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The list of prohibited crop protection products looks set to shrink in the new crop year.
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Manipulator OK’d for 2018 crop, progress on quinclorac

The list of products exporters don’t want farmers using on their crops is being revised

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The list of chemicals Canadian farmers shouldn’t apply to their crops because they put markets at risk is expected to be shorter this growing season. Manipulator (chlormequat chloride), a plant growth regulator, has received a maximum residue limit (MRL) in the United States and an international MRL is expected to be set in July for
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Crops, Markets

ICE to move canola trade to U.S. exchange

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The business of trading and clearing canola futures is poised to leave Winnipeg for New York City this summer. Atlanta-based Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), the operator of canola exchange ICE Futures Canada, announced Tuesday it will be “transitioning” the trading and clearing of canola contracts to New York-based ICE Futures U.S. and ICE Clear U.S. ICE
Tabbouleh is a classic, tasty and healthful Middle Eastern dish.
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Put wheat and barley and other grains in your diet

The crops produced on Prairie farms don’t need processing to be eaten

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Isn’t it ironic that we live in the Grain Belt of Canada and produce some of the world’s finest grains, but we rarely eat those grains until they’re processed? For the longest time, I didn’t even know you could cook raw wheat kernels just as they are. The only thing I ever ate out of
CanoLAB and SoyLAB attendees get a crash course 
in weed identification in Dauphin March 15.
Crops

CanoLAB adds soybeans to the agenda

The two-day event hoped to get a better idea on managing canola 
and soybeans for growers who increasingly want to grow both

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Growers were looking for more than just canola knowledge from CanoLAB this year. Soybeans also stole the show. Put on annually by canola commodity groups, CanoLAB is usually a major stop for everything from canola fertilization and weed control to disease pressures and beneficial insects. This was the first year, however, that the Manitoba Pulse
Agronomist Peter Johnson doesn’t like Manitoba’s tight rotations.
Crops, Other

Tight crop rotations in the hot seat

Rotations were a major point as discussions turned to blackleg during this year’s BASF Knowledge Harvest

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It’s all but impossible to eliminate sclerotinia and blackleg from the field, but it’s also a mistake to assume crop genetics alone will manage the problem. BASF technical service specialist Colleen Redlick said farmers need to broaden their approach during the BASF Knowledge Harvest in Brandon earlier this winter. Resistance breakdown, something the industry has
Manitoba Wheat and Barley Growers Association chair Fred Greig led a discussion on the proposed commodity associations’ merger during the wheat and barley growers’ annual meeting Feb. 15 at CropConnect in Winnipeg.
Local news, News

Ideological lines blurred over commodity group merger

Farmers spoke for and against the proposal during 
five association annual meetings at CropConnect

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Butch Harder and Jim Pallister seem the most unlikely of allies. Ordinarily the pair, who farm at Lowe Farm and Portage la Prairie, respectively, find themselves on the opposite sides of many policy issues. But now they find themselves expressing similar concerns about the proposal to amalgamate five Manitoba farm commodity associations — Manitoba Wheat
The Manitoba Flax Growers Association is moving to Carman and chair Eric Fridfinnson is pleased the Manitoba Pulse & Soybean Growers Association has agreed to administer the association on a fee-for-service basis.
Local news, News

Flax, winter cereals groups moving to Carman

While not formerly part of the commodity group merger talks, 
it demonstrates a willingness towards additional collaboration

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The Manitoba Flax Growers Association (MFGA) and Winter Cereals Manitoba Inc. (WCMI) are moving to the Carman office already occupied by a number of other commodity organizations. The Manitoba Pulse & Soybean Growers (MPSGA) will administer the MFGA starting March 1, MFGA chair Eric Fridfinnson told reporters Feb. 15, following the association’s annual meeting during
Local news, News

Why merge?

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Why merge? The reasons for five Manitoba farm commodity associations — Manitoba Wheat and Barley Growers, Manitoba Pulse & Soybean Growers, Manitoba Corn Growers, Manitoba Flax Growers and National Sunflower Association of Canada — to merge were reviewed at each of the association’s annual meetings Feb. 14 and 15 at CropConnect in Winnipeg. Here’s a

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