SASKATOON — The future looks bright for Australia’s canola sector, according to a leading agricultural bank. Commonwealth Bank of Australia is forecasting reduced competition from its main competitor and continued strong demand from its top export market. Related stories: Canada’s exports are forecast to decline due to rising domestic crush. Canada has 14 crush facilities […] Read more
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Canada’s crush boom to benefit Aussie canola
A significant increase in domestic crush capacity is expected to lower exports and reduce competition for Australia
Researcher builds better canola with broccoli
Glacier FarmMedia – There’s little doubt that canola is a powerhouse crop. Nationwide, it covered nearly 22.1 million acres last year, more than 99 per cent of it on the Prairies. The Canola Council of Canada puts its economic contribution at nearly $30 billion a year. A University of Alberta researcher, backed by the Natural […] Read more
Wheat price outlook hinges on Russia
The market has already begun to respond as dry conditions and now frost significantly threaten production this year
SASKATOON — The 2024-25 wheat market outlook hinges on one key question. “The bottom line is, it comes back to Russia. Are they going to be able to have a big enough crop again this year to dominate world exports and hold prices down, or not?” DTN lead analyst Todd Hultman said during a recent […] Read more
Soybean convergence bodes well for prices
Brazilian prices have almost caught up with the American crop, which is unexpected but welcome news for the market
SASKATOON — Todd Hultman is closely monitoring a potentially “very bullish” situation for the soybean market. Freight on board (f.o.b.) soybean prices for July have dramatically narrowed between Brazil and the United States. Related stories: Soybean prices in Paranagua that were US$1.75 per bushel lower than those in New Orleans in February are now a […] Read more
High-risk list drops two ag chemicals
Glacier FarmMedia – A 2024 product advisory from Keep it Clean is missing two names previously featured on a list of high-risk crop protection products. Keep it Clean is a joint initiative of the Canola Council of Canada, Cereals Canada, Pulse Canada and the Prairie Oat Growers Association. The group releases an annual product advisory […] Read more
German study highlights wild pigs’ wandering nature
Research that tracked three animals highlights how far they will travel and the lengths they will go to keep moving
BRANDON — Rudiger, Dietmar and Cindy teach much about the wanderings of wild pigs. These three eastern German wild boars were tracked as one crossed back and forth between Poland and Germany, all three wandered far from where they were first spotted and tagged and all were unfazed by natural barriers that would put off lesser […] Read more
VIDEO: Shooting not the answer with wild pigs
BRANDON — Don’t shoot. That’s the plea from virtually all wild pig experts who are fighting the reasonable — but wrong — assumption among many hunters, farmers and other gunowners that shooting a wild pig helps control the growing problem. “You’re not going to shoot your way out of a pig problem,” said Aaron Sumrall, […] Read more
Ont. faces unique wild pig challenges
BRANDON — Like commandos, the gunmen arrived by airboat, slipping into the swamp while their targets slept, guided by two drones and approaching quietly to point blank range. One of targets bolted and charged past, taking a shotgun blast from less than two metres, so close that the wad from the shell was embedded in the […] Read more
It’s quadruplets – photo essay
Four calves were born April 19 to a Charolais/Simmental/Angus cow on Mark and Erin van Haastert’s ranch near Bjorkdale Sask., where they raise cattle with children James, Avalene and Vidalia. The calves were sired by a Simmental bull. The cow is eight-years-old and was born on the ranch. It has no history of multiple births. […] Read more
Federal government moves to push back possible rail strike
OTTAWA (Reuters) —The federal government is moving to push back the start of a possible strike by railway workers at Canadian National Railway and Canadian Pacific Kansas City, an official said Friday. Workers represented by the Teamsters union last week voted overwhelmingly to strike as early as May 22. Late on Thursday, federal Labour Minister […] Read more
