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VIDEO: Stemming the spread of blackleg
Crops, Local news

VIDEO: Stemming the spread of blackleg

Justine Cornelsen with the Canola Council of Canada shares three things canola growers can do to help limit disease

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A recent canola disease survey for Manitoba shows that blackleg is present in nearly 75 per cent of fields. Thanks to improved to genetics, the number of blackleg incidences in plants is much lower, but anything that can impact yield loss is always cause for concern. In this video, Justine Cornelsen with the Canola Council
A file photo of rapeseed fields near Vouziers in France’s Ardennes department. (Photopixal/iStock/Getty Images)
Crops

French rapeseed farmers destroy 18,000 hectares over GMO risk

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Paris | Reuters — French farmers destroyed a total of 18,000 hectares of rapeseed, more than double the area initially expected, following the discovery of a non-authorized genetically modified organism (GMO) in seeds, German group Bayer said on Friday. Bayer had announced in February that farmers in France and Germany were turning over thousands of
Blooming rapeseed field at sunset
Grain Markets, Markets

Supply-side limitations won’t support canola indefinitely

Canola recovered some of its losses over the past week

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Until tensions between Canada and China are alleviated, there will continue to be little demand for canola. Usually taking 40 per cent of the canola Canada grows, China is the country’s most important customer for that crop. Japan is a distant second and while lowered canola prices have become attractive to other buyers, it remains
Editorial, Opinion

Editorial: Solution to canola dispute easier said than done

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There’s been more than a little talk lately that the federal government needs to “get on a plane,” head to China and sort this canola situation out. That is an understandable sentiment with obvious appeal to human nature, which favours obvious action on pressing issues, the act of being seen to “do something.” But the
“Not only do they (China) have shrinking demand for international grains and oilseeds because
of their hog industry, they’re supposed to buy more stuff from the U.S. It’s another convenience that might drive them in the direction of protectionism.” – Richard Gray
News

Why a Canadian canola delegation isn’t in China

As of last week the Chinese government hadn’t agreed to a tête-à-tête

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It takes two to tango. That’s why Canada hasn’t sent a ministerial-level trade delegation to restore Canadian canola exports to China. An official in a position to know says the Chinese government hasn’t agreed to such a meeting. However, the official speaking for background, said Canadian and Chinese government officials have been communicating via teleconferencing.
ICE May 2019 canola with Bollinger (20,2) bands, a gauge of market volatility. (Barchart)
Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Canola bearish with or without China

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MarketsFarm — ICE Futures canola contracts saw a modest correction off of major support over the week ended Wednesday, but the longer-term trend remains pointed lower with large old-crop supplies and uncertain export prospects overhanging the market. Canadian canola exports to China are effectively non-existent right now, with the absence of that major customer casting
“If you’re covering lots of acres or your commodity is highly valuable, maybe just bombing through that last 20 acres just to get it done might not be the best economic decision.” – Joel McDonald, PAMI
Crops, Other

Weighing the balance on harvest loss

Experts are urging farmers to be more deliberate when defining ‘acceptable’ harvest loss

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Joel McDonald of the Prairie Agricultural Machinery Institute (PAMI) has seen the full spectrum of techniques for minimizing harvest loss. He has seen lead-footed farmers blaze through their acreage, but leave a substantial part of the harvest behind. He has also seen farmers crawl their combine at a mile and a half per hour to
File photo of a soybean crop south of Winnipeg. (Dougall_Photography/iStock/Getty Images)
Crops, Markets

Soybean acreage remains a question mark for 2019

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MarketsFarm — Experts expect soybean acreage to decrease across Canada this year, though the jury is still out as to how much it will drop. In its principal crop acreage report published March 21, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada predicted that area planted to soybeans would decrease by three per cent across the country based on

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