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(Photo courtesy Canola Council of Canada)

StatsCan canola stocks in line with expectations

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin February 3, 2017

CNS Canada –– Canadian canola stocks may be tighter than a year ago and wheat stocks larger — but the updated numbers from Statistics Canada may also need more asterisks than normal. StatsCan, in a report released Friday, pegged Canadian canola supplies as of Dec. 31 at 12.159 million tonnes, down from 13.452 million at

Crops, Markets

Wheat, durum exports running behind average

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin January 27, 2017

CNS Canada — Canadian wheat and durum exports are running well behind the year-ago pace, despite the country’s larger production. Canadian wheat exports during the crop-year-to-date of 6.56 million tonnes compare with 8.12 million at the same point a year ago and the five-year average for week 25 of the crop year of 7.28 million,

Disease issues can really hurt seed germination, making testing before planting very important.

Cereals, Crops

Seed quality highly variable

A tough growing year has translated into seed that can have lower germ levels

By Angela Lovell January 17, 2017

Seed quality in Manitoba for the upcoming growing season is a mixed bag depending on the crop, according to Holly Gelech, manager of business development for BioVision Seed Labs in Winnipeg. The average germination of wheat seed tested from the 2016 crop is 86.3 per cent, down six per cent from the five-year high of

Cereals, Crops

China shipping wheat flour to Canada

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff December 7, 2016

Chinese state-owned agrifood firm Cofco says it has scored its first-ever international sale of wheat flour — into the Canadian market. Cofco, which said in June it plans to open a Canadian grain trading office in Winnipeg, recently announced it had loaded a container ship at the northeastern port of Dalian on Nov. 17 with

A canola field in northwestern Saskatchewan on Oct. 5, 2016 after the area was blanketed by wet snow. (Lisa Guenther photo)

Cereals, Crops

Focus on quality, not quantity following StatsCan report

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin December 6, 2016

CNS Canada –– This year’s Canadian wheat production was up considerably from last year, according to updated estimates from Statistics Canada — but the quality of that crop remains questionable. All-wheat production (spring, winter and durum wheat combined) was pegged at 31.7 million tonnes in 2016-17, which compares with 27.6 million in 2015-16. Of that

More than 200 scientists from Canada and abroad attended the 8th Canadian Workshop on Fusarium Head Blight Nov. 20-22 in Ottawa. While the potentially devastating fungal disease is on the rise in Western Canada, more tolerant varieties are coming and agronomic techniques to manage the disease have improved.

Cereals, Crops, News

Fusarium conference hears of disease resurgence

Western Canada’s worst crop disease is still a serious issue, researchers say

By Allan Dawson December 2, 2016

This was one of the worst years for fusarium head blight in western Canadian spring wheat — a sobering backdrop to the 8th Canadian Workshop on Fusarium Head Blight, held here Nov. 20-22. More than 200 scientists from Canada, the United States, Germany, England, Australia, Switzerland and beyond reviewed the latest research into fusarium head

Crops

ADM sells stake in Canada Malting owner GrainCorp

By GFM Network News, Karl Plume December 1, 2016

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. agricultural commodities trader Archer Daniels Midland has sold its 19.9 per cent stake in GrainCorp to underwriters UBS, just three years after a failed bid to wholly acquire the Australian grain handler, ADM said Thursday. The sale to the Swiss bank was valued at A$387 million (C$382 million), or A$8.53

Livestock

CETA clears legal test hurdle in EU parliament

By GFM Network News, Reuters November 23, 2016

Strasbourg | Reuters –– The planned EU-Canada free trade deal cleared a hurdle to its implementation next year when the European Parliament rejected a motion on Wednesday to ask the top European Union court to rule on its legality. The vote by lawmakers in the parliament is an indication they will also ultimately back the

Cereals, Crops, Markets

Rising durum bids topping out in Western Canada

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin November 22, 2016

CNS Canada — Durum bids in Western Canada posted solid gains over the past two months, with concerns over the quality of the crop behind much of the strength. Prices are showing signs of topping out, though — and the highs may be in for now. Spot durum bids in southern Saskatchewan, where the bulk

Cereals, Crops, Pulses

Ergot tolerances set for chickpeas, fababeans

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff November 17, 2016

Chickpeas and fababean crops graded in Canada will have a new maximum tolerance for ergot next year, even though the cereal disease doesn’t occur in either crop. The Canadian Grain Commission on Wednesday announced an ergot tolerance of 0.05 per cent for all grades of fababeans and chickpeas in Western Canada effective Aug. 1, 2017,

Daily Network News

Southern California honeybees show resistance to varroa mites

Pulse Weekly: SaskPulse optimistic despite input, crop price concerns

Canadian aquaculture should be classed as agriculture, industry groups say

Durum wheat

StatsCan canola stocks in line with expectations

Wheat, durum exports running behind average

Seed quality highly variable

China shipping wheat flour to Canada

Focus on quality, not quantity following StatsCan report

Fusarium conference hears of disease resurgence

ADM sells stake in Canada Malting owner GrainCorp

CETA clears legal test hurdle in EU parliament

Rising durum bids topping out in Western Canada

Ergot tolerances set for chickpeas, fababeans

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