An industry group that has been advising Ottawa on issues related to grain transportation since 2011 will remain in place for now. Federal agriculture minister Lawrence MacAulay announced May 16 that the Crop Logistics Working Group (CLWG) would be re-established for a fourth mandate. The CLWG consists of representatives from across the grain industry. It […] Read more
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Wheat groups grapple with cross border sales issue
A pair of prairie wheat organizations are offering up different views on how the Canadian grain handling system should treat American-grown wheat that is trucked across the international border and delivered to western Canadian elevators. The Saskatchewan Wheat Development Commission (Sask Wheat) urged Ottawa this week to launch public consultations before making any changes to […] Read more
Seeding close to wrapping up in Manitoba
WINNIPEG, June 5 (CNS) – Seeding operations in Manitoba are roughly 95 percent complete, according to the latest provincial crop report. Annual crops are developing and growing well with the warmer weather conditions, the report said. Herbicide applications are underway but the windy weather is making things difficult. Strong southerly winds were reported during the […] Read more
U.S. ag secretary hopes to ‘modernize’ NAFTA, not break it
TORONTO, Ont. — If Canada wanted a friend inside the Donald Trump administration, one who has deep Canadian friendships and a desire to boost U.S.-Canada trade, they appear to have gotten lucky in Sonny Perdue. The U.S. Secretary of Agriculture was warmly received when he appeared at the Southeastern United States-Canadian Provinces Alliance conference June […] Read more
Dryness delays crop
Satellite maps show that vegetative growth is behind normal at this time of year for much of Saskatchewan, Manitoba and pockets of Alberta, but it is too soon to worry, say the experts. Maps from Statistics Canada’s Crop Condition Assessment Program are for the period June 5-11, and while the knee-jerk reaction is to conclude […] Read more
July canola falls 3.2 pct on week, wheat rises
Canola halted its long fall on Friday, closing a little higher on bargain buying but still posting a loss for the week. Minneapolis spring wheat rallied again on concerns about dry weather in the U.S. northern plains and in the southern Canadian Prairies. July MGEX wheat rose 2.6 percent on the week. July canola closed […] Read more
Alberta on watch for wheat virus
Southern Alberta farmers growing cereals, winter wheat in particular, are advised to watch for wheat streak mosaic virus in their crops. The leaf curl mites that carry the virus can be blown on the wind and in some cases can survive over winter if it has a green bridge. Mike Harding, plant pathologist with Alberta […] Read more
Warm dry week may stress spring wheat
CHICAGO, June 2 (Reuters) – Warm and dry weather is expected to persist in the northern U.S. Plains spring wheat belt and the Canadian Prairies through next week, potentially stressing developing wheat, and other crops, agricultural meteorologists said. “It’s dry for the next 10 days, for the most part,” David Streit, a meteorologist with the […] Read more
PEDv strikes Manitoba hog barns
Porcine epidemic diarrhea virus has infected 10 southeastern Manitoba hog operations since April 29 and producers of the estimated 45 other operations within five kilometres of those barns are on high alert. Dr. Glen Duizer of the Manitoba chief veterinary office, said June 2 that six infected farms, two of them farrow operations and four […] Read more
Visible Canadian canola stocks tightest in nearly three years, exports slow
Winnipeg, June 2 (CNS Canada) – Canola supplies in commercial hands in Canada dropped to their tightest level in nearly three years, according to the latest data from the Canadian Grain Commission for the week ended May 28. Visible canola supplies, at 702,700, are down from the already tight level of 830,200 tonnes posted the […] Read more
