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Eric McLean (left) and Norm Lyster.
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Seed sector merger will affect grain farmers

Seed growers have differing views on a plan to create Seeds Canada

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Most Manitoba farmers, unless they are seed growers, haven’t heard of Seeds Canada. Its pending creation will either help or hurt seed producers and grain farmers depending on who you talk to. Seeds Canada is a proposed new seed industry organization that will be formed if two-thirds of members of five separate organizations — the
Although China curbed its Canadian canola imports, canola values were able to draw strength from exports to other markets.
Grain Markets, Markets

2019-20 crop year could have been worse for canola

A recent Prairie crop tour points to a strong canola harvest

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It can be said that things weren’t all that bad for canola during the 2019-20 marketing year. Given the grim outlook there was for canola over the fall and winter, it’s been a decent marketing year overall for the crop. Prices dropped because of China, but strong exports elsewhere, plus a larger domestic crush, combined
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Crops, Markets

U.S. investor to buy Prairie canola ‘streaming’ firm

All-cash deal offers $97.5 million for Input Capital

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A U.S. investor has stepped forward with an all-cash bid for the Regina company that brought “streaming” to the Prairie canola marketing business. Input Capital, which in February last year began to review options such as a sale or merger to “enhance shareholder value,” said Wednesday it has a deal to sell all of itself
An InVigor canola plot at Ag in Motion in 2019.
News, Oilseeds

InVigor canola genetics get an upgrade

BASF points to yield, pod-shatter resistance of canola hybrids

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BASF promoted two of its new 300 Series InVigor canola hybrids — L340PC and L357P — during a July 22 webinar. “L340PC contains both first-generation clubroot resistance as well (as) BASF’s patented pod-shatter technology,” Wade Stocker, BASF’s manager of canola seeds and traits, told the webinar. “It’s a high-yielding hybrid that was 107.8 per cent
Crop Report, Crops, News

Winter cereal harvest continues, rain seen as benefit to remaining crops

Manitoba Crop Report and Crop Weather report for August 11

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Southwest Region An EF-2 tornado touched down near Scarth on August 7, destroying a farm property and causing loss of life. Wind speeds reached 190km/hr at the time of storm. Overall, the preceding week was windy and dry in the Southwest region, advancing crops in their growth stages quicker than normal. Scattered showers fell over
Cabbage seed pod weevil.
Crops

Keep an eye out for these three ‘new’ insect pests

Entomologists are tracking the progress of cereal leaf beetles,cabbage seedpod weevils and pea leaf weevils across Manitoba

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A provincial entomologist is asking farmers and agronomists to keep their eye out for three pests making inroads in Manitoba. Why it matters: Provincial entomologist John Gavloski has a watch list of pests starting to creep their way into Manitoba. The cereal leaf beetle was first spotted in Manitoba in 2009 and has spread from
File photo of a cooking oil bottling line in Spain. (Sabor de España/iStock/Getty Images)
Crops, Markets

Canadian canola prices spike as shippers find back door to China

'Profits are extravagant... It is like gold oil now'

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Winnipeg/Beijing | Reuters — Canadian canola prices have soared to the highest in nearly two years, despite a diplomatic dispute between Ottawa and Beijing, as exporters find roundabout ways to reach top oilseed buyer China. Chinese authorities have since March 2019 blocked canola shipments by two Canadian exporters, an action they took after Canadian police
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Crops, Markets

Canola exports top 10 million tonnes in 2019-20

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MarketsFarm — Total Canadian canola exports during the 2019-20 crop year were up nine per cent on the year, and slightly above the five-year average, according to the latest weekly data from the Canadian Grain Commission (CGC). With 229,800 tonnes exported during the final week of the 2019-20 marketing year, the preliminary total canola exports

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