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Wheats in CWRS, CPSR classes up for review

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff May 9, 2015

Owners of Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) and Canada Prairie Spring Red (CPSR) wheat varieties have until month’s end to decide whether to put their products through more trials, or let their varieties be reclassified. The Canadian Grain Commission on Friday announced a review of the CWRS and CPSR wheat classes will start immediately, citing

Crops, Markets

U.S. wheat futures hit new lows, more losses likely

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin May 5, 2015

CNS Canada –– All three U.S. wheat futures markets hit fresh contract lows on Tuesday — and further losses are likely, as most fundamental and technical factors remain bearish. “The trend certainly hasn’t been positive,” said market analyst Bryan Strommen of Progressive Ag in Fargo, N.D. He cited improving U.S. winter wheat conditions, favourable weather

Crops, Markets

Prairie CWRS bids mixed as basis adjustments vary

By GFM Network News, Terryn Shiells May 4, 2015

CNS Canada — Cash bids for Canadian wheat were mixed during the week ended Friday, due to basis adjustments that varied from location, to location. Average Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheat prices were C$2.50 per tonne lower to $4 higher, with bids ranging from $185 per tonne in north-central Saskatchewan to $203 per tonne

Agronomist Mike Lee trekked 5,000 km through Ukraine and Russia over 12 days to evaluate crop conditions and get a sense of economic pressures farmers face in the region. (Photo courtesy Mike Lee)

Crops, Markets, Weather

Crop tour in Russia, Ukraine finds mid-sized farms under pressure

By GFM Network News, Lisa Guenther April 30, 2015

Conflict in Ukraine has left the country’s farmers in a tight spot, as they’ve told agronomist Mike Lee. Lee, who grew up in the U.K. but has managed large farms in Ukraine and worked in Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Russia, traveled 5,000 km through Ukraine and Russia in late March, evaluating winter crops and talking to farmers.

Crops, Weather

Warm weather aids seeding, but winter still lingers

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin April 29, 2015

CNS Canada — A late spring snowstorm will delay seeding operations in northern Saskatchewan, but better weather across most other areas of the Prairies is allowing producers to make headway getting this year’s crop in the ground. Up to 30 centimetres of snow fell in and around Saskatoon on Saturday and Sunday, knocking out power

Cereals, News

Faller, Prosper wheat varieties receive three-year interim registration

The Canadian Grain Commission hopes to  assign them to a wheat class before harvest

By Allan Dawson April 16, 2015

Farmers have been given the go-ahead to plant American Dark Northern Spring wheats Faller and Prosper this spring after the Canadian Food Inspection Agency granted the varieties three-year interim registrations April 2. But it’s not yet clear which quality class they’ll be placed in. The Canadian Grain Commission expects to announce that before harvest. Western

Crops, Local news

On-farm scientific research saves Westman producers big bucks

What started off as a way to answer questions on one farm has evolved  into a research business other farmers can access

By Allan Dawson April 10, 2015

Adam Gurr says he and his partners have discovered a way to save more than a million dollars over their farming career, and they’re sharing it with others. Gurr, who farms 4,800 acres near Rapid City and Brandon with his father Barry and brother-in-law Stephen Vajdic, isn’t peddling a miracle product. Their money-saving discovery is

Harpinder S. Randhawa, current soft white breeder at AAFC, received the  Seed of the Year award on behalf of Sadash Sadasivaiah, who passed away in 2005. It was presented by award co-chair Todd Hyra.

Cereals, Local news

AC Andrew receives Seed of the Year West award

Award includes a $4,000 scholarship to a student in plant breeding or genetics

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff March 13, 2015

AC Andrew, a soft white spring wheat variety developed by the late Sadash Sadasivaiah at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s Lethbridge Research Centre, has been selected as the 2014-15 winner of the Seed of the Year West award. “AC Andrew was a major breakthrough in terms of grain yield in the soft white spring wheat,” Harpinder

Cereals

VIDEO: The gluten story

By FBC Staff March 5, 2015

If you’ve ever chewed a few kernels of wheat to make ‘gum,’ you’ve done a gluten test. Domestic and overseas wheat millers do a somewhat more sophisticated gluten test to determine how flour milled from different wheats will perform in a bakery. The gluten strength of different varieties has been in the news lately, and

Cereals, News

Faller, Prosper recommended for interim registration

The endorsement signals new flexibility in the registration system as  neither fits any of Western Canada’s current wheat classes

By Allan Dawson March 5, 2015

Faller and sister variety Prosper, both high-yielding American Dark Northern Spring wheats, have been recommended for a three-year interim registration, marking a seismic shift in Western Canada’s wheat registration system. Faller has been grown under identify preserved (IP) contracts in Manitoba for two years. The Prairie Recommending Committee for Wheat, Rye and Triticale, a panel

Daily Network News

U.S. grains: Soy hits 17-month high, corn to four-month top as trade braces for U.S. data

Federal budget shows remaining disconnect between agriculture, policymakers, panelists say

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures continue downward

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