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File photo of a lentil crop before harvest in Saskatchewan. (Bobloblaw/iStock/Getty Images)

Pulse weekly outlook: Saskatchewan growers wait for rain

By Adam Peleshaty, GFM Network News April 5, 2022

MarketsFarm — As the snow melts on the Prairies, pulse growers are making their final preparations before seeding, while at the same time hoping not to see a repeat of last year’s historic drought. In Saskatchewan, snow cover has varied in pulse-growing areas, making some growers nervous. “There’s still a lot of concern about dryness […] Read more

Barley, Corn, Crops, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: Prices likely to hold firm after CP stoppage

By Glen Hallick, GFM Network News March 24, 2022

MarketsFarm — Feed prices have remained fairly steady over the last week and are likely to continue to do so in the coming week, according to Erin Harakal, senior trader for Agfinity at Stony Plain, Alta. “I don’t see anything drastically changing in the next week,” she said. Harakal added there was nervousness in the […] Read more

A drone photo from the Sampona commune of Madagascar on Feb. 11, 2022, shows Zebu cattle drinking water from a large puddle created from Cyclone Batsirai. The island nation’s south has been experiencing severe drought for the past four years, putting it in danger of what the World Food Programme calls “the world’s first climate change famine.” (Photo: Reuters/Alkis Konstantinidis)

General, Reuters, Weather

U.N. to roll out global early-warning systems for extreme weather

By Gloria Dickie, GFM Network News March 24, 2022

London | Reuters –– With climate change fueling dangerous weather worldwide, the United Nations is pledging that early-warning weather monitoring will cover everyone on the planet in five years. “Half of humanity is already in the danger zone,” U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres said earlier this week. And yet, “one-third of the world’s people, mainly in […] Read more

Crops, Markets

AAFC warns of uncertainty in latest crop outlook

By Phil Franz-Warkentin, GFM Network News March 19, 2022

MarketsFarm — The supply/demand balance sheets for Canada’s major crops were largely left unchanged in the latest outlook Friday from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. While the March report only saw minor revisions, the government agency cautioned that “the economic outlook, for the world and Canadian grain markets, is particularly uncertain due to the Russian invasion […] Read more

Crops

CP to lock out engineers, conductors starting Sunday

'Cannot prolong the uncertainty,' CEO says

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News March 17, 2022

Canadian Pacific Railway has served its unionized engineers, conductors and train and yard service staff with notice of a lockout to start just after midnight ET on Sunday, unless the company and union agree on a new labour deal by then. Calgary-based CP and the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC), which represents about 3,000 CP […] Read more

Canola, Crops

Oil content of Canada’s canola well below average in 2021

By MarketsFarm, GFM Network News March 16, 2022

MarketsFarm — The average oil content of Canada’s canola crop came in well below normal in 2021-22, according to the final quality report for the year from the Canadian Grain Commission (CGC). The average oil content came in at only 41.3 per cent for the year, which compares with 44.1 per cent the previous year […] Read more

General, Markets

Rate of rise in farmland value ‘surprised’ in 2021

Canada books 8.3 per cent year-over-year increase, FCC reports

By Adam Peleshaty, GFM Network News March 15, 2022

MarketsFarm — Despite a year of economic uncertainty due to extreme weather, reduced crop yields and the COVID-19 pandemic, the value of Canadian farmland rose by its highest rate in four years, according to a report from Farm Credit Canada (FCC). FCC’s report, released Monday, revealed that the national average value of farmland increased by […] Read more

Drought conditions in Canada at Feb. 28, 2022. (Map courtesy Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada)

Crops, Weather

Most of Prairies still very dry, but recovery possible

Southern Manitoba considered out of drought

By Glen Hallick, GFM Network News March 12, 2022

MarketsFarm — Despite the Prairies receiving above-normal amounts of precipitation during February, the great majority of the region remained highly vulnerable to more dryness going into spring, according to the Canadian Drought Monitor. The monitor’s latest report showed those areas of the Prairies tackling extreme drought to have retracted somewhat. As of Feb. 28, that […] 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

“We are by nature resilient and innovative.” – Rick Strankman, Altario, Alta.

Features, Livestock

Drought dilemmas detail struggles, triumphs

A cattle producer “community coffee shop” discussion from across the Prairies

By Mark Kihn March 10, 2022

If there had been a cattle producer’s “word of the year” for 2021, it likely would have been “drought.” Beef producers across the Prairies probably muttered that word daily and vexed about the situation hourly. The condition it describes is inescapable, but just how did producers deal with it? Feed – and water Peter Schwenk, […] Read more

Interest in biological crop inputs continues to grow

U.S. grains: Corn, soybeans extend losses as Midwest weather looks crop-friendly

U.S. livestock: Feeder cattle hit fresh peaks on shrinking supplies, strong cash prices

Daily Network News

Interest in biological crop inputs continues to grow

U.S. grains: Corn, soybeans extend losses as Midwest weather looks crop-friendly

U.S. livestock: Feeder cattle hit fresh peaks on shrinking supplies, strong cash prices

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Pulse weekly outlook: Saskatchewan growers wait for rain

Feed weekly outlook: Prices likely to hold firm after CP stoppage

U.N. to roll out global early-warning systems for extreme weather

AAFC warns of uncertainty in latest crop outlook

CP to lock out engineers, conductors starting Sunday

Oil content of Canada’s canola well below average in 2021

Rate of rise in farmland value ‘surprised’ in 2021

Most of Prairies still very dry, but recovery possible

Rye in strong position going into 2022

Drought dilemmas detail struggles, triumphs

Canadian Cattlemen Presents: Depth of Field

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