NEW DELHI/MUMBAI, Oct 23 (Reuters) – India looks set for bumper harvests of winter crops such as wheat, chickpeas and rapeseed in the wake of a strong monsoon that has left the soil moist and topped up reservoirs. The potential big crops could have implications for Canadian pulse exporters. The crops will follow bountiful summer […] Read more
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India set for bumper winter crops in wake of monsoon rains
Wheat near 4-month high on global crop issues
CHICAGO, Oct 23 (Reuters) – Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures rebounded to near a four-month high on Wednesday on concerns about the fate of crops in several key regions, including the Black Sea, Australia and Argentina. European wheat futures hit a 4-1/2 month high, also boosted by concerns about crop damage in rival exporters […] Read more
Soil samples remain important tool for prairie farmers
This is the time of year when we start to hear of new hybrids or varieties that yield one or two percent more or a new seed treatment that will control most of the worst seedling diseases. These new technologies are exciting, but farmers may be overlooking a tool that can measure available nutrients in […] Read more
Straight cutting canola appears to offer advantage but jury still out
Is there a yield advantage to straight cutting canola? It all depends on timing, says Thorsten Stanze, who farms near Rosenort, Man. Straight cutting boosted yields by four to five bushels per acre on Stanze’s farm southwest of Winnipeg. His straight cut canola yielded 68 bushels per acre and his swathed canola generated 63 to […] Read more
Metering disc helps corn planter seed canola
Reduced static | Great Plains device uses pressurized air for improved spacing
Implement companies have been struggling to keep up with the recent trend of seeding canola with a corn planter. Great Plains has a unique way of dealing with the challenge. The company recently introduced a new metering disc, brushes and seed tube designed specifically to turn its corn planter into an accurate canola planter, according […] Read moreSafe storage guidelines
As the temperature and moisture of grains and oilseeds rise so does the risk of spoilage. Developed by Agriculture Canada’s Cereal Research Centre in Winnipeg, these charts assist producers in safely storing their crops. Producers should know the temperature and moisture content of their commodities as they are stored. If that co-ordinated point falls inside […] Read more
Quonset insulation fills tricky gaps
System protects | It is a combination of products and a strategy to provide airflow that keeps condensation from forming
MOOSE JAW, Sask. — Quonsets once used to store farm equipment don’t measure up on many of today’s farms. Equipment has simply become too large to fit through the doors of the older, corrugated steel half-circle buildings. However, this doesn’t mean the buildings are past their useful lives. A Moose Jaw company has a way […] Read moreCargill to close Lockney, Texas, cattle feedlot in summer 2014
CHICAGO (Reuters) — U.S. agribusiness conglomerate Cargill Inc. said it will close its Lockney, Texas, feedlot next summer due to shrinking supplies of cattle and high feed costs. The pending closure comes months after the company shut one of its Texas beef packing plants also because of fewer cattle. “Due to the drought-depleted beef cattle […] Read more
Sask crop report
Just three percent of the Saskatchewan crop was still to be harvested as of Oct. 14, according to the weekly crop report. Southwest and west-central regions were 99 percent complete, while northeast and northwest were 98 percent done. In the southeast and east-central areas, rainfall of up to 47 millimetres delayed combining, resulting in completion […] Read more
Wet years unearth need for cultivation
Rutted fields, expanding sloughs | Pro-Till 40 able to mix heavy trash into ground at high speeds
REGINA — There was a time when “till” became a four letter word in Western Canada. In the rural southern prairies, the word kept company with other seldom-heard words such as rain, plow and cash. But now the return of rain has dug up new demand for tillage tools. For three years Paul Degelman’s company […] Read more
