Source: Sean Pratt, Producer.com, July 26, 2018 Bruce Burnett thinks the 2018 crop will be a bit smaller than the 2017 crop after touring fields across the prairie region. “Crop yields are expected to be lower than last year but not by a significant amount,” he told farmers attending the 2018 Ag in Motion show.… Continue reading Prairie crop looks slightly leaner than last year
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After record year, Saskatchewan soybean acres see pull back
Source: Rebekah Lesko, Global News, July 26, 2018 Last year in Saskatchewan, soybean production soared, as producers planted a record amount of acres. In terms of seeded area, Saskatchewan producers planted 240,000 acres of soybeans in 2016. It jumped to 850,000 acres in 2017. This year, farmers planted 407,500 acres of soybeans in the province. This acreage decline… Continue reading After record year, Saskatchewan soybean acres see pull back
Push is on for prairie soybean plant
Source: Robert Arnason, The Western Producer, November 21, 2017 Farmers in Manitoba and Saskatchewan grew more than three million acres of soybeans this year. Almost all of those beans are exported to places like China, where they are processed into soybean meal and fed to livestock. Meanwhile, every year hog farmers in Western Canada import… Continue reading Push is on for prairie soybean plant