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Argentina gambles on GM wheat

By Maximilian Heath October 3, 2022

Reuters – In fields near the Argentine farm town of Pergamino, spiky green shoots of wheat stretch in neat rows to the horizon. It is a crop that developers hope will boost yields of the grain thanks to a single gene borrowed from sunflowers to help it better tolerate drought. Reached along a dusty farm[...]

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Winter wheat yields defy cold winter and harsh spring

By Don Norman August 27, 2022

Despite adverse conditions over winter and into spring, winter wheat has done surprisingly well this season, says one agrologist. In fall 2021, the early harvest led to early seeding, and the dry year resulted in leftover nutrients, so the crop was well fertilized. On top of that, it was an open fall, with no frost[...]

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North Dakota spring wheat crop slashed by drought

By Karl Plume August 5, 2021

Reuters – The average spring wheat yield in North Dakota, the U.S.’s top producing state for the crop, was estimated at 29.1 bushels per acre on July 29 by the annual Wheat Quality Council tour. It is the lowest on record going back to 1993 due to a severe drought in the northern Plains. The[...]

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U.S. wheats get limited nod for forage use

By Alexis Stockford March 26, 2019

A British Columbia company has got a bit of breathing room in its efforts to promote forage wheats, but it’s not necessarily setting a precedent. Premier Pacific Seeds successfully argued its case to gain a limited interim registration for four U.S. soft winter wheat cultivars (Yamhill, Madsen, Kaseberg and Brudage) were better suited than any[...]

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Heat LQ, OK for pre-harvest application on wheat, durum and barley

By Allan Dawson August 17, 2017

BASF’s Heat LQ herbicide can now be used pre-harvest in Canada on wheat, durum and barley without potentially hurting export markets, BASF Canada said in a news release Aug. 17. Maximum Residue Limits (MRLs) for Heat LQ as a harvest aid in cereals has been set by the CODEX Alimentarius Commission (CAC), a United Nation’s[...]

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Perennial grain: It’s two crops in one

By Aaron Haugen August 17, 2016

As concerns grow over sustainability in modern farming, researchers are looking to the past in search of crops that can both meet the needs of farmers and consumers as well as the environment. Thinopyrum intermedium — commonly known as intermediate wheatgrass — is one of the fruits of that research. It’s been nearly three decades[...]

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Craft brewing gives malt barley prices a hop

By Jade Markus March 23, 2016

The craft brewing industry appears to be providing the fastest-rising demand for malt barley, which has been steadily pushing prices higher — but overall reduced demand for beer and increased acres could keep a lid on that strong pricing. “Many maltsters are either 100 per cent craft, or moving the percentages up all the time[...]

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Country’s largest bread company says quality of Canadian wheat must improve

By Allan Dawson April 25, 2016

Canada’s biggest bread maker is struggling with the inconsistent quality of Canadian milling wheat. Connie Morrison, Canada Bread’s vice-president of marketing, told reporters on the sidelines of the Canada Global Crops Symposium in Winnipeg April 12 that Canada’s reputation for providing the Cadillac of wheat is slipping. “Everybody viewed Canadian wheat as the gold standard[...]

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Dropping the hoe and doubling the yield

By Laura Rance-Unger February 26, 2015

It’s raining, but that doesn’t stop Thomas Nkhunda from leading a group of visitors into his fields where he describes how he manages plots demonstrating the benefits of conservation agriculture. Rain isn’t unusual at this time of year. After all, it’s the rainy season in Malawi. What’s unusual is the fact that the rains they[...]

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Green Revolution more focused on feeding cars than people 

By University Of Minnesota Release January 17, 2013

The Green Revolution has stagnated for key food crops in many regions of the world, according to a study published in the Dec. 18 issue of Nature Communications by scientists with the University of Minnesota’s Institute on the Environment and McGill University in Montreal, Canada. Led by IonE research fellow Deepak Ray, the study team developed[...]

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U.S. grains: Soybean futures set two-week high on US weather worry, soyoil rally

Alberta Crop Report: Rains in the south, dryness in the north

Agriculture ministers agree to AgriStability changes

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Argentina gambles on GM wheat

Winter wheat yields defy cold winter and harsh spring

North Dakota spring wheat crop slashed by drought

U.S. wheats get limited nod for forage use

Heat LQ, OK for pre-harvest application on wheat, durum and barley

Perennial grain: It’s two crops in one

Craft brewing gives malt barley prices a hop

Country’s largest bread company says quality of Canadian wheat must improve

Dropping the hoe and doubling the yield

Green Revolution more focused on feeding cars than people

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