Canadian farmers can expect less competition in canola and pulse markets from their Australian counterparts in 2018-19, according to a new Rabobank report. Dry conditions and falling pulse prices are forcing farmers to switch acres out of those crops and into barley and wheat. “A dry 2017, especially in eastern Australia, followed by a hot, […] Read more
Barley
Feed barley prices feel pressure
WINNIPEG (CNS) – Prices for feed barley remain solid in Western Canada but demand could be lessening somewhat as the summer season unfolds. “Buyers seem to have decent coverage going into later summer,” said Jared Seitz, of Agfinity in Stony Plain, Alberta. “So their pricing is starting to pull back.” Prices for feed wheat and […] Read more
New fungicide uses triple to fight threats
A new BASF fungicide employs three modes of action to combat disease in cereal crops, and it’s also registered for blackleg in canola. “It gives you excellent control of all the major leaf diseases in Western Canada, for your wheat, your barley, and your oats,” said Glen Forster of BASF. Nexicor has a group 3, […] Read more
Your most important crop investment
What’s the most important investment you’ll make in your crop this year? You.
Timely rain gives good start to growing season
Many farmers were smiling last week after bouts of rain blanketed parts of the Prairies, allowing for what climate specialists say is a good start to the growing season. Farmers received 1 to 25 mm of rain in Alberta, as high as 125 mm in Saskatchewan and between 10 and 50 mm in Manitoba, according […] Read more
CWB class action inches toward hearing
It’s been nearly six years since the Canadian Wheat Board was stripped of its assets and authority by the federal government. But there’s still a few loose ends that need to be dealt with, according to lawyers representing prairie farmers. Among those loose ends is a class action suit against the federal government, in which […] Read more
Critical infrastructure matters – Duh!
C-49 and Trans Mountain Pipeline reactions show that Canada's beginning to get the point
I thought the annoying expression “Duh!” had gone out with the 1980s. But it certainly seems to have lived on, or come back, if my 10 year old daughter is anything to go by. She uses it against her sisters when she wants to express the notion that something is obvious and they are idiots […] Read more
Farmbaya for C-49
I never thought I’d see it. It was like the wolf lying down with the lamb, the leopard lying down with the goat, or the calf, the lion and the yearling lounging in peace. What child led this parade of grain industry peace? It was a brand new child of Parliament, known as the Transportation […] Read more
No reprieve for glyphosate
Many toxicologists disagree with the assessment that glyphosate is a human health risk
The public conversation around glyphosate is all flowing in one direction. A cluster of environmental campaigners, organic food activists and crusading scientists are dominating the discussion around the controversial herbicide. Over the last few weeks, groups like the Organic Consumers Association and Beyond Pesticides have blitzed the North American media with news releases and social […] Read more
Silage offers livestock producers flexible feeding options
Silage is an efficient method of storing winter feed supplies and those who faced a feed shortage this spring might be considering it as an option even if they’ve never done it before. Dwayne Summach, livestock and feed extension specialist with Saskatchewan Agriculture, explained the basics of silage at a webinar held earlier this year. […] Read more
