Farmers in a small area of Saskatchewan and most of Manitoba should prepare for another soggy start to seeding, say forecasters. “What I see is major flood risk across southern parts of Manitoba and extreme southeast Saskatchewan during April and early May,” said Brett Anderson, Canadian weather expert with AccuWeather. Above-normal winter snowfall, unusually high […] Read more
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Crop futures fall Thur. on big South American harvests
Crop traders’ attention returned to large South American crops on Thursday and they bid down futures prices. Canola held on better than most other crops with May slipping only $4.50 or 0.56 percent to $528.40 per tonne. New crop November fell 4.20 or 0.87 percent to $508.70. CLICK HERE TO WATCH OUR WEEKLY CROP MARKET […] Read more
Flood risk looms for Fraser Valley farming: study
SUMMERLAND, B.C. — A new study raises alarms about potential high agricultural damages should peak water flows on the Fraser River increase as some climate change models predict. A report published by the Fraser Valley Regional District and British Columbia Agriculture and Food Climate Change Initiative calculated flood losses for three scenarios: a flood similar […] Read more
Prairie farmers receive mixed signals on boron use
A U.S. agronomist says prairie soil likely needs more boron, but Canadian research tells a different story
Listening to Neal Kinsey is fantastic. Kinsey, a soil fertility expert, speaks passionately about soil, agronomy and nutrients, but as a bonus he has a unique accent. He’s from southern Missouri and his accent is a combination of U.S. South and the Midwest. His pronunciation of “eye” sounds a lot like “ahhh,” and copper sounds […] Read more
Saskatchewan crop insurance premiums to rise 8.5 percent
Crop insurance premiums in Saskatchewan will rise on average by 8.5 percent in 2017. Saskatchewan agriculture minister Lyle Stewart announced the rate increase Feb 23, along with officials from the Saskatchewan Crop Insurance Corp. The increase will translate into average crop insurance premiums of $8.51 per acre in 2017, up from $7.84 in 2016. Actual […] Read more
Next policy framework funding amount still not determined
OTTAWA — As Ottawa and the provinces move toward a new agricultural policy framework, the question of how much money the five-year deal will contain looms large. Conservative agriculture critic David Anderson noted that three pillars were added after the ministerial meeting in Calgary last July, but there has been no indication of whether any […] Read more
Canadian export officials miffed over CETA import regulations
Canada’s free trade accord with the European Union has failed to remove many of the barriers to shipping red meat to Europe. “We do not have what we would call commercially viable access to the European market,” said Ron Davidson, head of international trade for the Canadian Meat Council. “There were a lot of barriers […] Read more
With new crops come new weeds, warns U.S. scientist
Andrew Kniss has created a map that jumps off the page. Kniss, a University of Wyoming weed scientist, tweeted out a map this winter that shows the states with palmer amaranth. The weed has destroyed the livelihoods of farmers in Arkansas and is gaining a foothold in the U.S. Midwest. The map shows that palmer […] Read more
Trump could hurt ag sector: NCBA
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Agriculture could suffer harmful repercussions if long-standing free trade agreements are dismantled, said a trade expert with the U.S.-based National Cattlemen’s Beef Association. U.S. President Donald Trump has served notice he wants the North American Free Trade Agreement renegotiated. He sees Mexico as the primary target from which to gain what he […] Read more
Unseasonably warm weather gets water flowing early
Water flowing in a ditch is about as common on the Prairies as, well, ditches and water. But water flowing in a ditch in southern Manitoba in the third week of February is a long way from common. Open water was hard to miss Feb. 2 along the Trans-Canada Highway between Winnipeg and Brandon because […] Read more
