Crop Management
Crop insurance coverage and premiums are both going up for the 2022 growing season, says Saskatchewan agriculture minister David Marit. The average premium rate, however, is down, he said, because of strong 2020 production. Production from 2021 won’t be a factor until next year because there is a one-year lag in premium rate calculation. Higher […] Read more
Crop Management
Greenhouse gas project focuses on farms
The federal government plans to spend $182 million to help farmers reduce greenhouse gas emissions, including $40 million for a 26-month project in Manitoba and Saskatchewan. The Manitoba Association of Watersheds (MAW) will lead the group overseeing the project, which will encourage and financially support producers who adopt rotational grazing, improve nutrient management and use […] Read more
ADM sets record for single soybean shipment from northern Brazil
SAO PAULO, Feb 22 (Reuters) – U.S. grains merchant Archer-Daniels-Midland Co (ADM.N) said on Tuesday it has carried out the largest soybean shipment in the history of the Ponta da Montanha Grain Terminal (TGPM), located in the northern Brazilian city of Barcarena, as it shipped 84,802 tonnes in a single vessel. It also represented the […] Read more
India poised for large lentil crop
Canadian lentil exports to India are expected to fall in 2022 despite the elimination of the import tariff, say analysts. Gaurav Jain, director of AgPulse Analytica, estimates that India’s total lentil imports will fall to no more than 500,000 tonnes in 2022, down from 724,540 tonnes last year. Canada accounted for 78 percent of last […] Read more
Industry disagrees over Chinese demand for feed wheat
U.S. government agencies think China will use 35 to 36 million tonnes, but traders believe it will be only 10 to 24 million
There is a sharp divide in China’s estimated feed wheat use for 2021-22. The United States Department of Agriculture is forecasting 36 million tonnes, which is in line with the U.S. Foreign Agricultural Service’s 35 million tonne estimate. But according to traders and analysts interviewed by Reuters, the volume could be far lower than that. […] Read more
Barley producers increase research spending in Sask.
Commission says it is worth it in the long run to dip into its reserves because of the importance of improved varieties for the industry
In efforts to attract more attention to barley, a producer-led commission is using its reserves to boost research spending to $2.63 million. Promoting the development of things such as improved varieties of barley is vital to making the crop more profitable for western Canadian farmers, said former vice-chair Jason Skotheim of the Saskatchewan Barley Development […] Read more
100-bushel canola possible, but nitrogen not the key
Think balance and micronutrients, management and Dennis Bulani’s six-point recipe for canola yield success
Like the Quest for the Holy Grail, canola researchers and growers continue to strive for that elusive field-scale 100-bushel yield. If you followed the Canola 100, you know they’re getting closer. In 2021, Canola 100 again documented a handful of 100-bu. plots. They’ve hit that mark twice before and continue to do so now. Rack […] Read more
Ingredients for 102 bushel canola
It isn’t only luck that pushes a canola plot to 102 bushels. Nor is it only nitrogen. It is the precise nutrient ration developed over five years of research. The Canola 100 project exceeded 100-bu. canola in 2020 for the third time. Although the nutrient package has been slightly different each time, it’s becoming clear […] Read more
Score 10 in these six areas on the way to 100 bushel canola
Independent plant scientist Dennis Bulani has spent his career pursuing the agronomy of high-yielding crops. He concludes that any one of six critical factors can limit the high yields he’s targeting. Bulani says the six basic factors of agronomy can each be rated on a scale of one to 10. One is a failing score. […] Read more
Laser weeding offered as tractor attachment
Meeting the power needs of a laser tool seemed to be a good fit for tractors as a platform for the robotic tool
Weed-blasting lasers are now more accessible to farmers with the launch of Carbon Robotics’ three-point hitch-based system. “We are focusing on getting more throughput performance for our laser weed solution. The robots were very successful. They did everything we wanted them to do, and we took the time to really double down and focus on […] Read more
