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Flea beetle is one of the pests a Manitoba researcher is targeting with biotechnology.
Crops, News

Targeting your crop enemies

Is the future of crop protection environmentally friendly biotechnology?

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So far biotechnology in agriculture has driven the use of crop protection products through genetically engineered herbicide resistance. But the next wave could displace at least some of those applications by opening up another front in the war on two familiar canola concerns — sclerotinia and flea beetle. Mark Belmonte, a professor of biological science
Opportunities for plant proteins await
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Opportunities for plant proteins await

Plant proteins have a big role to play as Canada positions itself for the future of agri-food

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There’s a market out there for the taking for Prairie producers. That was the message Bill Greuel, CEO of Protein Industries Canada shared with the Farm Forum Event earlier this winter. He told the virtual event that agriculture in Western Canada has a lot going for it — innovative producers, a supportive research and development
“Silo” is a 2019 movie depicting a grain entrapment accident in a small, American farming community.
News, Other

Silver screen grain entrapment mirrors real-life peril for Winkler farmer

Canola growers’ associations used virtual screenings of movie ‘Silo’ to discuss dangers of work inside grain bins

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As Randy Froese sat buried beneath two or three feet of mouldy pinto beans at the bottom of a hopper bin, his phone began to ring. It was probably his wife, he thought, calling to ask when he’d be home for supper. “As I sat there, I couldn’t move,” he said. “I thought, I am
Comment, Op/Ed, Other

The year captured in verse — without one single curse

Despite all the woes of the year just past, our resident ‘poet’ finds much to be thankful for

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We usually review the past year fondly, but in this one’s instance Some of 2020 we’d just as soon view far back in the distance While for many farmers the year was one of the best For others harvesting and preparing our food, it was a year full of stress Even if they could go
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Markets

ICE canola weekly outlook: Canola dips at midweek

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MarketsFarm – ICE Futures canola contracts were weaker on Wednesday, sustaining contract prices around C$630 over the Christmas holidays. The nearby January contract closed at C$629.20 per tonne on Dec. 30, just a few pennies lower than its Dec. 23 close of C$630.90. Ken Ball of PI Financial in Winnipeg, Man., said canola prices will
Canola samples tested by the Canadian Grain Commission suggested overwintered canola from last year can still be processed into 
good-quality oil.
News, Oilseeds

Overwintered canola can still have value, but process it quickly

Grain commission released the results of a study it did on canola seeded in 2019 and harvested this spring

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Some of the unharvested canola that overwintered in 2019-20 was worth harvesting and processing based on research led by Véronique Barthet, the program manager for oilseeds with the Canadian Grain Commission’s (CGC) Grain Research Laboratory. “Grain handlers and processors had concerns about free fatty acid levels in overwintered canola crops,” Barthet said in a CGC
Doug Chorney (left) is the Canadian Grain Commission's new chief commissioner. He was appointed assistant chief commission in 2017 and had being acting chief since June. KAP general manager Patty Rosher (right) was appointed assistant chief commissioner of the Canadian Grain Commission Dec. 21, 2020.
News

CGC’s Doug Chorney promoted to chief, Patty Rosher appointed assistant chief commissioner

In addition to its regular work, the grain commissioner and grain act are under review

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The Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) has a new chief and assistant chief commissioner. Doug Chorney, the CGC’s acting chief commissioner, has been promoted to chief and Patty Rosher, general manager of the Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) since March 2019, is the new assistant chief commissioner. Both appointments were announced by Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister Marie-Claude
Grain Markets, Markets

Canola futures rise above the $600 mark

Chicago soybeans recently climbed above the US$12-per-bushel level

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Canola futures on ICE Futures rose over $600 during the week ended Dec. 17, but are expected to pull back slightly as market participants enter “holiday mode” in the coming days. Canola prices started the week at $596.30 per tonne, with the January contract gaining $2.70 per tonne on the day. By mid-week, canola closed

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