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In Brief… – for Jan. 20, 2011

By Reuters January 20, 2011

Vet fined:A Manitoba veterinarian has been fined $10,000 for certifying uninspected cattle for export. Dr. Earl Van Assen pleaded guilty in a Winnipeg court to two counts of contravening the federal Health of Animals Act. Court was told Van Assen submitted certification documents in Feb. 2009 for 42 cows shipped to the United States, stating

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DUC, Bayer, Support Winter Wheat Research

By Daniel Winters January 20, 2011

Canada’s top winter wheat breeder has been awarded a $600,000 grant to continue his work – even though he’s winding down his breeding program. But University of Saskatchewan plant scientist Brian Fowler says new winter wheat cultivars from his breeding program will continue to appear for years to come. For example, a new cultivar named

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Don’t Cry For Argentina Just Yet

January 20, 2011

ICE Futures Canada canola contracts climbed to fresh contract highs during the week ended Jan. 14, but ran into speculative profit-taking and farmer hedges to the upside, which tempered the advances. While corrections are to be expected, the general consensus amongst analysts seems to be for more strength in canola heading into spring, especially as

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Argentine Farmers On Strike

By Helen Popper January 20, 2011

Argentine farmers halted sales of wheat, corn and soy on Monday as they went on strike over export curbs, rekindling a dispute that helped drive global grains prices to record highs three years ago. The seven-day protest could fuel supply concerns just as dry weather linked to the La Nińa weather pattern worsens the outlook

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New Herbicide Aimed Against Group 2 Resistance

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff January 20, 2011

Cereal growers in Western Canada looking for control of Group 2-resistant weeds including kochia, chickweed and cleavers, now have a new weed-resistance management tool. Optica Trio is a Group 4 herbicide combining three active ingredients in one package to control broad-leaf weeds in wheat (spring, durum and winter), barley and oats. “Optica Trio is a

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The Ultimate Hit List — The Top 100 Food Crops

By Lorraine Stevenson January 20, 2011

Picking the world’s most important food crops is no small feat, given tastes differ around the world and there are many ways to measure value. But Ernest Small had one fundamental criteria in mind when he wroteTop 100 Food Plants: The World’s Most Important Culinary Crops. “Obviously, we can rank them on a dollar-value basis,

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Canadian Farmers Optimistic As Prices Rise

By Rod Nickel January 20, 2011

Canadian farmers are the most optimistic they’ve been in four years, according to a survey by the country’s top farm lender, as grain and oilseed prices trade around 2-1/2-year highs. Seventy-six per cent of the 4,900 farmers and farm business owners that Farm Credit Canada surveyed last autumn said they expect their farm or business

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Uncertainty Threatens Research Investment In Canada

By Tamara Leigh January 13, 2011

Syngenta Canada president Jay Bradshaw says wheat is Canada’s next “Cinderella” crop, but warns that the opportunity could be lost if governments stray from science-based regulations, discouraging private research investment. “My biggest competitors are inside our own global research budget,” Bradshaw told the Western Canadian Wheat Growers convention in Vancouver last week. “We need to

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Easter Wants Transport Canada At Ag Committee

By Allan Dawson January 13, 2011

If Transport Canada declines another invitation to appear before the House of Commons’ agriculture committee, it will be subpoenaed to appear, according to Liberal Agriculture Critic Wayne Easter. “The fact of the matter is when a parliamentary committee invites a department to come before it they’re expected to come,” Easter told reporters Dec. 13 during

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Market Attention Turns To Spring Seeding Plans

January 13, 2011

ICE Futures Canada canola contracts bounced around in a narrow range during the first trading week of the new year, but finished a little weaker than they were to end 2010 as some profit-taking came forward to weigh on values. In the U.S., soybeans, corn and wheat also saw a similar pattern to start the

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