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EU’s Juncker seeks to win over Austria on CETA

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Strasbourg | Reuters –– European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker expressed optimism on Wednesday that EU governments would agree a contentious free trade deal this month ahead of a meeting with a skeptical Austrian chancellor. Juncker said the EU needed to ensure that a deal agreed with Canada two years ago entered into force in a
Crop Report, Crops, Local news, Weather

Manitoba Crop Report and Crop Weather report: No. 23

Conditions as of October 3, 2016

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Favourable weather conditions of warmer temperatures and minimal rainfall allowed for good harvest progress across most of Manitoba over the past week. Winter wheat and fall rye are emerging with excellent germination and stand establishment reported. Fall field work including post-harvest weed control, fall fertilizer applications, tillage and soil testing is on-going. Click here for
Austria’s Parliament Building, in Vienna. (CIA.gov)
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Austria’s chancellor sees CETA on right track

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Vienna | Reuters –– Austria’s government on Monday seemed to have found common ground on a free trade agreement between the European Union and Canada with Chancellor Christian Kern, who has criticized the pact in the past, saying negotiations were on the right track. Social Democrat Kern’s opposition to the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement
Crop Report, Local news, Weather

Manitoba Crop Report and Crop Weather report: No. 22

Conditions as of September 26, 2016

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Producers in Manitoba continue to harvest spring cereals, canola, flax, edible beans and soybeans. The first acres of sunflowers and grain corn were also harvested. However, harvest progress was slowed over the weekend due to rainfall. Winter wheat and fall rye is emerging with excellent germination and stand establishment reported. Fall field work including post-harvest
Now is the time for fall weed control. Cleavers, a problem weed in canola, is moving east in Manitoba.
Crops

Fall is a great time to control perennial weeds

Winter annuals are also ripe for cleanup at this time of year

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It’s time to control winter annual, biennial and perennial weeds. “The perennials are going to start moving things down to the roots (including weed-killing herbicides),” Manitoba Agriculture’s weed specialist Jeanette Gaultier said in an interview Sept. 14. “So it is the perfect time now to be thinking about perennial weed control.” And there are no
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How to fall apply Avadex and Fortress

Getting the application technique right will make these products more effective

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Apply Avadex and Fortress in the fall after the surface soil temperature is below 4 C and within three weeks of soil freeze-up. This situation generally occurs by October 1 across Western Canada. A single heavy harrow pass is sufficient for incorporation in minimum- and zero-till fields. Good soil contact is necessary for these herbicides
Crop Report, Local news, Weather

Manitoba Crop Report and Crop Weather report: No. 21

Conditions as of September 19, 2016

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Harvest 2016 continued across Manitoba, although wet weather, shorter days and heavy morning dews are impacting the number of acres harvested in any given day. Many crops are being harvested at tough or damp moisture levels, requiring aeration or artificial drying to achieve safe storage moisture levels. Some areas reported light frost events Thursday and
Austria’s Parliament Building, in Vienna. (CIA.gov)
Livestock

Austrian government split on opposition to CETA

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Vienna | Reuters –– Austrian Chancellor Christian Kern’s opposition to a free trade agreement between the European Union and Canada was countered by fervent praise for the deal from his deputy at a special parliamentary session on the issue on Wednesday. The Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with Canada, negotiations for which have finished,
Bayer CEO Werner Baumann (l) and Monsanto CEO Hugh Grant on Wednesday announced plans for a friendly merger in which Bayer will buy all Monsanto stock for US$128 per share. (PRNewsFoto/Bayer)
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Bayer clinches Monsanto with raised US$66 billion bid

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New York/Frankfurt | Reuters — German drugs and crop chemicals company Bayer has won over U.S. seeds firm Monsanto with an improved takeover offer of US$66 billion including debt, ending months of wrangling after increasing its bid for a third time. The $128 a share deal announced on Wednesday, up from Bayer’s previous offer of

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