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Two proposed bylaws will be discussed at the Manitoba Wheat and Barley Growers Association’s annual meeting Feb. 11, 2016, says association executive director Brent VanKoughnet. One deals with checkoffs and the other advance voting for director elections.
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Manitoba Wheat and Barley Growers Association considers bylaw changes

Three of the association’s six director positions are also up for election

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Two proposed bylaw changes will be considered at the Manitoba Wheat and Barley Growers Association (MWBGA) annual meeting Feb. 11, 2016 during the Crop Connect conference at the Victoria Inn in Winnipeg. One bylaw deals with checkoffs and the other with director elections, association executive director Brent VanKoughnet said in an interview Nov. 12. Information
Treated corn seed. (Syngenta.com)
Crops

Quebec heading toward neonic limits on crops

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The Quebec government is preparing consultations ahead of a wide legislative swath through the province’s pesticide sector, to limit farmers’ use of neonicotinoid insecticide seed treatments and certain other pesticides. Environment Minister David Heurtel on Sunday released the province’s pesticide strategy for 2015 to 2018, mapping out the Couillard government’s plans in those years to
(Dave Bedard photo)
Crops, Weather

Manitoba pledges more law on nutrient loading

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More legislation to cut nutrient loading into Lake Winnipeg and other water bodies is among the shorter-term commitments in the Manitoba government’s latest throne speech. In the speech, which Lt.-Gov. Janice Filmon delivered Monday, Premier Greg Selinger pledges to “work with all partners to reduce nutrient loading” in Lake Winnipeg and work to prevent further spread of
(PortoDoItaqui.ma.gov.br)
Crops, Markets

Baltic Dry Index hits record low

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The Baltic Dry Index fell to its lowest levels ever on Friday, which bodes well for the competitiveness of Canadian grain exports. The BDI, a gauge of global ocean freight prices, was quoted Friday at 498 points — the first time the index dipped below 500 since records began in 1985. The index was trading
Kim Keller first developed the Farm At Hand concept at her family’s farm near Gronlid in northeastern Saskatchewan. (Country Guide photo by Photos by Kathryn)
Crops

FarmLink picks up mobile management app

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A Saskatchewan-developed, cloud-based mobile app for farm management is being uploaded into Prairie grain marketing consultancy FarmLink Marketing Solutions. Winnipeg-based FarmLink announced Tuesday it will merge Farm At Hand, the software platform developed by Kim Keller and Himanshu Singh, into its operations. Financial terms of the merger weren’t released. “It has long been our belief
(Manitoba Co-operator file photo by Laura Rance)
Crops, Weather

Manitoba winter fertilizing ban back on

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Snow’s arrival throughout Manitoba means no more extensions for the province’s farmers to apply winter fertilizer or manure. The province said Thursday its second extension, which was to run until the end of the day, has been rescinded, and the winter nutrient application ban is in place effective immediately, given “recent snowfall accumulations.” The winter
(CropScience.Bayer.ca)
Crops

Ag chem division not for sale, Bayer says

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Frankfurt | Reuters — German drugs and pesticide maker Bayer on Wednesday reaffirmed it would hold on to its crop chemicals business as talk of consolidation in the industry continued. Asked for a comment on remarks by Monsanto executives that the U.S. seeds giant was in internal discussions about tie-ups in the industry, a Bayer

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