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grain shipping cars at an inland grain terminal

Saskatchewan coalition lays out plan for grain transportation reform

Its submission to the Canadian Transportation Act Review Panel contains nine  recommendations, including protecting producer cars and market transparency

By Allan Dawson December 11, 2014

A coalition of Saskatchewan farm groups says western Canadian farmers lost an estimated $3.1 billion last crop year and could lose $2 billion this crop year because of a broken transportation logistics. The coalition formed by Saskatchewan Pulse Growers, the barley and wheat development commissions and Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan (APAS) submitted nine recommendation

a group of culinary students preparing food

Cereals, Crops, News, Oilseeds

GMO food misinformation a problem: Folta

Food science can help farmers and food processors meet demands of specific demographics

By Shannon VanRaes November 5, 2014

Does science belong on your plate? Kevin Folta and Nancy Ames think so, as did their sold-out audience at a Canola Connect event last week at the Richardson Centre for Functional Foods & Nutraceuticals. “Humans have been engineering plants for a long time, we have abilities to do some really good stuff — grow more

The 2014 harvest has begun. This field of winter wheat near Miami was swathed last week, while some others nearby have been harvested. Winter wheat planting is also about to start, especially in fields too wet to seed this spring. photo: allan dawson

Cereals, Crops, News

Winter harvest underway; seeding about to start

Ken Gross of the winter wheat initiative provides tips on getting  the most out of your winter wheat crop

By Allan Dawson August 14, 2014

Winter wheat harvest has begun in Manitoba and planting won’t be far behind. It’s too early to say how well this year’s crop will yield, but winterkill and fusarium head blight are taking a toll. But there are things farmers can do when seeding this year’s crop to try and mitigate the impact on 2015’s

Cereals, Crops, News

Cereal research programs set back a season from summer flooding

2014’s flooding is the latest along in the growing season  anyone can remember, say BRC staff

By Lorraine Stevenson August 12, 2014

Flood waters that lapped close to the doorsteps of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s Brandon Research Centre last month also submerged the plot sites of cereal research programs, and that means no data for researchers this year. All three programs have been set back a season due to data lost after their plots were inundated by

Amy and Donald Nikkel live with their two young children, Eli, age 2-1/2, and Alexis, five, on their small farm where they grow naked oats near
Lundar.

Cereals, Country Crossroads

Oats at a slower pace

Good food should be an excuse to slow down, say made-in-Manitoba cereal makers

By Lorraine Stevenson July 21, 2014

Some think boiling water for porridge takes too much time. The Nikkel household grows the oats and rolls them in their own mill first. Amy and Donald Nikkel, Interlake school teachers, set out five years ago to start farming at a pace and scale that made sense for their own busy lives. Today they are

Cereals, Crops, Oilseeds

Strong outlook for organic grain prices, panel says

Imports are keeping processor margins away from the brink, says panel

By Daniel Winters April 11, 2014

While conventional farmers fume about rail delays and falling prices, the organic sector is worried that supply shortages and sky-high prices may derail future growth. “I think most people know that in the market today, demand outstrips supply and that’s why we have the prices that we do,” said Ken Sabatier, a buyer for Grower’s

Cereals, News

Winter wheat backlog threatens fall demand

Jake Davidson fears last fall’s unprecedented early demand might not be repeated  if a large volume of winter wheat is carried over

By Allan Dawson March 24, 2014

For the second year in a row, winter wheat is projected to be one of the most profitable crops in Manitoba. But it won’t be as attractive this fall if last year’s crop doesn’t move soon, says Jake Davidson, executive manager of Winter Cereals Manitoba. “My biggest concern is with the slow movement this year,”

Cereals, Crops

Federal cash announced for oat research, marketing

Funding to be spent on verifying benefits of oats for horses as well as recapturing U.S. market

By Daniel Winters January 30, 2014

A pail of oats is the best way to catch a horse, but capturing new markets takes a bucket of money. That’s why the announcement by federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz of $3.7 million aimed at helping the industry boost exports has the Prairie Oat Growers Association (POGA) feeling frisky as a new foal. The

Cereals, Country Crossroads, Recipe Swap

Recipe Swap: Raising the bar

By Lorraine Stevenson December 5, 2013

It’s been about a year since we told you about Colleen Dyck, the Manitoba farmer launching her GORP energy bar made with the hemp, oats, flax, sunflower seeds and honey and other ingredients grown on her Niverville farm. Colleen was gearing up production after more than seven years creating the recipe and marketing strategy for

Cereals, News

Producer car shippers bypass plugged elevators

By Allan Dawson November 14, 2013

A12-car train jerks to a steady rhythm every few seconds as part-time engineer Travis Long ever so slowly “stretches” the newly connected cars, while a roaring hum fills the locomotive’s cab. It’s the satisfying sound of grain moving to market via producer cars on the Boundary Trail Railway Company’s (BTRC) short line — 23 miles

Daily Network News

Moroccan fertilizer maker OCP expects output to drop 30 per cent in Q2, sources say

Feed Grain Weekly: Demand rises despite war uncertainty

How farmers can manage stress, anxiety during spring seeding

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