The U.S. winter wheat crop is off to a good start. “For the first time in three years there’s a little bit of optimism,” said Kansas Wheat chief executive officer Justin Gilpin. Crop condition ratings show that 47 percent of the U.S. crop was in good to excellent condition as of Nov. 12, compared to […] Read more
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Early harvest? Consider growing winter cereals
The ideal time to seed winter cereals in the Prairies is between the end of August and the middle of September
An early start to harvest in some parts of the Prairies has advantages. It gives farmers more choice of fields to plant winter cereals and more time to do it. “Usually (time) that’s the biggest thing,” Alex Griffiths, Ducks Unlimited Canada’s Manitoba agronomist said in an interview Aug. 25. “You’re busy harvesting and don’t want […] Read more
Tool developed to help build cold tolerant crops
Over the past 150 years, plant breeders have kept meticulous records of successes and failures. But with millions of data points over that length of time, it’s been a gargantuan task to optimize the information and increase the number of commercially viable fall-seeded crops.
Wheat market’s reaction to U.S. rain baffles grain sector
Industry officials are flummoxed by recent wheat market behaviour. Hard Red Winter Wheat (HRWW) July futures tumbled 16 percent between April 18 and May 2. The freefall was due in part to a two-day rain during the last week of April that delivered up to 100 millimetres of moisture to parts of the southern U.S. […] Read more
U.S. Plains farmers brace for historically poor winter wheat harvest
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Production prospects for the U.S. winter wheat crop are the worst in recent memory in core areas of the Great Plains following a three-year drought, farmers and crop experts said. “I don’t know how to put it into words how bad it is,” said farmer Gary Millershaski in southwest Kansas, among the […] Read more
Wheat market reacts to rain in U.S. Plains
Industry officials are flummoxed by recent wheat market behaviour. Hard Red Winter Wheat (HRWW) July futures tumbled 16 percent between April 18 and May 2. The freefall was due in part to a two-day rain during the last week of April that delivered up to 100 millimetres of moisture to parts of the U.S. Southern […] Read more
Winter camelina could fill prairie rotation gap
An Agriculture Canada researcher has found a variety from the United States that can tolerate cold winters
Winter wheat acres are in a free fall. In 2015, prairie growers seeded about 680,000 acres of winter wheat. Since then, acres have consistently dropped, hitting 335,000 acres in 2018, based on Statistics Canada data. Much of the decline can be blamed on poor conditions in late summer and early autumn. Soils were perhaps too […] Read more
Winter cereal producers in holding pattern as clouds loom
Dry conditions in southern areas of Saskatchewan and Alberta are limiting winter cereal seeding so far, as farmers wait for rain. But that’s not the best strategy, according to Cordon Geisam, southern Saskatchewan/southeastern Alberta territorial manager for FP Genetics, a Regina-based seed company that deals in fall rye hybrids. Geisam said farmers who wait for […] Read more
Dryness challenges winter wheat seeding
The arrival of August means harvest will soon be underway for growers across the West. For winter wheat producers, it also means that the ideal window for seeding winter cereals is just around the corner. Paul Thoroughgood, a winter wheat producer and regional agrologist with Ducks Unlimited, said juggling harvest operations with fall seeding can […] Read more
World wheat off to good start
Conditions in EU good, China improving | Analyst doubts Crimean conflict will disrupt exports
Winter wheat crops are shaping up nicely around the world despite dryness in the United States and the threat of war in Ukraine, says an industry analyst. “Globally it looks like the winter wheat crop is going to be most likely larger than last year,” said Bruce Burnett, CWB weather and crop specialist. The U.S. […] Read more
