Crop Management
Winnipeg, Sept. 3 (MarketsFarm) – Seasonal harvest pressure may be weighing on pea and lentil bids in Western Canada, but rain delays could lead to quality premiums down the road. Large green lentils delivered to the plant are currently trading at around 20 cents per pound at the high end, with red lentils topping out […] Read more
Crop Management
Harvest weighs on Sask pulse bids, but quality a question
Farmers urged to take extra care when applying fall glyphosate
Crop specialists say farmers should be more mindful if applying pre-harvest glyphosate this fall, given many fields have uneven levels of maturity. They say producers will have to make sure all crops reach their maturity level before applying. If they apply too early, residues could end up in kernels and potentially jeopardize markets. “Consumers around […] Read more
Pulse sector mood mixes hope with gloom
Access to global markets remains restricted for many crops, but the development of a larger domestic market looms
MONTREAL — At the end of the storm there’s a golden sky, a reward, say many in the pulse and special crops industries, but it is taking longer to reach than they hoped. “We’re so close to having a domestic production side. That’s going to help us all,” said St. Paul, Alta., farmer Don Shepert, […] Read more
Soybeans receive moisture stress help
Researchers are developing genetic resistance to negative moisture stress that could help production in drier areas
August of 2018 was dry in Weyburn, Sask. Crazy dry. Data from Environment Canada shows that Weyburn recorded 1.9 millimetres of rainfall for the entire month. That sort of dry spell is extreme, but weeks without rain is a common occurrence in Saskatchewan and in most parts of the Prairies during the summer months. Such […] Read more
VIDEO: Big forage units find their own path, load own way
OMAHA, Neb. — Claas of America gave its dealers and various media a sneak peek at the company’s new line of self-propelled forage harvesters last month but Aug. 27 was the official reveal during the Farm Progress Show in Decatur, Illinois. New in the field are the Jaguar 900 series, 800 series and Terra Trac […] Read more
Finnish farmers build better rock trap
Thirty farmers and factory workers designed a picker for their own farms and are now selling it to the world
LANGHAM, Sask. — For farmers in many areas, the rock picker has become an essential implement, especially when they seed low-growing crops requiring the combine to get down dangerously close to Mother Earth. “Clearing a field of stones is a never-ending proposition. You pick them with your rock picker and dump them in a pile, […] Read more
Microsoft catches the beat of the farm
IT giant takes steps to develop technologies for use in agricultural production, bringing data together
St. Louis, Mo. — Microsoft is throwing its hat into the agriculture ring in a big way as it moves toward the commercialization of FarmBeats. “FarmBeats is a way to get a lot of data from the farm and merge all of that data with the different data that exists in the cloud to come […] Read more
IGC raises forecast for world corn production
LONDON (Reuters) – The International Grains Council (IGC) on Thursday raised its forecast for global corn production in the 2019/2020 season, mainly reflecting an improved outlook for the U.S. crop. In its monthly update, the inter-governmental body increased its global corn crop forecast by 8 million tonnes to 1.1 billion tonnes. The U.S. crop was […] Read more
Germany expects larger wheat crop despite heatwave
HAMBURG (Reuters) – Germany will produce a larger wheat harvest this year despite the impact of an early summer heatwave followed by repeated rain, the agriculture ministry said on Thursday. The country will harvest 22.71 million tonnes of its most important grain type, winter wheat, up 15.9 percent from 2018’s drought-hit crop, the ministry said […] Read more
French mayors ban glyphosate, defying government
RENNES, France, Aug 22 (Reuters) – Some 20 French mayors have banned glyphosate from their municipalities, defying the government, which is now taking legal action to impose national legislation which allows the controversial herbicide’s continued use for now. In 2017, President Emmanuel Macron had pledged to ban glyphosate in France within three years, rejecting a European Union […] Read more
