop to multimonth lows

By GFM Network News 18 hours ago

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures fell to their lowest level in seven months on Wednesday and spot soybean futures hit a 5-1/2-month low on ample global supplies and dimming prospects for U.S. export business, analysts said. Wheat also declined, with Chicago Board of Trade futures hitting a one-month low while K.C. and Minneapolis […] Read more

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Crops

How to cause nine cropping disasters

1 day ago

There are many ways to increase your chances of crop loss. Here are nine.

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Crops, Markets, Reuters, Weather

Canadian farmers to reduce canola plantings by seven per cent

By GFM Network News 1 day ago

Winnipeg | Reuters — Canadian farmers intend to plant seven per cent fewer acres of canola this spring compared with a year earlier, even less than expected by analysts and traders, as a dispute with China hampers demand, a government report showed on Wednesday. China and Canada are locked in a diplomatic and trade dispute[...]
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Crops, Markets, Pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: Fababean acres set to increase

By GFM Network News 2 days ago

MarketsFarm — Unpredictable weather overseas resulted in robust fababean prices during 2018’s harvest, and Canadian producers expect these prices to hold throughout the 2019 growing season. “For the growers that managed to get fababeans off their field, I think they were probably quite happy with the markets in 2018,” said Leanne Fischbuch, president of Alberta[...]
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Crops, Features, Forages

Tips for managing sainfoin in your forage stand

Keeping sainfoin populations high beyond five years is a challenge

By Lisa Guenther 3 days ago

Sometimes what’s old is new again. That certainly holds true for sainfoin as forage breeders release new varieties designed for today’s beef and forage operations. Sainfoin is a non-bloating legume native to Europe and western Asia. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) released varieties such as Melrose and Nova in the 1970s and ’80s. But these[...]
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Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat down on strong production prospects; corn, soy also weak

By GFM Network News 3 days ago

New York | Reuters – Chicago wheat futures fell more than 1 percent to a one-month low on Monday, pressured by generally favorable U.S. crop conditions and expectations of abundant global supplies, traders said. Corn fell in sympathy with wheat and on outlooks for improved planting weather in parts of the Midwest, and soybeans also[...]
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Canola, Cereals, Crops

Less canola, more wheat expected from Statistics Canada

By GFM Network News 3 days ago

Winnipeg | MarketsFarm – Canadian farmers will likely seed less canola and more spring wheat in 2019, but the extent of any acreage shifts remains to be seen as market participants await Statistics Canada’s first seeded area estimates of the year on April 24. Canola prices in Western Canada have dropped over the past few[...]
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Canola, Crops, Markets

Ottawa pressed to consider more options on China’s canola ban

By GFM Staff, GFM Network News 6 days ago

With canola export issues still looming large, some Canadian ag industry groups want the federal government to boost its diplomatic presence on the matter. The Canola Council of Canada on Wednesday said a Canadian technical delegation “has not yet been accepted” to travel to China and address Beijing’s recent suspensions of canola imports from two[...]
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