Mother nature is really proving that she does not have a sense of humour. We have drought in Peace River, very wet conditions in Saskatchewan and flooding in Manitoba. The weather adversity impacting canola growers across the west is extremely serious and could have significant implications for the total production in 2011. For the farmers... Read More
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This week the USDA report really smacked the commodity market into a downward spiral on Wednesday. Most people said that the negative reaction was an over reaction but still it does wake some farmers up to the potential downward snap that this market can take. As Jon Driedger, FarmLiunk Marketing discusses below, this is great... Read More
Wet weather hasn't just played havoc for farmers trying to get into their fields, feedlot operators across the west are dealing with disastrous conditions in their pens. Those muddy wet, conditions impact cattle movement and gains in the yard. Producers are bedding cattle, moving cattle, or cleaning what they can in the pen to... Read More
When the conditions are right, flea beetles move quickly and devastate quickly. The bugs are the most chronically damaging insect pest of canola in Western Canada. They inflict the most damage on canola at the seedling stage, inhibiting proper plant growth and delaying maturity. They will feed on more mature plants, but canola at later... Read More
When things are profitable for the feedlot operator, we generally see those operators start to fill pens. That's the historic trend and it just makes good sense. However, the Canfax numbers for March show cattle placements down again in Canada. As the number of cattle on-feed drop, producers who depend on those numbers begin to... Read More
Weather forecasting is a tricky business. It's also a good news, bad news business. Drew Lerner is the perfect fit for that business. He's very good at predicting weather patterns, and he's such a nice guy that it helps take the edge off of any of the bad news. Drew Lerner owns and operates World... Read More
As you dig out the drifts around your seeder and brush the snow off of it, there is a bit of a pre-seed inspection to be done. There is the standard replacement of broken parts that has to be done, but there are also the small bugs and glitches that hold up the process as... Read More
AAAAHHH, COME ON! This is the standard "wake up and look out the window" response these days. "Wet" is the descriptive word of choice around most of the western prairies these days. It's been coming in all forms lately too, rain, snow, sleet, hail, floodwater, you name it. The closer we come to that critical... Read More
For a lot of farmers marketing wheat can be a lot like playing "Let's Make a Deal". You pick what's behind door number one and hope it's better than what's behind doors two and three. It's guesswork and a lot of luck. For other farmers, it feels like you're preparing to write a thesis, with... Read More
The loonie has been on a real run lately, or the U.S. dollar has been in a real slump depending on how you look at it. While the rise of our dollar may have positive implications for Canadian consumers shopping in the U.S., the impact of a strong loonie on Canadian exporters is another story.... Read More