Crop Management
For decades, soybean meal and soybeans have been a critical part of pig diets. Pigs eat soybeans, they gain weight and add muscle. That muscle eventually becomes pork, which humans eat as pork chops, pork tenderloin and sausage. But now, a European company has found a more direct way of turning soybeans into pork. Moolec […] Read more
Crop Management
Chemical, fertilizer price slides may be near bottom
Prices of a couple of key farm inputs have tumbled in recent months, but that may be coming to an end, according to industry officials. Farmers Business Network’s Smoke generic glyphosate is selling for $6.50 to $7 per litre, down from $12 the same time last year. “That’s the difference a year makes,” said Breen […] Read more
Study warns of more simultaneous crop failures
Thanks to climate change, there’s now a greater risk of simultaneous crop failures in different regions of the world, says research published in Nature Communications. The scientists behind the paper, released in early July, say current weather models “underestimate” the risk of drought and extreme heat in North America, Europe, China and elsewhere in the […] Read more
AgriStability tweaked, other BRM programs considered
Agriculture ministers to move up the enrolment deadline for AgriStability to improve payment times to producers
Provinces could offer two different accounting methods for AgriStability by 2025. However, one of the choices would put less money in Saskatchewan farmers’ pockets. Canada’s agriculture ministers agreed last week that provinces could allow participants to use cash or accrual accounting. The idea is to boost participation in the business risk management program by allowing […] Read more
Demand continues for lentils but rising prices have limits
LANGHAM, Sask. — Despite extremely high prices, the world’s green lentil buyers keep beating a path to the Prairies’ door. But a marketer warns that Canadian quality can only push prices so high before cash-strapped processors and consumers switch to lower quality and different crops. “The Canadian farmer has the expectation of values only going […] Read more
Farmers unite in opposition to grain commission changes
Discontent is growing over the Canadian Grain Commission’s decision to harmonize primary and export test weights for wheat effective Aug. 1. It has even brought together the National Farmers Union and the Wheat Growers Association, who disagree on many policy issues, to oppose the change. They say it will cost farmers money and that the […] Read more
Irrigators asked to drop straw, feed livestock
The largest irrigation district in Saskatchewan is encouraging members to drop straw this harvest season. The South Saskatchewan River Irrigation District No. 1 said July 26 it asks all irrigators to drop straw to help feed livestock this winter. SSRID’s office will co-ordinate the process to get feed where it needs to go. Livestock producers […] Read more
‘It’s crop insurance territory’
Prairie yields are expected to take a beating this year No hands went up when MarketsFarm analyst Bruce Burnett asked farmers if their yields will be as good as last year. One grower said his would be one-quarter of what they were a year ago. “I drove through some of those areas,” Burnett said during […] Read more
U.S. ethanol sector feels under siege
Industry points the finger mainly at government’s focus on electric vehicles, but blending regulations are also criticized The product that sparked the first big global grain rally of the 21st century is under attack in the United States, according to an industry official. Various U.S. federal government regulations are promoting electric vehicles and other low-carbon […] Read more
Russia sends first pea shipment to China by boat
Exports had previously moved by rail and truck since the two countries signed a phytosanitary agreement last year China has cleared the first ocean vessel of Russian peas, according to a trader of the crop. A ship loaded with 55,000 tonnes of peas that sailed from the Port of Novorossiysk has passed inspection by China’s […] Read more
