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Across Canada in a farmhouse: Calgary to Canmore

Aug. 21, 2012 at 12:23 pm CDT

If you haven’t been to Calgary since the last boom happened, you’ll notice the skyline has filled in quite a bit. Large office towers dominate the downtown, and there is no shortage of expensive vehicles on the roads But, as it is still a city of around a million, it […]

Balkan drought highlights years of farm neglect

Aug. 20, 2012 at 5:01 pm CDT

By daria-sitosucic

Crop Chatter: Rye on rye, undeveloped canola seeds and more

Aug. 17, 2012 at 2:57 pm CDT

Across Canada in a farmhouse: New Norway to Calgary

Aug. 17, 2012 at 1:18 pm CDT

By john-varty molly-daley

Nitrate risk from drought-stressed corn

Aug. 15, 2012 at 11:14 am CDT

Case IH celebrates a Magnum milestone

Aug. 14, 2012 at 10:27 am CDT

In his regular E-Quip machinery blog, Grainews machinery editor Scott Garvey attended the 25th anniversary of the Magnum brand in Racine, Wisconsin, and got to compare the latest version with the oldest model in existence, serial number 2. For the full report read here.

U.S. drought may create winners, losers on Bay Street

Aug. 14, 2012 at 9:36 am CDT

While U.S. crops of corn and soybeans wilt in the worst U.S. drought in a half century, winners and losers are emerging in the agriculture sector of the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX), even if investors are playing it cautious so far. The drought in the key Midwest growing region has […]

By Rod Nickel

Across Canada in a farmhouse: Edmonton to New Norway

Aug. 13, 2012 at 5:22 pm CDT

The Edmonton area provided more content than we had originally bargained for. Toward the end of our previous entry, we referred to land-use battles between citizen groups and the municipality. Well, after some digging around we soon found folks willing to tell us (albeit not on camera) some startling personal […]

By john-varty molly-daley

Manitoba crop report – yields vary with precipitation

Aug. 13, 2012 at 4:26 pm CDT

Manitoba Agriculture has issued its weekly crop report, crop production update and crop weather report for Aug. 13. Full text of each is available alongside. Weekly provincial summary • Winter wheat harvest is nearing completion in Manitoba with yields generally range from 50 to 80 bushels per acre with average […]

El Nino emerges, raising fears over food prices

Aug. 10, 2012 at 6:17 pm CDT

An El Nino weather pattern is underway and will last until winter, Japan said on Friday, foreshadowing disruptive conditions that could harm crops from Australia to India at a time of rising fears about global food supplies. Corn prices have surged more than 60 per cent in the past two […]

By risa-maeda