Crops

Pest Patrol: Soybean cyst nematode in edible beans

Posted 4 days ago by Meghan Moran

Crops, News

VIDEO: Prairie crop tour harvest forecast

Posted on August 9, 2018 by Glacier FarmMedia Staff

Crops, Equipment

The view from the driver’s seat

Posted on August 9, 2018 by Richard Kamchen

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• Cereals, Crops, Oilseeds

  Relay cropping

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  August 2, 2018

• Crops, Guide Business

  Seamless transfers

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  August 1, 2018

• Crops, Hay

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  July 31, 2018

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  July 24, 2018

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  July 12, 2018

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  Where are investments in Canadian agricultural research headed?

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Crops, Reuters

Nutrien steers potash recovery as BHP waits in wings

By Rod Nickel, GFM Network News 19 hours ago

Winnipeg/London | Reuters — Canada’s Nutrien, the world’s biggest potash miner by capacity, has helped engineer a surprising price rebound for the fertilizer by idling capacity. Now the trick will be keeping prices from appreciating too much to ensure a major would-be competitor, BHP Billiton, stays on the sidelines. BHP has been weighing an entry […] Read more

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Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat eases on ideas of Russian exports, long liquidation

By GFM Network News 20 hours ago

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell three per cent on Monday on expectations of a pickup in Russian wheat exports in the next few months as shippers try to get ahead of potential export curbs, traders said, while soybeans clung to modest advances. Corn followed wheat lower. Chicago Board of Trade December wheat […] Read more

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Crops, Machinery

Grain elevators brace for high-volume shipping season

By GFM Network News 4 days ago

CNS Canada — Grain companies in Western Canada are bracing for another high-volume year, as questions about the system’s ability to handle that amount continue to plague the industry. Wade Sobkowich, executive director of the Western Grain Elevator Association, said despite the heat stress that has hit many crops this year, grain companies expect this […] Read more

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Crops, Weather, Winter Wheat

Manitoba winter wheat yields down

By Ashley Robinson, GFM Network News 4 days ago

CNS Canada — As the winter wheat harvest finishes up in Manitoba, initial reports are that yields are lower than in years past. “It was a disadvantage with the winter and with the weather conditions this summer it’s been pretty dry… so between the two, it’s kind of reduced yields,” said Doug Martin, chairman of […] Read more

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Canola, Crops

Neonic phase-out may limit flea beetle control tools

By Phil Franz-Warkentin, GFM Network News 4 days ago

CNS Canada — The phasing out of neonicotinoid seed treatments in Canada may cause problems for the country’s canola growers when dealing with flea beetles — but alternatives pesticides could fill the gap. Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) is proposing that two neonicotinoid pesticides, clothianidin and thiamethoxam, be phased out over the next […] Read more

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Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat tops one-week high on Russia export concerns

By GFM Network News 4 days ago

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures jumped to their highest prices in more than a week on Friday on concerns that top-exporter Russia may curb grain exports, traders said. Russia will consider restricting 2018-19 shipments once they reach 30 million tonnes, following a request from meat-producing regions, according to traders who met with the […] Read more

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Crops

Pest Patrol: Soybean cyst nematode in edible beans

#PestPatrol with Mike Cowbrough, OMAFRA

By Meghan Moran 4 days ago

Have you ever had a dry bean crop that looked healthy but resulted in disappointing yields? Have you seen stunted or yellowing patches, but could not identify the cause? If so, you may want to look for soybean cyst nematode (SCN). Researchers in Ontario and the U.S. have shown that SCN is not just a […] Read more

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Crops, Weather

Pearce: Multiple modes of action an emerging reality for fungicides

By Ralph Pearce, GFM Network News 4 days ago

As growers face more challenges from weeds, diseases and insects, many researchers, agronomists, advisers and farmers have shifted thinking from “control” of pests to “managing” them. Some of this trend is attributable to single-mode-of-action products and a reliance on one or two chemistries or technologies — but the adaptability of weed, disease and insect species […] Read more

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Crops, Reuters

Corona owner pours more funds into weed producer

By GFM Network News 4 days ago

Reuters — Corona beer maker Constellation Brands will invest a further $5 billion in Canada’s top cannabis producer Canopy Growth, doubling down on one of a growing number of bets by the alcohol industry in legal pot. Constellation was among the first major alcohol producers to invest in marijuana production when it pumped about $245 […] Read more

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Crops, Machinery

P+H to double down on northwestern Manitoba grain

By GFM Network News 5 days ago

UPDATED/CORRECTED, Aug. 17 — Winnipeg grain company Parrish and Heimbecker has plans to double its grain handle out of northwestern Manitoba with a new elevator and crop input centre. The company announced Aug. 1 it will put up a new facility in the RM of Gilbert Plains, with 25,000 to 30,000 tonnes of storage capacity […] Read more

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