Global Barley crops mostly (but not all) favourable It’s natural to focus mainly on crops close to home. That’s especially the case for barley, since a good portion of the crop is used within western Canada. Still, one of the lessons from 2020/21 is that the export market was the reason why barley prices hit […]
We chat with Dr. Kelly Turkington from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) at the Lacombe Research and Development Centre about barley specific Fusarium Head Blight (FHB) disease management. Our discussion covered a lot, ranging from ideal FHB fungicide timing to Kelly’s current research project exploring combinations of management practices. We strayed to discussing fungicide application […]
Barley market report updates Crop moving to next stage of market cycle Even though fresh supplies of barley won’t show up in Western Canada for a few months, the bull market of 2020/21 is already running out of steam, as it had to at some point. All the same factors that pushed barley prices to […]
