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Crops

Boosting soil health with cover-crop combination of soybean and rye

Brigden farm sees benefits to planting winter cover into standing crop of beans

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A Brigden-area farmer’s field-to-field comparison during this year’s dry conditions for soybean planting supports the long-term benefit of no-till and cover crop strategies. Aubrey Lang spoke about his family’s soybean-soybean-soybean-wheat rotation, with a rye cover crop almost yearly, during a grower open house hosted by Petrolia-based Field Farms Marketing on June 22. Lang’s late grandfather […] Read more
The Verkhovna Rada building, home to Ukraine’s parliament, in Kiev. (Cia.gov)
Livestock

Ukraine lifts barriers to exports of some farm goods

Export licenses were in place to maintain domestic supplies

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Kyiv | Reuters — Ukraine has removed barriers to the export of some agricultural commodities, imposed last year to prevent food shortages, in a bid to boost foreign currency income, its government said on Tuesday. The country introduced export licences in 2022 to protect food supplies after agricultural production was hit by Russia’s invasion. While […] Read more
Fall rye flowering in south-central Manitoba. (Allan Dawson photo)
Crops

Rye in strong position going into 2022

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MarketsFarm — Last summer’s drought sharply reduced yields of many crops across the Prairies, leaving multiple supply challenges and rising prices in the aftermath. Western Canadian rye, however, was largely left unscathed, which may bode well for the crop heading into 2022. Rye production came in at 473,000 tonnes for 2021-22, according to Statistics Canada […] Read more
Canopeo images of establishment of spring barley and fall rye for the P.E.I. cover crop trials showing establishment rates depending on the plant dates and seed rates. All images were captured Nov. 17.
Crops

Fall and full-season cover crops show promise in potato trials

Some varieties have shown yield increases and erosion control

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Cover crop trials in Prince Edward Island potato fields are yielding promising results. Over the last two years, Ryan Barrett, research and agronomy specialist, Prince Edward Island Potato Board, has run fall-seeded and full-season cover crop trials to assess if there are an overall soil and potato harvest benefit. Why it matters: An estimated 80 […] Read more
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Crops, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: Demand keeps Canadian barley well supported

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MarketsFarm — Solid demand continues to keep feed barley bids in Western Canada well supported, as end-users work to secure supplies in anticipation of tightening stocks going forward. “Competition for barley is coming from every which direction: grain companies exporting barley, feedlots trying to cover barley, and grain companies trying to cover feedlots,” said Jim […] Read more
(File photo by Lorraine Stevenson)
Crops

Producer deliveries spike in June

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MarketsFarm — Grain deliveries in Canada increased 48.5 per cent from May to June, according to Statistics Canada in a report released today. The report, Producer Deliveries of Major Grains, showed more than 5.16 million tonnes of all grains were delivered by producers in June, compared to the approximately 3.54 million tonnes in May. It’s […] Read more
Radish-based cover crops are becoming less common as farmers look to fix more nitrogen with legumes.
Crops

Deciding which cover crops to use

There’s more known now about what cover crops work in what soils and for what end uses

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Planting cover crops following winter wheat harvest is not a new concept for Ontario producers. The ability of cover crops to add organic matter to soil, sequester weeds and reduce erosion is greatly beneficial but one cover crop won’t work for all producers and their needs. “It’s going to depend on the grower, their situation, […] Read more
Fall rye flowering in south-central Manitoba. (Allan Dawson photo)
Crops, Markets

Rye production likely won’t increase in 2020

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MarketsFarm — Strong prices served as an incentive for farmers to plant more rye in 2019, but one grower believes there won’t be as much production in 2020 due to the wet fall. “Winter cereals got seeded, but not the acres guys were planning,” said Brad White, a Saskatchewan farmer and a director with Winter […] Read more
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Crops, Markets

StatsCan canola stocks numbers point to big carryout

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As two analysts looked at Statistics Canada’s latest report on total stocks of principal field crops, they immediately zeroed in on canola. Statistics Canada’s report, released Tuesday, shows canola stocks as of Dec. 31, 2018 were at 14.553 million tonnes, up 4.9 per cent from year-earlier levels, “The numbers are sort of in line with […] Read more
Fall rye flowering near Deerwood, Man. on June 7, 2018. (Allan Dawson photo)
Crops, Markets

Quebec rye production on the rise

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CNS Canada — Rye production was up in Quebec in 2018, one reason being producers supplying hybrid rye for feed to the province’s hog industry. “Feed was coming from out west, but now we’re starting to produce the seed itself here,” said Andre Lussier, who farms near St. Hyacinthe, Que. and is a director with […] Read more

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