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Another La Nina winter predicted

Oct. 22, 2021 at 3:36 am CDT

Data compiled by a U.S. federal weather forecasting agency show La Nina conditions have developed over the central Pacific Ocean and are likely to linger through February. And La Nina, in turn, is expected to produce hard cold snaps over the Prairies, above-normal precipitation over southern British Columbia and relatively […]

Canola exports down 72 per cent through eight weeks

Oct. 1, 2021 at 7:31 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Mandated cuts in fertilizer use could be costly for Canada, report warns

Sep. 30, 2021 at 9:36 pm CDT

By Dave Bedard

U.S. spring wheat crop down sharply in 2021

Sep. 30, 2021 at 4:01 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

India unveils new rice variety to reduce water use, labour

Sep. 28, 2021 at 5:40 pm CDT

By Mayank Bhardwaj

Canada’s second-largest pension fund reveals new climate targets

Sep. 28, 2021 at 5:10 pm CDT

Toronto | Reuters — Canada’s No. 2 pension fund Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec announced plans on Tuesday to completely exit oil production by the end of 2022 and reduce carbon intensity by 60 per cent by 2030. As part of the same plan to reach net-zero emissions […]

By Maiya Keidan

AAFC lowers ending stocks estimates on crops

Sep. 27, 2021 at 4:13 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Canadian producers will see much tighter grain and oilseed stocks at the end of the current 2021-22 marketing year than what was expected last month, while those for pulse and special crops remain mostly steady. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s (AAFC) September supply/demand estimates, released Friday, project 2021-22 ending […]

By Adam Peleshaty

BASF warns on seeding choices for drought-hit imi-treated fields

Sep. 22, 2021 at 11:13 am CDT

Updated, Sept. 22 — The maker of Odyssey, Solo and Viper is warning grain growers whose fields were excessively dry in 2021 that those herbicides may not break down soon enough in those soils to allow certain seeding choices in 2022. BASF Canada on Monday issued an “urgent notice to […]

By Dave Bedard

CFA’s Hay West program up and running

Sep. 20, 2021 at 5:25 pm CDT

A revival of the “Hay West” initiative, aimed at shipping feed from Eastern Canada to supplement drought-dented supplies in the West, has gone live. The Canadian Federation of Agriculture on Friday announced its Hay West 2021 initiative is “now operational and seeking applicants to both receive and supply hay.” Applicants […]

By Dave Bedard

Prairie crops downgraded in latest StatsCan estimates

Sep. 14, 2021 at 12:16 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Drought conditions across Canada’s Prairies cut into yields throughout the region in 2021, with production of most of the major crops downgraded by Statistics Canada in updated crop estimates released Tuesday. Using satellite imagery, the government agency now sees total canola production for the 2021-22 crop year at […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

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