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Saskatchewan pushes crop insurance deadline to mid-April

'Logistical challenges' led to extension

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Saskatchewan farmers will get an extra couple of weeks to apply for, cancel, reinstate or change their crop insurance contracts for 2022, due to holdups in the delivery of their application packages. That deadline, originally March 31, has now been extended to April 14, provincial Ag Minister David Marit and his federal counterpart Marie-Claude Bibeau […] Read more
Drought conditions in Canada at Feb. 28, 2022. (Map courtesy Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada)
Crops

Most of Prairies still very dry, but recovery possible

Southern Manitoba considered out of drought

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MarketsFarm — Despite the Prairies receiving above-normal amounts of precipitation during February, the great majority of the region remained highly vulnerable to more dryness going into spring, according to the Canadian Drought Monitor. The monitor’s latest report showed those areas of the Prairies tackling extreme drought to have retracted somewhat. As of Feb. 28, that […] Read more
File photo of a Saskatchewan grid road in winter. (Daxus/iStock/Getty Images)

Environment Canada calls for colder-than-normal Prairie spring

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MarketsFarm — Colder-than-normal temperatures are in the long-range forecast across most of the Canadian Prairies, according to the latest long-range outlook from Environment Canada. The latest seasonal forecast from the government agency, released Monday, calls for a 40-50 per cent chance of below-normal temperatures from March through May for most of the three Prairie provinces, […] Read more
File photo of growing corn plants. (Peggy Greb photo courtesy ARS/USDA)
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Bayer rolling out short corn variety tolerant of weather extremes

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Reuters — Global farm chemicals and seeds maker Bayer will launch a corn variety in the United States next year that it says will better tolerate heavy winds associated with climate change, estimating future sales in North America as high as one billion euros. The corn, which grows one-third shorter than current varieties, will be […] Read more
Accumulated precipitation in Western Canada from Nov. 1 to Feb. 15. (AAFC)

Expect Prairie temperatures below normal until month’s end

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MarketsFarm — The Prairie weather outlook for the rest of February is likely to remain below normal, according to Scott Kehler, chief scientist for Weatherlogics in Winnipeg. “[But] not as cold as it has been for most of the winter,” he added. Much of January and February have been highlighted by temperatures well below normal. […] Read more
CBOT March 2022 soybeans (candlesticks) with Bollinger bands (20,2). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Soy, corn rise as traders watch weather

Chicago wheat futures flat

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Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures rallied on Wednesday, rising 2.3 per cent to halt a two-day fall with the market underpinned by concerns that forecast rain may be insufficient to avert further drought damage to crops in Argentina and southern Brazil. “It is the size of the crop in South America that will […] Read more
CBOT March 2022 soybeans (candlesticks) with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages (yellow, dark green and black lines). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Soybeans surge on weather concerns

CBOT wheat rises after slide

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago soybean futures surged on Friday, reaching highs not seen since last summer, as the market anticipated drought losses in South America that could curb global export supplies. Wheat rose after a two-day slide, attracting bargain-buying and traders hunting for short-covering, as investors closely monitor a standoff between Russia and the […] Read more
Conditions in Eastern Ontario were ideal for aphid infestations last year. Effective control was achieved after tank-mixing insecticide with herbicide and fungicide.
Crops

Agronomy lessons learned in 2021

Production specialists discuss hail and frost, impact of a light winter, and other challenges

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Last year brought many surprises, including a few agronomic ones.  Agronomists and presenters Patrick O’Neill, Carrie Davenport and Hanna Petrovsky recently shared some of the challenges, wins and lessons observed during a year of extremes during the virtual Ontario Agricultural Conference.  The 2021 growing season started early for O’Neill, his colleagues and farmers in the […] Read more
As climatic changes manifest themselves, an Ontario meteorologist says it’s important to understand weather terms and what effect they could have on growing conditions.
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Know your weather terminology

Understanding what different terms mean can help prevent loss

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Polar vortex, snowmageddon, thunder snow. Such terms likely conjure scenes of wild and chilly weather but what do they actually mean? Knowing the parameters used to determine the names of these and other systems might, quite literally, help farm businesses weather storms with fewer hardships.  Why it matters: Understanding weather system terms can allow for […] Read more
CBOT March 2022 soybeans (candlesticks) with Bollinger bands (20,2). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Soy eases on outlook for rain on South American crops

Corn inches higher; CBOT wheat touches one-week low

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures slumped on Friday to their lowest price in more than a week under continued pressure from forecasts for rain in dry South American growing areas, analysts said. Soybean futures have retreated about three per cent since reaching July highs a week ago on concerns about […] Read more

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