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Winter Wheat Research Financed

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff July 22, 2010

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) is providing just over $1.25 million to Ducks Unlimited Canada (DUC), three Prairie province winter wheat producer commissions and its funding partners to increase winter wheat acres across Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. “Improved varieties and good management by producers have made winter wheat one of the most profitable crops over

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Canola Bulls See Grey Skies Ahead

July 15, 2010

For three-times-daily market reports from Resource News International, visit “ICE Futures Canada updates” at www.manitobacooperator.ca. Canola futures on the ICE Futures Canada trading platform posted solid advances during the week ended July 9 with gains coming on the heels of the reduced production prospects for the crop. The penetration of key technical resistance in the

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U. S. Farmers Can’t Meet Booming Corn Demands

By Charles Abbott July 15, 2010

Exporters, livestock feeders and ethanol makers are going through the U. S. corn stockpile faster than farmers can grow the crops, the government said July 9. Despite record crops in two of the past three years and another record within reach this year, the USDA estimated the corn carry-over will shrink to the lowest level

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Canola Growers Concerned About Rail Costs

By Allan Dawson July 15, 2010

“We didn’t want to antagonize the minister, but we wanted to make sure that he knew we are concerned.” – ROB PETTINGER, MCGA Canola growers care about rail freight costs and want the federal government to review them, says Rob Pettinger, president of the Manitoba Canola Growers Association (MCGA). Pettinger was reacting to comments from

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Monsanto, BASF Increase Research Investment

By Carey Gillam July 15, 2010

“The yield increases that we have achieved together in the field so far give us confidence that we can do more in our collaboration crops, which now include wheat.” – PETER ECKES, BASF PLANT SCIENCE PRESIDENT Monsanto Co. and BASF said July 7 they will nearly double their investments into an already established joint venture

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Crop Report – for Jul. 15, 2010

By Manitoba Agriculture July 15, 2010

SOUTHWEST REGION Isolated thunderstorms last week resulted in small accumulations. Crops are rebounding from the moisture stress and have improved significantly. Early-seeded cereal crops are done flowering. Later-seeded cereal crop development ranges from tillering to starting to head. Most canola is flowering except for later-seeded crops, which range from cabbaging to bolting. Flax is starting

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Cover Crops Could Fill Void

By Daniel Winters July 15, 2010

“We should be home, getting to work!” – Scott Day, Mafri With so many unseeded acres on the Prairies, the problem has even attracted the attention of politicians, who have responded with a promise of cheques in the mail. But, ultimately, what to do about it is in the hands of the farmers who got

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Flood Aid On The Way For Wet, Weary Farmer

By Ron Friesen July 15, 2010

Curtis McRae had completely finished seeding by mid-May, two weeks ahead of normal. Then the rain came. When it finally stopped, nearly two-thirds of McRae’s 4,000 acres lay under water. McRae, who farms near Clandeboye, estimates 60 per cent of his canola crop is gone. So is 20 per cent of his wheat. He expects

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In Brief… – for Jul. 15, 2010

July 15, 2010

Winnipeggers out of cluck: It looks as if there won’t be backyard chickens in Winnipeg after all. Winnipeg City Council’s property committee has decided to take no action on a request to allow city residents to keep a few hens in their backyards for fresh eggs. The committee voted to receive the request as information,

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U. S. Feed Rations Could Shift To Wheat

By Mark Weinraub July 15, 2010

U. S. livestock producers may begin injecting more wheat into their feed after its price premium to corn hit its lowest level in three years and a government report revealed a radically tighter corn supply. Wheat is typically a costly feed alternative to corn, but the spread between the two narrowed to as little as

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