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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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Crop Report – for Jul. 8, 2010

By Manitoba Agriculture July 8, 2010

SOUTHWEST REGION Large storms on the weekend resulted in yard damage in some areas. There were reports of high winds with hail in areas including Hartney, south of Souris, and through to Nesbitt. Field conditions started to dry up with the warmer temperatures. Cereal crops showed the greatest improvement; several producers started applying fungicides. Canola

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Getting A Head Start

By Allan Dawson July 8, 2010

If you’re thinking about getting a head start on 2011 by sowing winter wheat into some of those empty fields next month, now would be a good time to pick up some flax seed. Provincial agronomists say it’s one of the best options available to farmers looking to artificially create that all-important snow-trapping stubble needed

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Meeting China Grain Demand A Tough Task

July 8, 2010

China faces a “formidable” task in meeting demand for grains such as rice, wheat and corn in the next decade, Agriculture Minister Han Changfu was quoted as saying July 4. Han said China’s urbanization and rising living standards would push national grain demand to more than 572.5 million tonnes by 2020. Last year it harvested

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New USDA Numbers Surprise Markets

July 8, 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 continued to trek higher during the week ended July 2. Steady domestic crusher demand, combined with weather worries across the Canadian Prairies, helped to stimulate the price advances. The continued refusal

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Crop Report – for Jul. 1, 2010

By Manitoba Agriculture July 1, 2010

SOUTHWEST REGION High rainfall amounts were reported throughout the region in the past week, with the Minnedosa area one of the hardest hit. Early seeded crops appear to be tolerating the moisture better than late seeded crops. Approximately 15-30 per cent of crop acres will not get seeded due to excessive moisture, although greenfeed may

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In Brief… – for Jul. 1, 2010

July 1, 2010

Out of time: Wet conditions limited planting by Western Canadian farmers this spring to only 82 per cent of the original planned acreage, the Canadian Wheat Board said June 21. The final crop insurance deadlines passed on June 20. Farmers are expected to plant their smallest acreage of wheat, durum and barley in decades and

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Crop Dollars Washed Away

By Kevin Hursh July 1, 2010

What’s the price tag to the crops sector from this record rainfall spring? Great question, but it’s very difficult to answer. Flooding damage to homes, businesses and roads will gradually be assessed with a high degree of accuracy. Replacement values can be estimated. You can’t simply rebuild a crop that’s been lost. Now that the

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