Winnipeg, Sept. 20 (MarketsFarm) – Alberta farmers made some harvest progress during the week ended Sept. 17, but progress remains well behind normal, according to the latest weekly report from the provincial agriculture department. While warm and windy conditions allowed for a resumption of the harvest, the progress was slow with showers limiting activity. The […] Read more
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Glencore joins grain merchants’ digital project
PARIS, (Reuters) – Glencore Agriculture Limited has joined a project launched last year by other global grain merchants to use new technologies to raise efficiency in trading operations. The initiative was announced last October by the so-called ABCD grain majors – Archer Daniels Midland, Bunge , Cargill and Louis Dreyfus Company. It was later joined by COFCO […] Read more
Canola contracts lower with canola harvest
WINNIPEG, Sept. 19 (MarketsFarm) – Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) Futures canola contracts were lower Thursday, as a trader believes the movement late in the session was due to farmers selling off of their combines. However, there has remained little to influence bids very far either way. Moreso, since buyers have been able to stand pat, given […] Read more
Farmers work against clock
Prairie farmers will be looking to make up for lost time in late September and early October as the challenges of getting this year’s crop safely into the bin begin to mount. Grain and oilseed growers across spent much of the past week drying themselves off and assessing the fallout following a widespread soaker that […] Read more
Tariffs in place or planned for nearly all goods traded by U.S. and China
(Reuters) – U.S. and Chinese trade negotiators are meeting in Washington this week to find ways to defuse a trade war that has roiled markets and triggered tit-for-tat tariffs on hundreds of billions of goods traded between the world’s largest economies. Last week, both sides offered goodwill gestures aimed at laying the groundwork for productive […] Read more
Prairie producers dodge early frost bullet
Weather forecaster now predicts later-than-normal frost, which would add bushels to an already growing crop
Western Canadian farmers are breathing a collective sigh of relief after avoiding an early fall frost this year. Drew Lerner, president of World Weather Inc., was originally forecasting a normal to early frost, which would have been devastating for this year’s late-seeded crops. “We had some bouts of soft frosts and a couple of weak […] Read more
‘Throw the book’ at turkey protesters
Animal activists who occupied a Fort Macleod, Alta., area turkey operation Sept. 2 should be charged to the full extent of the law. So said Alberta Premier Jason Kenney when asked about the case Sept. 13. “I certainly hope the police lay charges and I hope that prosecutors throw the book at these criminals, who […] Read more
Farmland value increases slow down
Farmland values across Canada are still rising but at a lower rate than recent years. Farm Credit Canada reviewed the first six months of 2019 and found a national average increase of three percent, compared to 6.6 percent for the entire year of 2018. However, FCC chief economist J.P. Gervais said he expects little change […] Read more
New clubroot pathotype found in Manitoba
The new strain, pathotype 3A, is more difficult to control than other types because it is able to overcome resistance
Clubroot is now more hazardous in Manitoba. Provincial experts have discovered a new clubroot pathotype in southern Manitoba, which is more difficult to manage than familiar types of the disease. “Pathotype 3A is able to overcome some first-generation sources of genetic resistance in commercial canola cultivars,” Manitoba Agriculture said in early September. “Traditionally rated ‘resistant’, […] Read more
Alberta corn crop behind schedule
Corn growers in Alberta are hoping for a long autumn so crops can reach full maturity and feed value. Nicole Rasmussen, agronomist with Corteva Pioneer, said Sept. 12 that it’s an issue across the province. “The general consensus is that the corn crop across most of Alberta is behind schedule. We’re probably anywhere from seven […] Read more
