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Argentine exporters vow genetically modified wheat safeguards

Aim is to protect key export market Brazil until it also approves the technology

By Hugh Bronstein, Maximilian Heath November 22, 2021

Reuters – Argentine grains exporters have asked the government to identify farmers who are growing drought-resistant genetically modified (GM) wheat, so they can halt sales from those areas until top importer Brazil approves the technology. Exporters say if any GM wheat is shipped from Argentina, all international sales of the grain may be shunned due

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Feed weekly outlook: U.S. corn filling Canadian feed shortages

By Adam Peleshaty, GFM Network News November 3, 2021

MarketsFarm – As winter approaches, corn is making up a greater appearance in feed channels, supplanting barley and wheat in the process. “In Western Canada, the yields were significantly lower than average. So we’re importing a lot of feed into Western Canada, mostly corn and corn with DDGs (dried distillers’ grains),” said Allen Pirness, manager

AAFC barley researcher and breeder Ana Badea assesses plants at the Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada research station in Brandon.

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Filling in the genetic road map for better barley

AAFC has announced the first completed reference genome for a Canadian malt barley variety, and researchers say it’s the first step towards quicker, better breeding selection

By Alexis Stockford November 1, 2021

Barley breeders have got their first look under the proverbial hood when it comes to genomic selection, and researchers say it bodes well for future varieties coming down the pipe. Why it matters: The first reference genome in Canadian malt barley sets the stage for a more streamlined, less expensive breeding process. Ana Badea, a

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Feed weekly outlook: Almost out of space for corn

By GFM Network News, Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm October 28, 2021

MarketsFarm – At this point of the fall, there’s not much room still to be had for feed corn, according to Brandon Motz of CorNine Commodities in Lacombe, Alta. In the meantime, prices for feed barley and wheat continued to push higher. “The in-bound corn is picking up and we are starting to see new

The Co-op Ethanol Complex at Belle Plaine, Sask. (FCL.crs)

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Co-op to capture carbon at ethanol plant, refinery

FCL, Whitecap sign agreement to sequester fuel plants' CO2

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News October 24, 2021

A major Prairie ethanol and fuel producer is posed to spend just over half a billion dollars on a system to capture and sequester carbon dioxide from its operations in Saskatchewan. Federated Co-operatives announced Thursday it had signed a memo of understanding with Calgary-based ‘clean energy’ company Whitecap Resources, in which the latter company will

The five-year agreement will ensure the continuation of the fusarium head blight nursery program.

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Wheat breeding at U of M gets $3.5-million boost

Core funding agreement comes from a number of Prairie producer groups

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff September 13, 2021

A consortium of producer groups have made a $3.5-million funding commitment to a ‘core’ wheat-breeding program at the University of Manitoba. The groups include the Canadian Wheat Research Coalition (CWRC), the Western Grains Research Foundation (WGRF) and the Saskatchewan Winter Cereals Development Commission (SWCDC). The five-year agreement will ensure the continuation of the fusarium head

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Considering winter cereals?

2021 variety selection data for winter cereals is now available

By Anne Kirk September 8, 2021

Yield results from the 2021 MCVET (Manitoba Crop Variety Evaluation Team) fall rye and winter wheat testing locations are now available to help producers with variety selection decisions. Data from all locations was not available at the time of publication; more information will be included in Seed Manitoba 2022 in November. Yield, agronomic, and disease-resistance

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Feed weekly outlook: DDGs becoming another feed option

By Adam Peleshaty, GFM Network News August 9, 2021

MarketsFarm – As traditional feed grains such as barley and wheat become more expensive due to persistent drought-like conditions in the Prairies, many feedlots are using alternative sources of feed for their animals. Dried distillers grains with solubles (DDGs), the grain by-products which remain after starch has been fermented through the making of alcohol or

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North Dakota spring wheat crop slashed by drought

By Karl Plume August 5, 2021

Reuters – The average spring wheat yield in North Dakota, the U.S.’s top producing state for the crop, was estimated at 29.1 bushels per acre on July 29 by the annual Wheat Quality Council tour. It is the lowest on record going back to 1993 due to a severe drought in the northern Plains. The

A sharply smaller spring wheat harvest due to drought may force bakers to change how they work with flour. Photo: DanielBendjy/E+/Getty Images

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Millers, bakers fret as drought withers North America’s spring wheat

By GFM Network News, Karl Plume, Rod Nickel August 5, 2021

Reuters – Millers and bakers are draining wheat reserves and paying more for spring wheat used in baking, as drought shrivels crops across the Canadian Prairies and northern U.S. Plains that produce more than half of the world’s supply. U.S. and Canadian farmers are bracing for a sharply smaller spring wheat harvest due to the

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U.S. livestock: Cattle, hog futures rise on first WASDE since September

U.S. export sales include only small soybean business to China

U.S. corn and soybean yields revised down by USDA