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Calling All Wannabe Wheat Breeders

If you’ve ever had a hankering to develop your own wheat variety, the University of Manitoba and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada have a deal for you. Researchers have created a participatory wheat-breeding program that allows farmers to take early crosses and then make the genetic selections on their farms, based on their management practices and
Cereals, Opinion

Remember When?

Reporters are notorious information pack rats and the Manitoba Co-operator’sAllan Dawson is no exception. Rumour has it his house is slowly settling into the Pembina escarpment due to the piles of paper, assorted reports and tape recordings stored in his office. But give Dawson a bit of time and he can pull together a pretty
Cereals, Opinion, Poultry

Letters – for Mar. 31, 2011

I would like to address our federal agriculture minister’s continued use of the statement of “putting farmers first.” First, as a beginning farmer a short while ago, I fell through some cracks in our agriculture programs. I had appealed every decision, right up to your office, with the same outcome each time, and at each
Cereals, News

Court Of Appeal Upholds Ritz’s Rules

The Federal Court of Appeal has confirmed legality of federal government changes to the voters’ list in the 2008 Canadian Wheat Board director elections. But the same court also ruled that the Friends of the Canadian Wheat Board (FCWB) – had a legal right to challenge the ruling. In January 2010 Federal Court Judge James
Cereals, News

Flood Fears Prompt Grain Movement

Farmers are taking advantage of a Canadian Wheat Board program to move stored grain out of areas at risk of flooding this spring. As of March 18, 100 Manitoba producers had signed up to move 24,000 tonnes of grain, mostly wheat, off flood-prone farms and into elevators, the CWB said. Most of the signup is
Cereals, Grain Markets

“Great Grain Robbery” Law Reveals Big U.S. Sales

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A1973 U.S. law requiring grain traders to promptly report export sales last week shed light on a mammoth corn sale believed to be destined for China. The U.S. Agriculture Department announced last Friday the sale of 1.25 million tonnes of corn worth $350 million to an unknown destination, which traders believe is China. The law
Cereals, Crops

Viterra CEO Sees Grain Price Rebound

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Viterra is buying grains in the cash and futures markets because it sees the recent slide as unsustainable, chief executive Mayo Schmidt said Mar. 16 Grain and oilseed prices remain relatively high and have driven up the cost of food to record levels, but fell sharply recently, just as farmers in the Northern Hemisphere prepare
Cereals, Livestock

Triton Now Registered For Malt Barley

DuPont has announced that its Triton C herbicide is now registered for use on both feed and malting barley. DuPont says Triton C controls a unique spectrum of weeds, including 24 different broadleaf and is well known among growers for control of cleavers as well as growing threats such as stork’s-b i l l ,
Cereals, News

New Rail Service Rules Welcomed

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After months if not years of lobbying, the grain industry got what it wanted last week – government action on rail service. And while shippers say they’re cautiously optimistic, some organization officials say it’s exactly what they’ve asked for. At an announcement made at a Paterson elevator near Winnipeg last week, Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz,

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