Prairie wheat bids rise as dollar falls

Prairie wheat bids rise as dollar falls

MGEX, CBOT and K.C. wheat futures values are all down on the week

Hard red spring wheat bids in Western Canada took strength from a weaker dollar, with bids rising in price for the week ended March 16. Depending on the location, average Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS, 13.5 per cent protein) wheat prices rose across the Prairie provinces, according to price quotes from a cross-section of delivery

Agronomist Peter Johnson doesn’t like Manitoba’s tight rotations.

Tight crop rotations in the hot seat

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

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