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Avoid Hasty Response To Unseeded Acreage

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A s the seeding window closes, the unseeded acreage projections are staggering. But it’s difficult to know how governments should respond or if they should respond at all. The Canadian Wheat Board says Western Canada will have the lowest wheat acreage since 1971. Barley acreage is expected to be the lowest since 1965. Pressure is
Cereals, News

Goodale Bill To Put Farmers In Control At CWB

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“Charlie Mayer and Bill Knight, …they didn’t much like the Canadian Wheat Board, but they didn’t attempt to shoot it in the head in the middle of the night.” – RALPH GOODALE Liberal MP Ralph Goodale is trying once more to turn control of the Canadian Wheat Board over to farmers. The architect of the
Cereals, News

Speedy Passage Urged For Colombia Trade Deal

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Farm groups are turning their attention to the Senate in hopes of getting legislation approving a free trade deal with Colombia passed. The bill languished in the Commons for months as the NDP and Bloc Quebecois tried to stop its passage over concerns about attacks on trade unionists and reformers in the South American country.
Cereals, Crops

Add Stripe Rust To Your Disease Watch List

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“With any rust the younger the crop is when infected the greater the potential for yield reduction. That’s why one of the main control methods is early planting.” – PAM DE ROCQUIGNY Farmers checking their wheat crops for leaf rust, tan spot and septoria can add stripe rust to the disease watch list. Jason Voogt,
Cereals, Crops, News, Oilseeds

Disease Threatens What’s Left

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From 10,000 feet, the muddy Prairie fields below soaked with unprecedented rains this spring can be described in one word: dismal. The Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) predicts farmers will seed only 19.2 million acres of wheat and 6.6 million of barley – the smallest acreages since 1971 and 1965, respectively. It estimates 8.5 million to
Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Unseeded Acres Arrive In Markets

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For three-times-daily market reports from Resource News International, visit “ICE Futures Canada updates” at www.manitobacooperator.ca. Mounting weather concerns across Western Canada finally made their way into the canola market during the week ended June 11, causing the futures to rally sharply higher on ideas that large areas will be left unseeded this year due to
Cereals, Crops

BASF Launches New Fusarium Fungicide

BASF Canada has received Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) registration for Caramba fungicide, a new systemic triazole fungicide for use on wheat, oats, barley and rye. “This is great news for cereal growers,” said Mike Bakker, fungicide brand manager with BASF Canada. Caramba combines protection against fusarium head blight with premium leaf disease control. The
Cereals, Crops, Oilseeds

Late-Seeding Tips From MAFRI

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“Planting when the soil is too wet will lead to soil compaction, which can decrease yield much more than planting a few days later.” – MAFRI The later a crop is seeded the lower its potential yield, but Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives (MAFRI) says there are things farmers can do to make the
Cereals, Crops

CWB Survey Says Farmers Want Control

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“The message from farmers is crystal clear: they want to be firmly in charge of their marketing organization and call the shots on its future.” – ALLEN OBERG The majority of western Canadian farmers believe they should be the ones deciding the future of the Canadian Wheat Board, according to the board’s annual producer survey.

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