Crop staging results in higher payouts as the season passes; farmers reminded to leave inspection strips
Hail adjusters are working hard to stay ahead of harvest, said the Canadian Crop Hail Association. Storms are becoming less frequent but can still be destructive. Between Aug. 15 and Aug. 21 member companies of the association said they investigated more than 1,300 claims. Even small storms can cause heavy damage because crops are so […] Read more
Strong demand brightens outlook for more sunflower acres
Acres in Canada have seen some growth, increasing from 76,000 in 2019 to an estimated 93,000 this year
Not long ago, sunflower buyers would offer new crop prices in January or February to attract production in the spring. Now, buyers are posting prices in the summer to convince farmers to grow sunflowers the following year, said John Sandbakken, executive director of the National Sunflower Association in the United States. “In the last two […] Read more
UN: Russia-Ukraine grain deal maybe few weeks
ISTANBUL, Turkey (Reuters) — The United Nations expects a deal to resume Ukrainian grain exports through the Black Sea to be fully operational in a few weeks and restore shipments to pre-war levels of five-million tonnes a month, two senior UN officials said July 22. Ukraine, Russia, Turkey and the UN signed the deal in […] Read more
Seeding plans float away
The quickest thing to evaporate on the eastern Prairies this spring has been farmers’ seeding plans. On many farms in southeastern Saskatchewan and most of Manitoba, farmers are engaged in a great switcheroo from one crop to another and one variety to the next as they wrestle with wet fields, expiring crop insurance deadlines and […] Read more
APAS wants crop insurance extension
Saskatchewan’s general farm organization is asking for an extension to the crop insurance seeding deadline. The Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan said weather has prevented farmers in some regions from getting into their fields. In particular, southeastern and northeastern areas have been hit hard by heavy snowfall, cool temperatures and excessive rain this spring. Although […] Read more
Continued rain delays tighten seeding window
Waterlogged fields on the eastern Prairies lead to mounting worries that millions of acres could go unseeded this spring
It isn’t time to abandon all hope of getting a crop in the ground in the waterlogged regions of the eastern Canadian Prairies but that time is quickly approaching for some, says an analyst. “Delays are getting serious here,” said MarketsFarm analyst Bruce Burnett. Seeding is two to two-and-a-half weeks behind normal in many areas […] Read more
Push for Russia, Ukraine grain exports
DAKAR, May 25 (Reuters) – Senegal’s president and African Union chairman Macky Sall said on Wednesday that when he visits Russia and Ukraine in the coming weeks he will push them to unblock exports of grains and fertilizer to avoid widespread famine. Africa is suffering from disruptions in food supply and soaring prices of basic goods and […] Read more
Alberta seeding ahead of five-year average
While the rate of spring planting in Alberta is 12.2 percent complete overall, there’s a disparity between the south and the rest of the province. Also, the pace was 2.6 points above the five-year average but 5.2 behind last year. As of May 3, Alberta Agriculture found seeding in the south was at 36.5 percent […] Read more
War exports short with “a long tail”
Some analysts have suggested Ukraine’s grain exports would resume in a hurry if there was a ceasefire. But that is not the assessment of the head of one of the world’s largest grain companies, which has significant assets in the country. Bunge Limited’s chief executive officer Greg Heckman mentioned during a conference call on the […] Read more
Drought’s impact on cutworms hard to predict
Forecasting numbers from year to year can be difficult, but the pest has been declining in Western Canada since 2020
Cutworms threaten a variety of crops in Western Canada from corn and canola to sunflowers and soybeans. However, predicting when, where and how many will hit a field is not easy. With last year’s drought descending on the Prairies like a warm blanket on a hot day, John Gavloski, entomologist with Manitoba Agriculture, said it’s unclear […] Read more
