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The president of the Canola Council of Canada feels it needs to constantly remind the federal government about the importance of agriculture.
News, Oilseeds

Canola groups among Canada’s busiest lobby groups

CCGA, CCC expanded efforts beyond usual government departments in 2022, leaders say

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The Canadian Canola Growers Association was the busiest Canadian lobby group in any sector last year, said president Rick White. “We have been extremely busy,” White said, speaking to the Manitoba Canola Growers at their AGM on Feb. 16. The Canola Council of Canada also cracked the top ten most active lobby groups, White added.
“... we can use RNAi technologies as a solution to improve global food security.” – Mark Belmonte, University of Manitoba.
Crops, News

Genetic attack cutting edge of sclerotinia fight

Hacking messenger RNA can prevent fungal disease from propagating

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Most pesticides work by getting into a cell and disrupting its working parts or pathways. By applying the right chemistry at the right time you can shut down a pathogen’s engine and bring it to a stop. But despite all the available chemistry, sclerotinia always finds a way to keep driving around untouched. Mark Belmonte,
Clubroot will likely be found in RMs in 2023 where it has yet to be detected, predicts David Kaminski, field crop pathologist.
Crops

Crop diseases to watch for in 2023

Some pathogens are expected to be on the rise this coming year

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The apparent transition into a wetter period means different diseases to watch out for, says David Kaminski, field crop pathologist with Manitoba Agriculture. Kaminski was speaking at the CropConnect conference in Winnipeg on February 15. Two crops dominate Manitoba’s agricultural landscape. Wheat and canola account for 70 per cent of the annual crop acres in
“There seems to be an excess on the market, which is weighing on prices and has been over the last couple of months.”
Grain Markets, Markets

Prices have plunged but Canadian flax still too pricey for most

China has been upping its purchases of cheaper Russian flax while Europe is buying from Kazakhstan

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Flax prices have fallen by half from a year ago but are still too high to be competitive on a global level, according to one flax processor. Despite being touted as a heart-healthy food, demand for flax remains “fairly weak,” said Mike Popowich, vice president of TA Foods in Yorkton, Sask. “The price is still
A dried-out corn crop sits next to cotton that was planted into a dried-out cornfield, amid Argentina’s worst drought in 60 years, at Tostado in the country’s northern Santa Fe province, on Feb. 8.
Grain Markets, Markets

Canola, soybean markets await any news

Oilseed values remain within general ranges

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North American grain and oilseed futures were looking for direction in mid-February, with little news to pull values too far one way or the other. ICE Futures canola contracts drifted lower before recovering most of those losses, remaining rangebound overall. Soyoil futures in Chicago find themselves in a downtrend, but meal remains pointed higher and
ICE May 2023 canola with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)
Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Rising canola market runs into resistance

Resistance seen around $835, support around $820

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MarketsFarm — ICE Futures canola contracts moved higher during the week ended Wednesday, but ran into some resistance to the upside as values held rangebound overall. “Technicals, short-covering, fund buying and a lack of selling,” were all providing support during the week along with spillover from advances in Chicago soyoil, according to Jamie Wilton of
The harvest in mid-September made for a pretty picture but the results from a trial of two biostimulants on durum grown on Bishop Farms didn’t produce any yield or quality differences. Erek Bishop said he wants to conduct further trials.
Crops, News

Search for the holy grail of N fertilizer continues

The jury is still out on products containing nitrogen-fixing bacteria

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Real-world tests of nitrogen-fixing bacteria products conducted across the Prairies have shown limited promise, but farm groups aren’t throwing in the towel. “I’m not ready to close the book on these trials just yet,” said Laura Schmidt, a production specialist with Manitoba Pulse and Soybean Growers. In 2022, MPSG ran 10 trials with Envita, which uses naturally occurring bacteria to take
(Dave Bedard photo)
Crops, Markets

AAFC revises crop estimates

Export, new-crop production outlooks revised lower for flax

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MarketsFarm — Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) on Friday released its February supply and demand estimates with numerous small changes. AAFC held its projections for 2022-23 grains and oilseeds production at 89.489 million tonnes. As for exports, the department reduced them from 45.715 million tonnes last month to now 45.49 million. Furthermore, domestic usage was
The MKK1, a Palau-flagged bulker carrying grain under the United Nations’ Black Sea grain initiative, is towed free after running aground in the Bosphorus strait near Istanbul on Jan. 16. The grain initiative is next set to expire in mid-March.
Grain Markets, Markets

Wheat market waits for a lift

Circumstances seem to be setting up for a positive price breakthrough

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There was little to find in terms of surprises within the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) monthly supply/demand estimates released on Feb. 8 — and even less so with wheat. Ending stocks for U.S. wheat were projected at 568 million bushels, only one million more than in USDA’s January report and right between the low
ICE March 2023 canola with Bollinger bands (20,2). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Canola drifting lower

Near-record soy still expected from South America

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MarketsFarm — ICE Futures canola contracts drifted lower during the week ended Wednesday, although values remained rangebound overall. “The market is maybe coming to the realization that we still have near-record South American (soybean) supplies on hand,” Ken Ball of PI Financial in Winnipeg said of the downtrend. While Argentina has suffered crop losses from

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