Ag News

Via Government of Saskatchewan

After another incredibly dry week for the west-central region, producers have continued their harvest operations. Harvest progress has reached 61 per cent, up from 36 per cent last week and is well ahead of the five-year average of 38 per cent. Yield estimates for the region are well below average. Producers in crop district 7B (Kerrobert, Macklin, Wilkie and Biggar areas) have discovered some of their fields are yielding closer to average than expected.

A week of hot, dry weather in the majority of the province meant farmers were able to make some good progress with the harvest. 

This week's crop report shows 42 per cent of the provincial crop is in the bin, up from 23 per cent last week, and slightly ahead of the 5-year average of 40 percent. 

Harvest is picking up momentum in southeast Saskatchewan.  

According to the latest crop report from the Ministry of Agriculture, 33 percent of the crop is now in the bin, which is still behind the five-year average of 53 percent.  

Crops that were delayed are now ripening quickly as the weather continues to be hot and dry across the region.  

The Western Canadian Wheat Growers (WCWG) have taken a firm stand in opposition of a proposed cut of 30% to fertilizer emissions in a submission to the federal government.

The organizations says the policy attempts to reduce greenhouse gases, but the actual reduction would be infinitesimal, and the impact on the food in Canada, and globally, would be significant.

President Gunter Jochum notes the policy is precisely what Canada, and the world, does not need in a time of food insecurity and inflation. 

Statistics Canada says total stocks for most crops were down as of July 31st compared with the same period one year earlier. Lower stocks were largely the result of lower total supply for the 2021/2022 crop year, which was because of low production in 2021 caused by drought in Western Canada. 

Jon Driedger is vice-president with LeftField Commodity Research.

As late summer and fall approaches, the focus of many producers will shift to fall grazing and what forage options exist for the remainder of the grazing season. Each year there is always a push to ‘extend the grazing season’ as long as possible in order to shorten up the winter feeding period. Questions such as the following may arise: “What fields will be used for fall grazing?” “What additional forage resources are available locally, such as crop aftermath on cropland?”

Manitoba Agriculture says ideal harvest conditions allowed for significant progress this past week.

Progress sits at 15% complete across the province, well behind the 5-year average of 51% completed by this time. The effect of delayed seeding, high humidity and frequent rains have had an impact delaying harvest.

Crop condition looks good to very good in most parts of the province, while the bulk of the crops have been desiccated.

Spring wheat harvest is expected to become widespread this week as crops dry down and weather forecasts remain warm and sunny.

The Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, Francis Drouin was in Calgary yesterday to announce a key investment in clean technology for the province.

He says the $1.4 million dollar investment will help SixRing Inc's next phase of development to scale up production. 

The Richardson Centre for Food Technology and Research held an open house last month at the University of Manitoba.

The Western Canadian Wheat Growers (WCWG) have taken a firm stand in opposition of a proposed cut of 30% to fertilizer emissions in a submission to the federal government.

The organizations says the policy attempts to reduce greenhouse gases, but the actual reduction would be infinitesimal, and the impact on the food in Canada, and globally, would be significant.

President Gunter Jochum notes the policy is precisely what Canada, and the world, does not need in a time of food insecurity and inflation.