The recent $7.3 million in federal money to Cereals Canada is slated for international market improvements and research into the impact of environmental conditions on cereals
Federal funds announced for Cereals Canada
Cereal leaf disease minimal in Alberta but be aware of blown-in stripe rust
The province received variable precipitation this spring which had pathologists and producers expecting the arrival of members of the leaf spot complex. However, Kelly Turkington with the Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Lacombe Research and Development Centre said they may have been scorched by the July heat wave.
Conditions ripe for winter cereal wreck
Lack of snow cover, up-and-down temperatures and pooling and freezing all potential problems
Reading Time: 4 minutes Glacier FarmMedia – Minimal snow cover, frigid temperatures in mid-January and above-average temperatures after that may have set the stage for winterkill in winter crops. The risk is high enough to cause concern among crop specialists. “The eastern Prairies are in a little bit better shape than (Saskatchewan and Alberta) but there’s huge swaths that […] Read more
AFSC announce changes to low yield allowances
Reading Time: < 1 minute Agriculture Financial Services Corp. is adjusting the low yield allowance for 2023 to encourage farmers to put more poor-quality crops toward livestock feed in dry areas. For 2023, AFSC is doubling the low yield threshold to allow for additional cereal or pulse crops to be salvaged for livestock feed. For example, the barley crop threshold […] Read more
Cereal crops a big economic driver
Reading Time: < 1 minute A study conducted for Cereals Canada says wheat, barley, durum and oats pack a major economic punch. The study estimates that cereal production, and industries associated with it, collectively have an economic impact of $68.8 billion, and that more than 370,000 full-time- equivalent jobs are supported by the four crops. Wheat and barley are the […] Read more
Face herbicide-resistant wild oats head on, say producers
New video gives the view of three Prairie farmers who have been hit by resistant weeds and battled back
Reading Time: 4 minutes Don’t turn a blind eye: Admit you’ve got a problem and get on top of it right away. The issue is herbicide-resistant wild oats and that’s the advice from a trio of Prairie producers in a new video from the Resistant Wild Oat Action Committee. “It’s definitely something that it pays to get on sooner […] Read more
Crop variety reports now available
Reading Time: < 1 minute This year’s crop varietal reports are now available. The reports are designed to help producers make sound decisions when considering which silage, cereal and oilseed varieties to grow. “Varieties of cereal and oilseed crops for Alberta provide information on cereal and oilseed variety performance within Alberta and northeastern British Columbia,” said crop research technologist Alex […] Read more
Positives and negatives both loom in cereal outlook
CNS Canada — There was a mix of good and bad from two senior market analysts when it came to their outlook for cereal crops. Jonathon Driedger and Neil Townsend, both with FarmLink Marketing Solutions, gave their thoughts about the global markets for wheat, durum, feed barley and oats Wednesday at the Grain World conference […] Read more
Lightest harvest in years expected for Germany
CNS Canada — Drought and heat continue to pound Germany’s crops and analysts now expect the lightest harvest in 24 years, the association of German farm co-operatives DRV said in an Aug. 8 harvest report. The harvest for all grains is expected to decline to about 36.3 million tonnes, a 20.3 per cent fall and […] Read more
Trade sees record Canadian canola acres as possibility
CNS Canada — Canadian farmers could be set to seed record-large canola acres in 2017, while wheat area is generally expected to be down on the year when Statistics Canada releases its first survey-based acreage estimates of the year on Friday. From a purely economic standpoint, “canola is historically the commodity that pays the bills,” […] Read more
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