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ICE July 2022 canola (candlesticks) with 20- and 50-day moving averages (yellow and green lines). (Barchart)

ICE weekly outlook: Conditions a challenge for Prairie canola

By Glen Hallick, GFM Network News May 12, 2022

MarketsFarm — Wet conditions throughout much of the eastern half of the Canadian Prairies continued to delay spring planting this week. Meanwhile, the western half of the region remained mired in drought and in need of rain to help recently-seeded crops get off to a good start. “Get it in the ground and get some […] Read more

Chickpeas. (CalypsoArt/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops, Markets, Pulses, Weather

Tightening supplies likely to underpin chickpea market

By Phil Franz-Warkentin, GFM Network News May 11, 2022

MarketsFarm — Tightening worldwide chickpea supplies could bode well for prices later this year, although Canadian acres will likely be down and there’s still a long growing season ahead. Canadian farmers intend to seed 175,200 acres of chickpeas in 2022, which would be down 5.5 per cent from the previous year and the smallest acreage […] Read more

Yellow peas. (Victoria Popova/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops, Markets, Peas, Weather

Pulse weekly outlook: Late Prairie seeding may sway acres out of peas

By Phil Franz-Warkentin, GFM Network News May 11, 2022

MarketsFarm — Excessive moisture in the eastern Canadian Prairies this spring may cut into pea acres in the region, as producers like to get the crop in the ground early. Canadian farmers intended to plant 3.55 million acres of peas for the 2022-23 crop year, according to a report from Statistics Canada. That would be […] Read more

Crops, Weather

Seeding already behind in Saskatchewan

By MarketsFarm, GFM Network News May 5, 2022

MarketsFarm — Saskatchewan Agriculture on Thursday issued its first weekly crop report of 2022, showing only one per cent of all crops in the ground. The report cited cool temperatures and spring snowstorms holding back many farmers getting into their fields. The overall five-year average at this time of year is five per cent complete. […] Read more

Nutrien’s Patience Lake potash facility, about 15 km east of Saskatoon. (Nutrien.com)

Crops, Reuters

Nutrien may further raise potash output as sanctions curb other supplies

By Tom Polansek, GFM Network News May 3, 2022

Chicago | Reuters — Canada’s Nutrien, the world’s largest fertilizer company, is weighing further increases to potash production as sanctions continue to limit shipments from Russia and Belarus, interim CEO Ken Seitz said on Tuesday. Prices of crop nutrients such as potash have skyrocketed as sanctions against Russia for its invasion of Ukraine have disrupted […] Read more

Spring runoff on April 27, 2022 at the Pembina Escarpment near Miami, Man., about 40 km northwest of Winkler. (Manitoba Co-operator/Allan Dawson video screengrab)

General, Weather

Flood warnings raised in Manitoba, southeastern Saskatchewan

Flows could reach 2009 levels in Manitoba

By MarketsFarm, GFM Network News April 30, 2022

MarketsFarm — Spring flooding in Manitoba’s Red River Valley could approach levels last seen in 2009, the highest water level since 1997’s “Flood of the Century,” according to the latest update from the provincial Hydrologic Forecast Centre. The centre is monitoring a precipitation system forecast for the April 29-May 1 weekend that is expected to […] Read more

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs

High-path avian flu arrives in Manitoba poultry

More farms also hit in Saskatchewan, Alberta, Ontario, bringing total to 40 across Canada

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News April 25, 2022

Federal and provincial animal health officials have confirmed the arrival of highly pathogenic avian influenza on a commercial poultry operation in Manitoba, making it the seventh province so affected. The provincial ag ministry said Sunday that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency had confirmed high-path H5N1 avian flu in a commercial flock in the RM of […] Read more

AAFC’s Drought Monitor map for the period ending March 31, 2022. (Agriculture.canada.ca)

Crops, Weather

Drought severity easing across much of Prairies, AAFC reports

By Phil Franz-Warkentin, GFM Network News April 9, 2022

MarketsFarm — Drought conditions persisted across much of the Prairies during the month of March, although the extent and severity of the dryness was reduced in many areas, according to the latest Drought Monitor report from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC). “While there have been substantial improvements to drought conditions across Western Canada since last […] Read more

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

Crops, Lentils, Pulses, Weather

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

Insulators for electric fencing will be a black-and-white PST-exempt expense for ranchers in Saskatchewan starting April 1, 2022. (Gallagher.com)

General, Machinery

Saskatchewan clarifying certain on-farm PST exemptions

More items to be specified as exempt in tax regulations

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News March 24, 2022

Saskatchewan farmers’ and ranchers’ concerns about some inconsistencies in how and when provincial sales tax is applied to purchases of on-farm equipment will be dealt with in a revised list effective late next week. The province said Wednesday in a budget release that a “number of clarifications” will be made to its Provincial Sales Tax […] Read more

U.S. grains: Corn futures lower as farmers sell, soy choppy

U.S. livestock: Cattle regain losses, hogs rise

U.S. cattle ranchers criticize government for delayed reporting of human screwworm case

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U.S. grains: Corn futures lower as farmers sell, soy choppy

U.S. livestock: Cattle regain losses, hogs rise

U.S. cattle ranchers criticize government for delayed reporting of human screwworm case

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ICE weekly outlook: Conditions a challenge for Prairie canola

Tightening supplies likely to underpin chickpea market

Pulse weekly outlook: Late Prairie seeding may sway acres out of peas

Seeding already behind in Saskatchewan

Nutrien may further raise potash output as sanctions curb other supplies

Flood warnings raised in Manitoba, southeastern Saskatchewan

High-path avian flu arrives in Manitoba poultry

Drought severity easing across much of Prairies, AAFC reports

Pulse weekly outlook: Saskatchewan growers wait for rain

Saskatchewan clarifying certain on-farm PST exemptions

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