Crop Management
Amid market turmoil caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the world’s biggest wheat producer just announced it may be harvesting its worst crop in history. Tang Renjian, China’s minister of agriculture and rural affairs, recently told reporters that heavy rainfall and flooding in fall 2021 delayed the seeding of about one-third of the country’s winter […] Read more
Crop Management
Rallies pause as markets digest Russia supply shock
LONDON, March 9 (Reuters) – Commodity prices eased on Wednesday after rallies to multi-year highs as markets digested supply disruption from Russia and Ukraine, major producers of energy, metals and crops. Prices of commodities such as oil, wheat and grains have rocketed since Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, with sanctions causing many shippers to […] Read more
Durum supply may be larger than estimates
A grain industry analyst thinks Agriculture Canada has underestimated Canada’s durum supply. Cliff Jamieson, Canadian grains analyst with DTN, wrote an article recently suggesting that the supply and demand numbers don’t add up. Agriculture Canada forecasts 2.35 million tonnes of exports for the 2021-22 crop. Jamieson noted that current licensed exports plus stocks in commercial […] Read more
War introduces pea market uncertainties
The world’s second largest pea producer is waging a war that could damage its ability to export the product. Russia is forecast to produce 2.63 million tonnes of the pulse crop in 2022, second only to Canada’s 3.49 million tonnes, according to Stat Publishing. That would be a big rebound for both countries after harvesting […] Read more
China’s soybean imports in Jan-Feb beat market expectations
BEIJING, March 7 (Reuters) – China’s soybean imports in the first two months of 2022 rose from the previous year, customs data showed on Monday, beating market expectations. China, the world’s top importer of soybeans, brought in 13.94 million tonnes of the oilseed in the Jan-Feb period, up 4.1 percent from 13.41 million tonnes in […] Read more
Russia’s proposed ban adds fuel to fertilizer price fire
Russia’s trade and industry ministry has recommended that the country’s fertilizer producers temporarily halt exports. That will have big ramifications for all major fertilizers, says an industry analyst. “It takes a world that was already rather tightly supplied and low on inventories and it just makes it that much worse,” said Josh Linville, fertilizer analyst […] Read more
Fate of Ukrainian wheat crop remains uncertain
Ukraine’s Maritime Administration has announced that the country’s ports will remain closed until the Russian invasion is over, putting a halt to old crop exports. That is stranding an estimated five million tonnes of old crop wheat that was destined for export, according to AHDB Cereals and Oilseeds. But what about looking further down the […] Read more
Wheat set to soar as war erupts
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine could drive up global wheat prices from 30 to 100 percent, according to a Rabobank analysis. War is likely to at least temporarily halt Ukraine’s wheat, barley and corn exports, which could cause a 30 percent hike in wheat prices and a 20 percent increase in corn, according to an analysis […] Read more
Taking ground data from the sky
Wyvern spends time working on understanding what prairie crop plants are saying through hyperspectral readable emissions
A Canadian start-up is developing satellites that use high-resolution hyperspectral imagery to monitor and improve broad-acre crop production. Chris Robson is the chief executive officer of Edmonton-based Wyvern, and he said the optics the company plans to launch on the satellite next year will enable a different kind of image analysis that opens new possibilities […] Read more
CO2 test answers soil health questions
Cutting soil test wait time from four days to one day delivers results when prairie farmers need them most
As the farming community discusses crop performance, microbes, water quality, climate change, sustainability and other soil health issues, the question arises, “which soil test is most useful to the grower?” Numerous indicators have been employed in ranking soil health by measuring carbon dioxide flush. CO2 flush is a key indicator of how well balanced a […] Read more
