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Producers, particularly in hard-hit northern areas, will need to pay closer attention to disease issues this year, said agronomist Kristina Polziehn. She pointed to situations like this one — a pea field near Valleyview (pictured in late July) — that saw very high levels of aphanomyces root rot after receiving nearly two times the amount of normal moisture.

What’s on your radar for the coming year?

Three agronomists share some lessons learned from 2020

By Alexis Kienlen, Jennifer Blair January 11, 2021

Reading Time: 5 minutes It’s impossible to know what you might have learned if you had been able to go on farm tours or visit fellow producers last year. So getting crop intel heading into this year’s growing season will require tapping into your networks and asking others what’s on their radar. In that spirit, we asked three agronomists […] Read more

It’s critical to slash the amount of energy needed to produce nitrogen fertilizer — and quantum computing and artificial intelligence could do that within five years by revolutionizing the chemical process used to make N, says Teo Laino, manager of IBM Research Zurich.

Crops, News

A fertilizer revolution is on the horizon

IBM says it will produce a breakthrough within five years that will greatly lower the energy needed to make nitrogen fertilizer

By Jeff Melchior January 11, 2021

Reading Time: 5 minutes As fledgling technology goes, quantum computing sounds as science fiction as it gets. Most people have likely not even heard about it, let alone think it can be used for anything immediately useful. But if IBM fulfills a very bold promise it made in September, crop producers will see the fruits of this technology in […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

Indian government, farmers fail to break deadlock on ag market laws

By Devjyot Ghoshal, Nigam Prusty, GFM Network News January 9, 2021

New Delhi | Reuters — The Indian government and representatives of protesting farmers failed to reach an agreement on contentious new agriculture laws on Friday and said they will meet again in a week’s time. Tens of thousands of farmers have been camped on the outskirts of the capital New Delhi for over a month, […] Read more

Since nearly dying in a grain bin, Randy Froese has shared his harrowing first-hand account of grain entrapment.

Heartland, News

A routine day, a near tragedy that will never be forgotten

By Jennifer Blair January 7, 2021

Reading Time: 5 minutes Some days just stay with a person. High school graduation, your wedding day, the birth of your child. For Randy Froese, that day is Aug. 17, 2010. “That’s the day I just about did not make it home,” said the grain farmer from Winkler, Man. That morning started like any other. Froese decided it was […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Peas

Pulse weekly outlook: Yellow pea prices stronger since harvest

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm, GFM Network News January 5, 2021

MarketsFarm — Yellow pea prices on the Prairies have shown strength since harvest, as they’ve seen an appreciable change in demand from India. Darwin Hamilton of Kalshea Commodities in Winnipeg said India is always looking to increase its pulse acres. But, in the event of shortages, it’s been turning to North America for yellow peas. […] Read more

“If we do it right, agriculture is going to lead the economy in Canada.” – Roger Chevraux.

Crops

Visions of the future: Canada’s crop sector looks ahead

Four crop industry leaders share their hopeful vision for their sectors in the coming decade

By Jennifer Blair January 4, 2021

Reading Time: 7 minutes As we leave 2020 behind us, it isn’t hard to see hope on the horizon. That’s the view of four producers who sit on the boards of the province’s big crop commissions and were asked to share their vision for their sectors in the next 10 years. More pulses, please Shane Strydhorst’s vision of a […] Read more

Markets

2020 grain market review: The year that felt like a decade

By Phil Franz-Warkentin - MarketsFarm, GFM Network News December 30, 2020

MarketsFarm – The column in this space a year ago led with the line ‘the more things change, the more they stay the same.’ That line was a jumping off point for a decade-in-review piece pointing out some of the through lines of the grain markets during the previous ten years. Well, the pandemic hit […] Read more

Crops, Machinery & Shop

Court approves Morris Industries’ sale to Rite Way

Yorkton plant, not included in deal, to close

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News December 22, 2020

Seeding equipment manufacturer Morris Industries has been approved for sale to another Saskatchewan manufacturer — minus its Yorkton manufacturing plant, which is not part of the sale and is now expected to close by year’s end. Judge Shawn Smith of Court of Queen’s Bench in Saskatoon on Friday approved the sale of Morris to a […] Read more

Crops

Former KAP president promoted at CGC

KAP GM to replace Chorney as CGC's assistant chief

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News December 22, 2020

The acting chief commissioner for Canada’s grain handling regulator has formally levelled up to the chief’s role, while the GM of Manitoba’s general farm group replaces him at the second seat. Federal Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau on Monday appointed Doug Chorney — an agricultural engineer and grain and oilseed grower at East Selkirk, Man. — […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

Ban on food aid restrictions blocked at WTO

WTO says outcome 'disappointing' in difficult year

By emma-farge, GFM Network News December 21, 2020

Geneva | Reuters — World Trade Organization members were at odds on Friday over a proposal that would ban countries from restricting food aid deliveries, potentially complicating the response to a feared COVID-fuelled humanitarian catastrophe next year. The proposal was one of two related to the pandemic that failed to make headway at a three-day […] Read more

U.S. grains: Soybeans dive to biggest weekly loss in 6-1/2 years

U.S. livestock: Feeder cattle gain from falling feed prices

U.S. grains: South American supply issues wane

GFM Network News