More canola, more cereals and fewer pulse crops are likely to be planted in Alberta this year, the provincial agriculture department predicts. Mark Cutts, crop specialist with Alberta Agriculture, said reports indicate barley acres will increase by seven percent, durum by five percent, spring wheat by four and oats by about two percent. “Cereal crops, […] Read more
Canola pencils out best this year in Alta.
Prolonged cold weather on Prairies points to seeding delays
If you’re wondering how the spring of 2018 stacks up with other years in terms of temperature, then you might be interested in the following information from the Saskatchewan Research Council in Saskatoon. According to SRC climate researcher Virginia Wittrock, the month of March was cold. March had 20 days with average daily temperatures below […] Read more
Arysta takes ‘asset light-high touch’ approach
Chemical company enters into relationships with other corporations rather than building manufacturing infrastructure
Expect to see more of Arysta LifeScience Canada in the coming months and years, say company officials. The crop chemical company is known in Western Canada for its Group 2 herbicide products such as Everest and is now focused on building a diverse portfolio of products for prairie farmers. “This is a pivotal time for […] Read more
Late winter could lead to more Prairie oat acres
WINNIPEG (CNS Canada) – With winter still hanging on across Western Canada, one buyer thinks it could lead to an uptick in oat acres. “Later seeding generally increases oat acres. We’d rather see them seeded earlier but farmers have had a tendency when things get late (to) throw some more acres into oats,” said Scott […] Read more
CP says grain movement is turning around
Canadian Pacific Railway’s letter to federal ministers says it is re-setting its network as it rebounds from February weather challenges. Train speed and overall throughput are both increasing, which is good for grain transport and other commodities, said the letter from CEO Keith Creel. The company has hauled more grain this crop year even with […] Read more
Runoff risk rises in Sask. after recent snowfalls
Last week’s snowfall has raised the prospects for near normal runoff in parts of Saskatchewan The Water Security Agency in its updated spring runoff outlook March 13 said between 20 and 45 centimetres of snow March 3-5 changed initial projections for a below normal runoff. “Assuming near normal conditions going forward to the melt, a […] Read more
Sask. ranchers welcome crop insurance changes
As well, contract price option to include barley, commercial canola, oats, hard red spring wheat, durum and CPS wheat
Saskatchewan cattle producers say wildfire coverage and improved predation compensation offered in this year’s crop insurance program provide much-needed added protection. Wildfires devastated more than 88,000 acres of mainly pasture last year and there was no insurance for fire damage, which will likely result in lost productivity. Many organizations had urged Saskatchewan Crop Insurance Corp. […] Read more
Grain movement hearing produces few results
An emergency meeting of the standing committee on agriculture in Ottawa this afternoon has ended with a decision to meet again March 19. Parliament is on a two-week break, but four Conservative and NDP committee members who supported farmers’ calls last week for action on the grain backlog forced the meeting. However, it was mostly […] Read more
Farmers demand action on grain transportation
OTTAWA — Canadian grain farmers want a plan to get grain moving within the next two weeks. Representatives from regional and national organizations held a news conference on Parliament Hill yesterday to demand action on the rail bottleneck that threatens a repeat of 2013-14. “Parliament is going to take a two-week break. We need a […] Read more
Bin plans need to go in before the crop
Dave Wall’s phone starts ringing off the wall in August when farmers realize they’ll harvest more crop than their systems can handle and they want to add capacity and maybe a few upgrades at the same time. Wall owns Wall Grain, one of the largest dealers of grain-handling and storage systems on the Prairies. He’s […] Read more
