Insights and Stories of Brandon Logan

Jul. 31, 2013 at 1:33 pm CDT

The new-crop barley harvest is roughly two weeks away in southern Alberta, meaning old-crop prices are expected to drop sharply in the near term, says an Alberta broker.    “There still is a huge inverse of old to new crop and that’s starting to reconcile itself,” said Jim Beusekom, grain broker […]

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Jul. 24, 2013 at 5:12 pm CDT

It’s a tale of two very different edible bean crops in Ontario and Manitoba this season. While the warm July weather has been favourable for Manitoba crops, extreme moisture in mid-June has caused a lot of water damage to Ontario beans.    “The crops are reasonable this season, but there’s […]

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Jul. 22, 2013 at 1:48 pm CDT

 Strong export demand for Canadian mustard from the U.S. and Europe has stabilized new crop prices as harvest continues to near, Patrick Ackerman, chair of the Saskatchewan Mustard Development Commission (SMDC), said.    “Mustard seed acres have been down the last few years and there’s demand across the world for the […]

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Jul. 19, 2013 at 3:00 pm CDT

Canadian Prairie forage crops are in the process of being cut and baled for the first time this growing season, and yield outlooks are very encouraging, forage specialists said.     In Saskatchewan, farmers have cut 20 per cent to 50 per cent of their forage crops, Bill Biligetu, forage management specialist […]

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Jul. 17, 2013 at 12:40 pm CDT

Warm, dry weather conditions in the Canadian Prairies are expected to continue during August, before making way to a wet fall, Drew Lerner, senior agriculture meteorologist with World Weather Inc. in Kansas City, said. “I think we’ll be going back into a wetter bias later in the growing season, and […]

By Brandon Logan