Crop Management
CHICAGO, March 24 (Reuters) – Canada is expected to resume shipping potatoes soon from Prince Edward Island to the mainland United States for human consumption, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) said on Thursday, after a trade spat. Canada in November halted exports of Prince Edward Island potatoes to the United States for human consumption […] Read more
Crop Management
Soy imports called tough habit to break for China
China is trying to wean itself off of its reliance on imported soybeans but that is wishful thinking, according to an analyst. The country spent US$53.6 billion on foreign soybeans in 2021, up 26 percent from the previous year, according to the Dim Sums Blog. The only commodities it spent more on were petroleum, iron […] Read more
New canola strategy focuses on innovation
Canada’s canola industry has unveiled an innovation-based strategy aimed at solidifying canola’s position as Canada’s most valuable crop and one of the world’s most important oilseeds. The canola innovation strategy, released March 10 by the Canola Council of Canada, was the result of a year-long consultation process that involved stakeholder groups throughout the canola value […] Read more
Ukrainian farmers short on spring seeding inputs
Ukraine’s farmers do not have the inputs they need to plant their spring crops, says a senior government official. Taras Dzoba, deputy minister of agrarian policy and food, said the government recently surveyed about 2,500 Ukrainian farmers representing eight million acres of farmland about how things look heading into spring planting. The results show that […] Read more
Prairie rye acres expected to be similar to last year
WINNIPEG (MarketsFarm) — Last summer’s drought reduced the yields of many crops across the Prairies, leaving multiple supply challenges and rising prices in the aftermath. However, western Canadian rye was largely left unscathed, which may bode well for the crop heading into 2022. Rye production came in at 473,000 tonnes for 2021-22, according to Statistics […] Read more
Years of detailed satellite imagery for free
An app that evaluates the risk of aphanomyces in prairie fields has been developed at the University of Saskatchewan. It recently received funding from Saskatchewan Pulse Growers. “It’s a working project but we’re quite happy with the way it works and we hope producers use it to lower their risk of aphanomyces root rot,” said […] Read more
Ultra-early seeding synchronizes crop growth
Forget about seeding dates, focus on soil temperature when planting spring wheat. Grain yield is often maximized when seeding spring wheat into soils at 2 C, and a greater reduction in grain yield was observed with wheat planted in 10 C soils compared to soils at 0, according to Agriculture Canada research. When Brian Beres […] Read more
Tech company says Russian seeding on schedule
Spring seeding operations are on track in Russia, but shaky in Ukraine. This information comes from Olga Uskova, founder and chief executive officer of Cognitive Pilot, a high-tech company in Moscow. For the 2021 harvest, autonomous Cognitive Agro Pilot systems were installed on demo combines in the United States, Russia, Brazil, Argentina, Austria, Italy, Kazakhstan […] Read more
Agricultural steel afloat on the Atlantic
North American farmers have ties to Eastern European machinery and vice versa, but war is making this challenging
Russel Douglas has a problem. Somewhere out on the Atlantic Ocean the MTZ tractor dealer has two shipping containers filled to the roof with spare parts bound for Wadena, Sask. But it’s a long way from ocean swells to dryland Wadena. Assuming the containers arrive in Canada in good shape, the next big wave to […] Read more
Lentil demand lacklustre; international factors in play
Chuck Penner thought lentil prices might be heading for the stratosphere at the start of the 2021-22 crop year. He wondered if growers might see red lentil prices of 50 or 60 cents per pound and large green lentils in the 70- to 80-cent range. But demand hasn’t been as ravenous as first anticipated. Exports […] Read more
