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Triple-stacked soybeans will hit fields sooner than dicamba-tolerant canola, says Monsanto's Robb Fraley.

Monsanto highlights research pipeline for canola, soybeans

Xtend soybeans with added glufosinate tolerance isn’t far off, but glyphosate- and dicamba-tolerant canola is still five or six years out

By Allan Dawson January 15, 2018

Dicamba-tolerant canola is coming and so is a triple-threat soybean, resistant to glyphosate, dicamba and glufosinate. That’s just some of what’s in Monsanto’s crop and weed-control pipeline, Robb Fraley, the seed and pesticide giant’s executive vice-president and chief technology officer told reporters during a conference call Jan. 4. Fraley sees great things coming from new

Comparing canola flowers opening under control and high nighttime temperature allows researchers to understand the different impacts of stress on yield.

Did you know?, News, Oilseeds

No rest for weary canola plants

You’re not the only one who can’t get any ‘sleep’ during those sweltering summer nights

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff January 15, 2018

Turns out your canola plants just need to get a little rest. When high temperatures, especially at night, prevent them from “sleeping” properly productivity takes a hit, and now researchers from Kansas State University are trying to figure out why. What exactly is the plant doing at night? It’s not sleeping like humans do, but

Grain Markets, Markets, Oilseeds

Canola futures improve despite bearish outlook

Very early forecasts point to another big canola crop

By Phil Franz-Warkentin January 11, 2018

ICE Futures Canada canola contracts moved higher during the first trading week of 2018, as speculators covered short positions and the market saw a modest recovery off late-December lows. Bitterly cold temperatures across much of Western Canada and the resulting slowdown in country movement were also supportive, although the latest grain-handling numbers still show ample

Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Cold-weather bump expected for canola

By Dave Sims, GFM Network News January 10, 2018

CNS Canada — The ICE Futures Canada canola complex is facing a slew of supportive and bearish factors as it slowly makes its way through the first part of January. Foremost on traders’ minds is a batch of reports set to be released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture on Friday. Already, there are ideas

Hairy vetch blooms mingle with hemp plants in WADO’s hemp-legume intercrop trials this year.

Crops

Mixing and matching intercrops with WADO

Results are in on last year's Westman Agricultural Diversification Organization’s intercrop trials

By Alexis Stockford January 10, 2018

Dry conditions and roving deer added extra challenge to intercropping in southwest Manitoba, but Melita’s Westman Agricultural Diversification Organization (WADO) still gleaned results this past season. Intercropping, also known as companion cropping, is an emerging practice in general. Farmers are drawn to it for potential overyielding, disease or weed management or increased water use in

Markets, Oilseeds

Where are canola prices going?

To answer that question you’ll need a good handle on factors around the world affecting the oilseed complex

By David Derwin January 10, 2018

A question I get asked a lot is, “Where are canola prices going?” That’s not something you can answer just by looking out your back door, throughout your province, or even across the Prairies. You really have to look around the world at all oilseed markets to get a better sense of where our canola

Dr. Roy Lewis was just one of many presenters who spoke at Ag Days 2017. He shared his observations of use of pain control measures while cautioning producers on overusage of antimicrobials.

Local news

Packed speaker lineup for 2018

More than 60 presenters will appear at the Keystone Centre over the show’s run

By Duncan Morrison January 9, 2018

Manitoba ag show organizers feel they have another real winner on their hands with the show’s speaker program lineup this year. “The Manitoba Ag Days committee has worked extremely hard and I believe this is the best program we have ever had,” said Brad Crammond, Manitoba Ag Days co-chair. The speaker lineup features more than

Canadian Grain Commission inspection specialist Usman Mohammad demonstrating one of several CGC-approved sieves used to determine canola dockage during a grading school in Brandon Dec. 7.

Crops, Oilseeds

Canola dockage tips from CGC grading school

During the dockage assessment process canola should be cleaned so farmers get the best possible grade

By Allan Dawson January 5, 2018

Here’s a tip for canola growers about dockage, conspicuous admixture and grades — pay attention to the sieves. If your canola is downgraded due to conspicuous admixture, or if you feel your dockage is too high, check with the buyer about what sieves were used to determine dockage — material that isn’t canola and buyers

Grain Markets, Markets

Buyers are canola!

Artificial intelligence can’t quite cut it yet in market commentary as we see in our 2017 review

By Phil Franz-Warkentin January 4, 2018

Futures from activity Picks back up the extent of their sideways Canada released its softest levels During the yield potential Buyers are canola However, at two weeks remains within a year average Soybeans could easily continue to be harvested In an attempt to outsource the year-end commentary and put it on auto steer, the above

Crops, Markets

ICE Canada Weekly Outlook: Canola stuck in sideways pattern

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin January 4, 2018

CNS Canada – ICE Futures Canada canola contracts may be showing some strength to start the New Year, but the overall trend remains sideways, according to an analyst. “Everything is hovering around C$500, which has been a magnet for the past year-and-a-half,” said David Derwin, Commodities Investment Advisor with PI Financial. The most active March

Daily Network News

New strategies needed for Canadian agriculture to stand out in global trade

Feed Grains Weekly: Cash prices for wheat, barley largely flat

The Canadian GMO mustard wars: Dijon vs canola

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