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One planter can be used for multiple crops, but success depends on farm size and soil types.
Machinery

Can your farm make do with one planter?

It is possible to grow longer rotations with one planter, but it’s a challenge

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Advances in technology and plant breeding make it possible to manage with just one planter, but it can be a challenge to maximize yields when doing so. Differences in soil types, region and row spacing from crop to crop are primary considerations. Most growers find the 7.5-inch row spacing in wheat to be the main […] Read more
Counting the stems and tillers is important and will provide a better assessment of accuracy in seeding.
Crops

Take time to assess winter wheat stands

Scouting can indicate how the crop is progressing and management steps going forward

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Mid- to late-fall on the farm is often fraught with too many jobs, but taking time to assess winter wheat stands can augment the bottom line by diagnosing issues that may have occurred at planting. According to Joanna Follings, cereals specialist with the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, anyone can learn to […] Read more
A Concord Disc Drill HD double-disc opener. (ConcordSeeding.com)
Crops, Machinery

Concord seeding equipment brand to be discontinued

Products and designs to continue, but under Vaderstad banner

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A brand of air seeding equipment dating back almost five decades in North Dakota and beyond is poised to disappear in the 2024 model year. Concord — a brand owned since 2021 by an arm of Swedish seeding, planting and tillage equipment firm Väderstad — will no longer be sold under the Concord name, the […] Read more
Corn in progress just east of Blumenort, Man. on July 20, 2022. (Dave Bedard photo)
Crops, Markets

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn could surprise in USDA’s acres report

Eyes on dry conditions in the Dakotas

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MarketsFarm — Although grains analyst Terry Reilly of Futures International said he isn’t expecting any big changes in two upcoming reports from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, he suggested there’s an opportunity for couple of notable alterations. USDA is scheduled to release its planted acreage and quarterly grain stocks reports on Friday at 11 a.m. […] Read more
Wheat in progress west of Pathlow, Sask. on Aug. 1, 2022. (Dave Bedard photo)
Crops, Markets

Canadian canola, wheat area up on the year: StatCan

More soybean, corn acres also estimated

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MarketsFarm — Canadian farmers planted more canola than earlier intentions, according to updated acreage estimates from Statistics Canada released Wednesday. Meanwhile, wheat plantings hit their highest level in more than two decades. Total canola plantings were estimated at 22.1 million acres by the government agency, which compares with the 21.6 million expected in April and […] Read more
(Dave Bedard photo)
Crops, Markets

Analysts expect little change in new StatCan numbers

Weather was 'pretty conducive to plantings'

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MarketsFarm — Dry conditions in much of the Prairies this spring may leave seeding areas relatively unchanged ahead of Statistic Canada’s (StatCan) principal field crop report, due to be released Wednesday. It will be the second survey-based acreage report for the 2023-24 marketing year, after the first one was released in April. While growing conditions […] Read more
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Crops, Markets

Repeat of record Australian wheat, canola crops unlikely

ABARES expects 2023-24 crop down on year

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MarketsFarm — After growing record-large wheat and canola crops in 2022-23, Australia is expected to see a significant drop in production in 2023-24 as developing El Nino weather patterns will likely cut rainfall through the growing season, according to the latest crop report from the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES). […] Read more
Rain needed for soybeans, other southern Manitoba crops
Crops

Rain needed for soybeans, other southern Manitoba crops

Seeded soybeans projected to be up more than 40 million acres from 2022

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MarketsFarm – When Toban Dyck started to plant his 600-plus acres of soybeans this year, the soil in the Winkler, Man. area had pretty decent moisture content. But following the combination of hot temperatures and strong winds with little rainfall in May, precipitation is now much needed.  “There’s still a little bit of moisture there. […] Read more
FIle photo of a welcome sign at North Dakota’s southern state line. (Solange_Z/E+/Getty Images)
Crops, Markets

CBOT weekly outlook: North Dakota corn growers switch to soy, sunflower

'Tough day in the markets' as Black Sea deal extended

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MarketsFarm — Faced with a late start due to wet conditions, North Dakota farmers are changing their spring planting plans. They’re switching from corn to crops such as soybeans and sunflowers, according to analyst Tom Lilja of Progressive Ag in Fargo. “Guys just started rolling here on [May 14 and 15] fairly heavy. There was […] Read more
ICE July 2023 canola with 20- and 50-day moving averages. (Barchart)
Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Canola showing independent strength

Prairie weather uncertainty supportive

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MarketsFarm — ICE Futures’ canola market saw some independent strength relative to other oilseeds during the week ended Wednesday, as speculative positioning and the need to ration tight old-crop supplies provided support. Canadian canola stocks as of March 31 were pegged at 5.95 million tonnes by Statistics Canada in a report released Tuesday. That was […] Read more

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