Cereals & Farming Articles - Manitoba Co-operator

Time to move past divisive wheat-marketing debate

By Allan Dawson January 7, 2013

Richard Gray won’t miss the fighting amongst western Canadian farmers over the Canadian Wheat Board. The University of Saskatchewan agricultural economist says the long, divisive debate distracted farmers from tackling even more financially important issues such as crop research. Grain marketing has been a touchy issue. A farmer who declined to be interviewed likened it

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Is it time to rethink your phosphorus management?

By Angela Lovell January 6, 2013

Farmers may need to rethink their phosphorus management due to the dramatic shift in Manitoba acres towards canola and soybeans at the expense of cereals, an Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada researcher says. Cynthia Grant, a soil management and fertility specialist with the Brandon Research Centre told the Manitoba Agronomy Conference farmers are growing more crops

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UN declared 2013 International Year of the Quinoa

By Lorraine Stevenson January 6, 2013

It’s a highly nutritious grain and a cool-climate crop that could have played a more important role feeding a hungry world, had rice, wheat and corn not predominated. But in 2013 quinoa, (pronounced KEEN-wah), dubbed one of the “lost crops of the Incas,” or “poor man’s crop” could begin a comeback after centuries of relative

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Keen on quinoa? Growers wanted

By Shannon VanRaes January 6, 2013

From the high Andes to the Canadian Prairies, quinoa could be the next little seed to hit the province

Once a largely obscure Andean seed, quinoa has made in-roads into Canadian pantries, but is having difficulty taking root on Canadian farms. “Right now we don’t really turn down any interested growers, the challenge is still getting enough interested growers,” said Michael Dutcheshen, general manager of Saskatoon-based Northern Quinoa Corporation, a processor and distributer of

Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Seven market movers to watch in 2013

By Phil Franz-Warkentin January 5, 2013

The start of a new year is a time of reflection and also a time of looking forward. As history has a habit of repeating itself, what were the big factors that moved the grains and oilseeds in 2012? And what might we expect this new calendar year? Marketing As far as Western Canada was

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John Morriss awarded Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal

By Allan Dawson January 4, 2013

Veteran farm journalist John Morriss has been awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal for his contribution to Canada’s agricultural industry. Morriss, who began his journalism career in 1975 with Grainews, is associate publisher and editorial director of Farm Business Communications, which publishes the Manitoba Co-operator as well as other respected journals including Grainews,

Cereals, Oilseeds, Opinion

Spotlight on economics: Genetically modified wheat status, outlook and implications

By William W. Wilson January 4, 2013

Wheat is one of the world’s largest-acreage food crops, but it has not been a recipient of the new genetically modified (GM) technologies that have benefited corn, soybeans, canola and cotton. Compared with these crops, wheat has been losing its competitiveness for a number of reasons. The areas planted to wheat in the U.S. have

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The Jacksons

By Rollin Penner January 4, 2013

That’s it for the Mayans then I guess,” said Andrew Jackson resignedly folding his newspaper and laying it on the table next to his plate. “December 21st of 2012 came and went and the only thing that ended was the Mayan calendar.” Rose looked up from her own reading. “At least the doomsday prophets will

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Railway revenues rekindle costing review calls

By Allan Dawson January 4, 2013

Canada’s two major railways once again tipped over the statutory cap revenues for shipping grain during the 2011-12 crop year — costing farmers an extra two cents per tonne. “It underscores again the need for a costing review to parallel the (rail) service review,” Bladworth Sask., farmer and agricultural economist Ian McCreary said in an

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Grain Growers funded to promote grain sales

By Allan Dawson December 5, 2012

Fifty thousand dollars in federal government money is going to the Grain Growers of Canada to promote Canadian grain, which will include sending farmers on overseas trade missions. It’s part of $208,000 David Anderson, parliamentary secretary for the Canadian Wheat Board, announced here Nov. 21 during the annual Grain Industry Symposium organized by the Canada

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Time to move past divisive wheat-marketing debate

Is it time to rethink your phosphorus management?

UN declared 2013 International Year of the Quinoa

Keen on quinoa? Growers wanted

Seven market movers to watch in 2013

John Morriss awarded Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal

Spotlight on economics: Genetically modified wheat status, outlook and implications

The Jacksons

Railway revenues rekindle costing review calls

Grain Growers funded to promote grain sales

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