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Barley, Crops, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: Barley, wheat prices now steady

U.S. corn imports keep lid on barley values

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MarketsFarm — Prices for feed barley and wheat didn’t change much for the most part during the week ended Thursday, according to Erin Harakal of Agfinity at Stony Plain, Alta. “This week it has been pretty steady compared to the end of last week,” Harakal said, noting barley prices dropped about $20 per tonne. “Just […] Read more
“There’s even a question of would harvest equipment be available for 2023. There will be some equipment available, but will it be what you want and [what] fits your needs?” – Bill Campbell, Keystone Agricultural Producers. Photo: iStock/Getty Images
Crops, Livestock, Weather

Manitoba crop report: dry week helps advance harvest

Cattle producers move herds to hay fields to graze regrowth

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MarketsFarm – Dry conditions across crop-growing areas in Manitoba helped the province’s annual harvest get off to a good start during the week ended Aug. 20. Much of the eastern, southern and central regions received two millimetres of precipitation at most during the week with several locations receiving no rainfall at all. The northwest region […] Read more
File photo of a Wyoming corn crop. (RiverNorthPhotography/iStock/Getty Images)
Barley, Crops, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: Market steady in face of harvest, U.S. corn imports

Imports weigh on domestic barley values

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MarketsFarm — The feed grain market in Western Canada is holding reasonably steady as harvest operations progress and corn imports continue to come up from the United States. Anecdotal harvest reports were varied so far, with surprisingly positive results from some growers and others who missed out on showers ending up with lower yields, according […] Read more
Chickpea curry. (Modesigns58/iStock/Getty Images)
Crops, Markets, Pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: Chickpea market neither bullish nor bearish

Market players awaiting harvest

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MarketsFarm — Hot and dry growing conditions earlier in the growing season cut into Canada’s chickpea yields in 2023-24, but quality should be good if the weather co-operates through the harvest. Canadian farmers planted 315,600 acres of chickpeas in 2023, which was well above the 233,800 acres seeded the previous year, according to Statistics Canada […] Read more
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Crops, Weather

Saskatchewan Crop Report: Dryness continues as harvest begins 

Since April 1, the entirety of the province received 200 mm or less of rain

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MarketsFarm – With the exception of a handful of areas, most of Saskatchewan remained dry for the week ended July 31 as harvest operations began in the province’s southwest and west-central regions. Areas north of Prince Albert and northwest of Kindersley, as well as inside and around Hudson Bay each saw more than 30 millimetres […] Read more
ICE canola weekly outlook: Prices trending down ahead of harvest
Canola, Crops, Markets

ICE canola weekly outlook: Prices trending down ahead of harvest

Harvest pressure may not be that large this year says analyst

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 MarketsFarm – ICE Futures canola contracts lost ground during the week ended Aug. 2, as spillover from outside markets and easing concerns over the state of the crop ahead of the harvest weighed on values. Excessive heat during the flowering period in June and July caused canola prices to climb higher, but the market is […] Read more
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Barley, Cereals, Crops, Pulses, Soybeans, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Saskatchewan crops a mixed bag 

Some cereal crops beyond harvesting with plans to salvage for feed

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Marketsfarm – There was a wide mixture of the results in the latest crop report from Saskatchewan Agriculture. Parts of the province were hobbled by drought conditions, while other areas received upwards to 40 millimetres of rain following a series of thunderstorms during the week of July 18 to 26.  The desiccation of pulse crops […] Read more
Trevor Scherman and Megan Madden hold the sign displayed in front of their ScherGain booth at Ag in Motion on July 20, 2023. Photo: Braedyn Wozniak
Crops, Machinery

At Ag in Motion: Combine settings app makes the world your neighbour

'Oh, have you tried this concave?'

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Trevor Scherman and partner Megan Madden are making it easy for farmers to connect during harvest time to get the best settings for their combines. It’s an idea that Scherman says arose from the same philosophy as the ScherGain Solutions System he previously co-founded with his father. That system involves the use of a drop […] Read more
Originally a tow-behind unit that attached to the back of the combine, the newer iteration of the Harrington Seed Destructor is a mill that can be integrated with the combine. (Photo: deBruin Engineering Pty Ltd.)
Crops, Machinery

At Ag in Motion: Harvest weed control still in the mix

'You’re not going to spray your way out of this'

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It’s a relatively new solution to the age-old problem of trying to get rid of weeds without broadcasting the seed or using increasingly less effective herbicides — mechanical separation and pulverization of weed seed. Harvest weed seed control might not be a golden bullet to tackle glyphosate-, fluroxypyr- and dicamba-resistant weeds, but according to Agriculture […] Read more

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