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Pulse weekly outlook: Manitoba bean yields unlikely to top 2017’s

By Dave Sims September 18, 2018

Reading Time: < 1 minute CNS Canada — A lack of rain at key times during the summer of 2018 has left Manitoba’s edible bean crop unlikely to match last year’s yields. Last year’s yield was about 2,000 lbs./acre on average, but according to provincial pulse specialist Dennis Lange, that won’t be the case this year. “I think for this […] Read more

Crops, Weather

Prairie harvest window possible next week

By Phil Franz-Warkentin September 13, 2018

Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — Cold and wet conditions on the Prairies are expected to clear up over the next week, allowing a window of opportunity for harvest, though the size of that window remains to be seen. “Western and northern parts of Alberta have some serious issues,” said Drew Lerner of World Weather Inc. in Kansas […] Read more

A double rainbow over a Manitoba soybean field. (ImagineGolf/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops, Markets, Soybeans

Smaller Manitoba soybean crop expected

By Phil Franz-Warkentin September 11, 2018

Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — Like most crops grown this year, Manitoba’s soybean yields were also highly variable in 2018. While early reports point to smaller production overall, lower-than-average yields won’t translate to higher prices, given prospects for a large U.S. crop. Manitoba soybean yields are “anywhere from 20 to 50” bushels per acre, said Mark Jorgenson […] Read more

Crops, Pulses

Ontario bean production seen well above StatsCan estimate

By Terry Fries September 6, 2018

Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — Ontario bean growers are voicing skepticism of Statistics Canada’s Aug. 31 bean production estimates. Estimates by the Ontario Bean Growers organization suggest farmers are poised to harvest about 101,495 tonnes this year — 28.5 per cent above the Statistics Canada number of 79,000 tonnes. OBG chair Jim Gowland said his organization reaches […] Read more

Speckled pods are a sign of light or moderate frost damage. (Canola Council of Canada photo)

Crops, Weather

First widespread frost lands on Prairies

By Terry Fries September 5, 2018

Reading Time: 3 minutes CNS Canada — Farmers in Saskatchewan and Manitoba are waiting nervously for damage reports from Tuesday night’s frost. In Manitoba, fields between Riding Mountain National Park and Duck Mountain Provincial Park were hit with sustained frosts. “There are a few areas where they had a long duration of a light frost and that’s as bad […] Read more

Chickpeas. (CalypsoArt/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops, Pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: Chickpeas buck pulse trend

By Terry Fries September 4, 2018

Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — Saskatchewan farmers are expected to turn in a smaller pulse harvest this fall, although chickpea production is bucking the overall downward trend. Chickpeas are the only Saskatchewan pulse crop to post a production increase, in Statistics Canada’s latest estimate of 2018 production. The estimates show Saskatchewan growers are expected to harvest about […] Read more

Crops, Soybeans, Weather

Manitoba soy growers likely face light yields

By Terry Fries August 23, 2018

Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — Manitoba soybeans will be ready for harvest well ahead of normal, provincial pulse crop specialist Dennis Lange said, fresh from fields where he was conducting maturity ratings. He said he was out around Morris on Tuesday and some soybean varieties there are already nearing full maturity. Throughout Manitoba, farmers could be taking […] Read more

Crops, Pulses, Weather

Pulse weekly outlook: Manitoba bean quality looks good

By Terry Fries August 21, 2018

Reading Time: < 1 minute CNS Canada — The quality of Manitoba’s edible bean crop appears decent, but yields will remain a mystery for a week or two. Dennis Lange, pulse specialist for Manitoba Agriculture at Altona, Man., said most edible beans are maturing about two weeks ahead of normal, but yield estimates will have to wait for more harvest […] Read more

Emerging winter wheat plants. (File photo by Laura Rance)

Crops, Weather, Winter Wheat

Manitoba winter wheat yields down

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm August 17, 2018

Reading Time: 2 minutes 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

Barley south of Ethelton, Sask. on Aug. 3, 2017. (Dave Bedard photo)

Barley, Corn, Crops, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: Shortages expected for Prairie barley

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm August 16, 2018

Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — Sales have slowed for feed grain buyers in Western Canada, as concerns continue to mount about feed shortages. “The confidence from the farmer is not (there anymore). He just wants to see some crop come into his bin. So we’ve definitely slowed in our buying,” said Brandon Motz, sales manager at CorNine […] Read more

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