Cereals, Guide Business, Oats

Building an organic oat supply chain for the future

Posted 2 days ago by Nicolas Mesly

Cereals, Crops

Program aims to boost winter wheat production

Posted 4 days ago by Ralph Pearce

Crops

Keeping your stored grain cool and dry

Posted on August 14, 2019 by Jeff Melchior

Must Reads

• Crops, Machinery

  Weed control from the back of the combine

  Mechanical weed control hasn’t been widely adopted in Western Canada but it soon will be, says Trevor Thiessen of Redekop…

  August 9, 2019

• Crops, Winter Wheat

  PHOTOS: Pest Patrol: Purple deadnettle and henbit control in winter wheat

  Q: I’m seeing more henbit and/or purple deadnettle in my winter wheat crop. Should it be controlled, and how? A:…

  August 8, 2019

• Cereals, Production

  Guess who’s paying for new grain grading?

  A proposal by the Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) to add two grading factors to its list of parameters is stirring…

  August 6, 2019

• Crops, Oilseeds

  Don’t rely completely on the herbicide’s label for advice when seeding flax

  If your flax isn’t looking as healthy as it should, you might consider the usual suspects — disease, insects or…

  August 1, 2019

• Crops, News

  Avoiding chemical residues now just two clicks away

  Producers can ensure the chemical sprayed on their canola or pulses won’t leave unacceptable residues by adhering to the pre-harvest…

  July 29, 2019

• Cereals, Crops

  Wild host a thorn in the side for oat growers

  Oat growers may want to gauge the distance to the nearest woody stream bed the next time they choose a…

  July 26, 2019

Crops, Fruit/Vegetables, Reuters

New EU import curbs on fruit not Canada-specific

By Kelsey Johnson 15 hours ago

Ottawa | Reuters — New European Union rules that could block shipments of Canadian cherries and other fruits to the 28-nation grouping apply to all countries and “was not unusual,” a senior Canadian official said on Friday. The clarification from federal Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau came a day after the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) […] Read more

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Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soy, corn slide following fresh round of China tariffs

By Julie Ingwersen 1 day ago

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures hit a three-month low and soybeans neared a three-week bottom after China said it would impose additional tariffs on U.S. products including grains and soy, escalating the trade war between the world’s top two economies. On the Chicago Board of Trade, soybean futures posted the biggest declines. China […] Read more

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Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Western Canada’s cash wheat bids mixed

By Marlo Glass 1 day ago

MarketsFarm — Wheat bids in Western Canada were mixed for the week ended Thursday, with minute gains and larger losses in CWRS, CWAD and CPSR wheats in all locations. Average CWRS (Canada Western Red Spring, 13.5 per cent protein) wheat prices were up by 50 cents to down by $1 per tonne. The outlier was […] Read more

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Crops, Markets, Weather

StatsCan production report may show stronger yields

By Marlo Glass 1 day ago

MarketsFarm — A challenging growing season across the Prairies has left questions in the market ahead of Statistics Canada’s production report, due out Wednesday. “It’s hard to get a handle on canola this year because, at this stage, the farmers are going to be a bit conservative and err on the side of caution,” said […] Read more

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Crops, Markets, Reuters, Soybeans

On the front lines: Trade war sinks North Dakota soy growers

By Karl Plume 2 days ago

Colfax, N.D. | Reuters — North Dakota bet bigger on Chinese soybean demand than any other U.S. state. The industry here — on the far northwestern edge of the U.S. farm belt, close to Pacific ports — spent millions on grain storage and rail-loading infrastructure while boosting plantings by five-fold in 20 years. Now, as […] Read more

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Crops, Fruit/Vegetables, Reuters

EU set to halt imports of Canadian cherries, other fruits

By Kelsey Johnson 2 days ago

Ottawa | Reuters — The European Union will halt imports of Canadian cherries and other fresh fruits starting Sept. 1 as it enforces new import requirements related to pests, according to a Canadian government document sent to industry on Thursday. In the notice, which was seen by Reuters, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said the […] Read more

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Barley, Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat

Feed weekly outlook: Old-, new-crop barley prices converge

By Marlo Glass 2 days ago

MarketsFarm — Feed grains prices have been softening as old-crop and new-crop prices converge during harvest. Tracy Green, a grain broker with Market Master Ltd. in Edmonton, said Feedlot Alley is “well-covered” and waiting for harvest. However, buyers in central Alberta are seeing prices around $237 delivered for old-crop barley. For deliveries into Lethbridge for […] Read more

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Crops, Markets, Reuters, Weather

U.S. grains: Corn edges higher on cool weather

By Julie Ingwersen 2 days ago

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures inched higher on Thursday, stabilizing from three-month lows set a day earlier, supported by worries that cool weather could slow the maturity of the delayed U.S. crop, analysts said. Wheat rose on technical buying and better-than-expected weekly U.S. export sales. But soybean futures declined, retreating from early strength […] Read more

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Cereals, Guide Business, Oats

Building an organic oat supply chain for the future

In English, this Quebec farm’s name means to make speed upwind. No wonder

By Nicolas Mesly 2 days ago

Surrounded by her parents, sister and brother, Virginie Lepage has a strong grip on Ferme Olofée, Quebec’s biggest organic oatmeal producer and processor. How big, you ask? In other words, how big can an organic oatmeal operation be? Well, annual sales are $9 million. That should answer some questions. This clearly is a young entrepreneur […] Read more

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Canola, Crops, Markets, Reuters

Shut out of China, Canada finds canola buyers in drought-damaged Europe

By Gus Trompiz, Rod Nickel 2 days ago

Winnipeg/Paris | Reuters — Crop-scorching drought in Europe is providing Canadian canola farmers a timely new opportunity to move supplies that have piled up since China stopped buying this year. Rising European sales are taking some of the sting out of losing the Chinese market for Canadian farmers, although ICE canola futures prices are down […] Read more

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