Crop Management
BRANDON — Farmers are using sprayers for more purposes and consequently are changing tires more often. Changing tires is more than just a nuisance. There’s also a danger factor to contend with. That’s why many farmers are buying in to the idea of using an attachment to their skid steer loader to handle big tires. […] Read more
Crop Management
Cowbytes program promoted
Alberta Agriculture encourages producers to consider using CowBytes, a cattle ration balancing program that can help reduce winter feeding costs and improve nutrition. The Alberta Ag-Info Centre said that overall forage quality this year is much lower than the five-year average. CowBytes was developed for producers to design cattle feeding programs and it helps them […] Read more
Chickpea market steady, waiting for next wave of demand
Winnipeg,(MarketsFarm) – Demand for chickpeas often comes in waves, with the market currently in a lull waiting for the next swell. The last demand cycle came in early January, and the market has lacked “any kind of enthusiasm,” over the past month, according to Colin Young, of Midwest Grain in Moose Jaw, Sask. Within every […] Read more
Ag plastic collector opens Alta. office
Cleanfarms, the organization involved in collecting agricultural plastics for recycling, has opened an office in Lethbridge, its first one in Alberta. Davin Johnson, an environmental scientist with a background in the oil and gas, academic, government and agricultural sectors, will staff the new site, which is the fourth Cleanfarms location in Canada. The others are […] Read more
Pressure builds for Liberals to address blockades
Pressure on the federal government to address numerous railway blockades in Canada is growing as protesters set up more stoppage points across the country. A group of activists set up a blockade today west of Edmonton, potentially adding an additional pinch point for Canadian National Railway to ship goods and agricultural products. The demonstrators have […] Read more
Green pea bids back off highs
Winnipeg, (MarketsFarm) – Green pea prices in Western Canada have come off their highs in recent weeks, as end users back away from the market. Top-end green pea bids have lost about a dollar per bushel over the past month, according to Prairie Ag Hotwire data. “A lot of the end users are full now,” […] Read more
Pressure mounts on feds to cut carbon tax for farm use
Pressure continues to build on the federal government to remove the carbon tax on grain drying. The issue has been building on Parliament Hill and haunts federal Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau as she visits farm events across the country. “I definitely recognize that 2019 has been a very, very difficult year because of the weather, […] Read more
Western Canadian wheat: Prairie prices mostly weaker on U.S. declines
WINNIPEG,(MarketsFarm) – Wheat bids in Western Canada for the week ended Feb. 13 were steady to lower for Canadian Western Red Spring Wheat (CWRS), Canada Prairie Red Spring (CPRS) and Canadian Western Amber Durum (CWAD), as declines in United States wheat prices weighed on values. The Canadian dollar was up two-tenths of a U.S. cent […] Read more
Spring canola harvest looms
Harvesting canola in the spring can be frustrating. That means a lot of frustrated prairie canola producers will be climbing into combines in the next few months. Based on industry estimates and data from Statistics Canada, western Canadian farmers left more than two million acres of canola in the field this winter. That includes an […] Read more
Buckwheat offers advantages in right situation
Acres have fallen drastically in Manitoba, but proponents say the crop can still play a role in farmers’ rotations
Many farmers may have dismissed buckwheat as an option for their rotations. After all, in terms of yields and markets, buckwheat can’t compete with canola, soybeans and wheat. From a high of 100,000 or more acres seeded in the 1970s and 1980s in Manitoba, buckwheat fell to 6,766 acres last year. However, that’s still an […] Read more
