Australian crops to surpass 10-year averages

Australian crops to surpass 10-year averages

Canola 34 per cent above 10-year average

Australian farmers are forecast to grow slightly more canola and barley this year, while wheat production may dip, according to the latest estimates from the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES).

(Photo courtesy Canada Beef Inc.)

Feed Grains Weekly: Price likely to keep stepping back

Expected to drop passed last year’s lows

As the harvest in southern Alberta presses on, a broker said that is one of the factors pulling feed prices lower in the region. Darcy Haley, vice-president of Ag Value Brokers in Lethbridge, added that lower cattle numbers in feedlots, plentiful amounts of grass for cattle to graze and a lacklustre export market also weighed on feed prices.









The carbon footprint of oats and barley grown in Saskatchewan is lower than the same crops grown elsewhere, according to new study from the Global Institute for Food Security. Photo: file

Barley, oats sustainability quantified by study

One tonne of oats produced in Saskatchewan has a carbon footprint 201 per cent lower than that produced across the country

The carbon footprint of oats and barley grown in Saskatchewan is lower than the same crops grown elsewhere, according to new study from the Global Institute for Food Security.