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Early flowering is the best time to spray wheat with a fungicide to protect it from fusarium head blight but first assess how much risk of the crop being infected.

Heads up on fusarium head blight

Early flowering is the time to apply a prophylactic fungicide on wheat but first assess the field’s disease risk

By Allan Dawson June 26, 2017

It’s time to turn a weather eye on cereal crops for fusarium infections. Fusarium head blight damaged a lot of Manitoba spring wheat last year and farmers should be assessing this year’s risk from the fungal disease that can cut wheat quality and yield. Since wheat is most susceptible to fusarium infection at flowering, early

Crop Report, Local news, Weather

Cool, wet weather creates challenges for producers

Manitoba Crop Report and Crop Weather report for June 26, 2017

By Manitoba Agriculture June 26, 2017

Precipitation was reported in all regions, with amounts ranging from 3 to 29 mm. Some crops in low lying areas are experiencing moisture stress. Cool temperatures have slowed growth of warm seeded crops. Herbicide and fungicide applications were delayed due to cool, windy, and wet conditions this week. Most crops have received one herbicide application,

Crops, Markets

StatsCan wheat acres watched closely

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin June 26, 2017

CNS Canada — Persistent concerns over the state of the U.S. spring wheat crop should place more attention than normal on Canada’s wheat area when Statistics Canada releases updated acreage estimates on Thursday. Ahead of the report, trade estimates for all-wheat area range from 21.5 million to 23.2 million acres, which would compare with the

Crops

Canada’s Richardson buys European Oat Millers

By GFM Network News, Rod Nickel June 26, 2017

Winnipeg | Reuters –– Richardson International, one of Canada’s largest grain handlers, said Monday it had purchased European Oat Millers in a deal that expands its geographic reach. The acquisition of European Oat Millers, the second-largest oat miller in Europe, closed on June 15, Richardson said in a statement. Both companies are privately owned. Winnipeg-based

Comment, Comment/Feedback

Comment: Are you at risk?

Risk assessment, not blind fear of hazards, lets us all live our lives

By Cam Dahl June 26, 2017

Should GM be labelled? Is organic healthier? Does glyphosate cause cancer? Do you put your kids at risk if you feed them meat or is the caveman diet the way to go? Your good friend and neighbour thinks Gwyneth Paltrow is right about all this stuff, is she correct? All of these questions, and a

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: CBOT wheat falls on profit-taking

By GFM Network News, Julie Ingwersen June 26, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade wheat prices fell about two per cent on Monday, extending their slide to four sessions on profit-taking after a run-up to one-year highs last week, analysts said. Corn and soybeans rose in a light recovery bounce from multimonth lows set last week, and Minneapolis Grain Exchange spring

Crops, Opinion

Opinion: Attacks against GMOs? Why I take it personally

By Andrew Campbell June 26, 2017

I’m a farmer who likes to scroll through Twitter. Not long ago, a tweet popped up from a Manitoba farmer criticizing a local cheese maker for pasting Non-GMO Project Verified labels on some products. It started a conversation that I’ve seen a hundred times online: Should companies be able to market whatever and however they

Bagasse, as the leftover crushed stalks of sugar cane are known, may some day be converted to biofuels due to research into plant cell walls.

Did you know?, News

Cell wall secrets could unlock plant potential

U.K. researchers say figuring this puzzle out could improve hunt for traits

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff June 26, 2017

We’ve gone a long way in recent years unlocking the genetic potential of plants — but mainly the focus has been on seeds and fruits. Now researchers from Britain’s University of York and Quadram Institute say they’re unlocking the genetic secrets of plant cell walls, which could help improve the quality of some plant-based foods.

Livestock

Former Alberta agriculture minister LeRoy Fjordbotten, 78

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff June 25, 2017

Memorial services will be held Sunday in Claresholm, Alta. for LeRoy Fjordbotten, the farmer and consultant who served as Alberta’s agriculture minister from 1982 to 1986. Fjordbotten, who died June 8, farmed northeast of Granum, about 60 km northwest of Lethbridge, and was a member of Flying Farmers of Alberta before running for the Progressive

Grain Markets, Markets, Weather

CWRS wheat bids rising with U.S. weather concerns

A stronger loonie during the week accounted for a decline in basis levels

By Phil Franz-Warkentin June 23, 2017

Hard red spring wheat bids in Western Canada continued to rise with U.S. futures during the week ended June 16, as hot and dry conditions in the major wheat-growing regions of the Dakotas and Montana floated all boats. Depending on the location, average Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheat prices were up by $7-$10 per

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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