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ICE weekly outlook: Rising canola market watches harvest

By Phil Franz-Warkentin, GFM Network News September 3, 2020

MarketsFarm — ICE Futures canola contracts remained pointed higher during the week ended Wednesday, hitting some of their best levels in two years. However, its upside may be limited as harvest picks up over the next month. “Canola could go a little higher, but we’re probably pushing upper ranges for now until we have more […] Read more

Crops, News

High fire risk means burning unharvested crops should be a ‘last resort’

Extension specialist says cereal crops may have more value than expected, and a ‘normal’ spring looks likely

By Jennifer Blair March 29, 2017

For Clair Langlois, burning unharvested cereal crops this spring should be “a last resort.” “It is quick, but it’s very risky,” said the provincial cereal extension specialist. “With Slave Lake followed by Fort McMurray, a lot of these municipalities are not tickled pink about burning. “So you’ve got to have a Plan B ready to […] Read more

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The long harvest of 2016, no thanks to the weather

Alberta crop conditions as of November 29 (Final report of 2016)

By Alberta Agriculture and Forestry December 2, 2016

The harvest season for 2016 was one of the longest ones on record. Some producers began harvest operations in the first week of August and were unable to complete it until the end of November, due to cool wet weather that delayed harvest progress. As of November 29, Alberta producers combined 90 per cent of […] Read more

Crops, News

Limit your exposure to dust and moulds during harvest

By Alberta Agriculture and Forestry August 12, 2016

Take into consideration moulds and dust when doing your safety planning for harvest. Threshing and grain moving leads airborne dust and moulds. Breathing in these elements can affect workers’ health and comfort, and, for someone with allergies, it can be life threatening. To limit exposure have the correct and clean air filter in place when […] Read more

The Banack clan poses with the new hired hand. From left, Allen Kennedy, Terry and Humphrey Banack, Rick Mercer, Nick Banack, Emily and Ken Jackson, with nephews Tim and Daniel Banack at the rear. Photos:

Crops, News

Don’t let this comedian drive your combine

Rick Mercer rolls into Round Hill at harvest time

By Alexis Kienlen November 7, 2014

Most farmers just go about their harvest days combining by themselves, alone in the cab. But that goes out the window when CBC TV star Rick Mercer shows up. “They had about three or four cameras all over the combine, and a drone with a camera on it taking pictures,” said Round Hill producer Humphrey […] Read more

Prairie cash wheat: Choppy U.S. futures lead to mixed bids

No BRM breakthrough reached at ministers’ meeting

U.S. grains: Soybeans firm as South American crops struggle

GFM Network News

Prairie cash wheat: Choppy U.S. futures lead to mixed bids

No BRM breakthrough reached at ministers’ meeting

U.S. grains: Soybeans firm as South American crops struggle

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ICE weekly outlook: Rising canola market watches harvest

High fire risk means burning unharvested crops should be a ‘last resort’

The long harvest of 2016, no thanks to the weather

Limit your exposure to dust and moulds during harvest

Don’t let this comedian drive your combine

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Free trade with the UK, ag investors want to know about ESG, canola inches close to $600 per T

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