Reading Time: 3 minutes Clubroot has made its presence known in the far northwest of Saskatchewan’s canola-growing region, with the discovery of a “heavily infested” field. SaskCanola on Monday reported the discovery of the disease in a field in crop district 9B, but didn’t give its specific location. District 9B is a group of 16 rural municipalities east of […] Read more
Clubroot ‘heavily’ infests NW Saskatchewan field
StatsCan production survey timing likely to skew results
Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — Production of Canada’s major crops is generally expected to be down on the year after an adverse growing season in many areas. However, actual production may not end up as low as the estimates set to be released by Statistics Canada on Thursday, due to the timing of the survey. The survey […] Read more
Clubroot climbs up into Peace region
Reading Time: 2 minutes One of Canada’s northernmost farming areas has picked up a case of a disease well known to canola growers further south. Alberta Canola on Wednesday announced the Peace region has reported a case of clubroot in canola, in Big Lakes County, which surrounds much of Lesser Slave Lake in the region’s southeast. The disease has […] Read more
ICE weekly outlook: Canola rangebound ahead of harvest
Reading Time: < 1 minute CNS Canada — ICE Futures Canada canola contracts moved off of chart support during the week ended Wednesday, to hit its highest levels in two weeks. However, the market remains rangebound overall, as traders wait to get a better handle on the size of this year’s crop. With harvest operations just starting, Jamie Wilton of […] Read more
ICE weekly outlook: Canola sinks below $500
Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — As canola heads towards harvest some bearish headwinds have popped up that are keeping the front-month contract below the $500 mark. “There’s been a big reversal since the (U.S. Department of Agriculture) report,” said Keith Ferley of RBC Dominion Securities in Winnipeg. USDA late last week projected the U.S. soybean crop at […] Read more
ICE Canada canola futures climb for third straight day
Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago/Reuters – ICE Canada canola futures climbed on Wednesday for a third straight session, buoyed by a lack of moisture in parts of the Canadian Prairies and spillover strength from U.S. soyoil values, traders said. November canola rose $5.50 to settle at $511.20 per tonne, and January canola ended up $5.40 at $516.50. Chicago Board […] Read more
Turn up the heat on aeration fans when drying canola
Some growers grappling with a late harvest and high-moisture crops in 2016 added supplemental heaters to their aeration fans. This grower’s experience may inspire an upgrade to aeration setups for 2017
Reading Time: 6 minutes Things were a little off with Harvest 2016 and Chad Bown was desperate. The farmer from Ranfurly, Alta., was combining 14 per cent moisture canola in late November after a month or more of snow delays. Delivery locations were full, so on-farm storage was his only option. But aeration fans blowing cool air could not […] Read more
Saskatchewan harvest starts amid heat, dryness concerns
Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada – Some producers in the south have started harvest, according to the latest Saskatchewan Agriculture crop report for the week ended July 31. Less than one per cent of fields have been combined across the province so far, but 47 per cent of fall rye, six per cent of winter wheat, two per […] Read more
Detecting spoilage before it starts
An adaptation of cancer-screening technology offers a better and safer way to check for grain bin moisture, with a bonus of theft detection
Reading Time: 5 minutes An electromagnetic imaging technique originally designed to detect breast cancer tumours is now being adapted for a totally different use — locating spoiled grain in bins. The research project at the University of Manitoba uses electromagnetic imaging (EMI) to create a 3D profile of a bin, showing pockets of moisture which can overheat and spoil. […] Read more
Canola market dips to rally, heat stress hits wheat crops
Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada – The ICE Canada canola market had a bit of a wild ride during the week ended July 28, with the November contract falling to its lowest level of the past month at one point before the brakes were hit on the drop and the market rallied $25 in three days. Fund traders […] Read more
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