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Crop Report – for Jun. 17, 2010

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SOUTHWEST: Most of the region saw scattered rainshowers throughout the past week. Warm temperatures over the weekend were sufficient to dry fields enough for spraying operations. Crops are advancing with the heat; crops are shorter in height and are tillering quickly. The majority of acres in the region needs to be sprayed. Producers are keeping
Cereals, Crops, Pulses

Brandon Researchers On The Hunt For Root Rot Pathogens

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Studies at the Brandon Research Centre have not yet turned up fusarium graminearum in root rot pathogens affecting local peas and dry beans. Last year, researchers began looking at the possibility that the fungus responsible for fusarium head blight in wheat could infect those crops after a recent report from North Dakota discovered that the
Cereals, News

Crop Prospects Dim For Saskatchewan

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If the wet forecast proves accurate for the week ahead in water logged Saskatchewan, farmers in Canada’s top crop-growing province are unlikely to plant much more this spring, said an official in the province’s Agriculture Department. Planting progress has improved only about two to three percentage points from last week’s disappointing 59 per cent completion
Cereals, News

Food Stats Show Some Positive Trends

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Canadians are eating more fresh fruits and vegetables and less red meat, but that doesn’t necessarily mean the nation’s overall diet is improving. The average Canadian also consumes more sugar, coffee and cheese and nearly as much fat and oil as before, says a new Statistics Canada food consumption report for 2009. The average caloric
Cereals, Crops

FAO Website To Track Wheat Fungus

The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization said it had launched a website to track and help prevent the global spread of wheat stem rusts including Ug99, a devastating strain that poses a global threat to production. About 90 per cent of wheat varieties around the world lack resistance to the deadly wind-borne fungus that destroys
Cereals, Crops

Dow AgroSciences Rolls Back Prices

Farmers purchasing Simplicity and Liquid Achieve herbicides this spring will now benefit from a new lower price at retailers across Western Canada, Dow AgroSciences Canada Inc. says in a release. Dow AgroSciences is offering the $2-per-acre price reduction for all purchases made for the 2010 season. “We want to ensure our customers receive the most
Cereals, Crops, Oilseeds

Crop Report – for Jun. 10, 2010

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SOUTHWEST: There was little to no seeding progress made over the past week due to rainshowers on several days. Moisture situation is rated as excessive in most areas. Approximately 15 to 20 per cent of the acres currently remain unseeded. Producers are looking at alternative seeding options such as broadcasting and harrowing; aerial seeding has
Cereals, Crops

Poverty Reduces Wheat Consumption

Consumption of wheat in Pakistan fell 10 per cent last year, because people lost the purchasing power to buy even that most basic of food staples in the south Asian country, a top UN official said June 2. Wolfgang Herbinger, country director for the World Food Program in Pakistan, said declining wheat consumption was a
Cereals, Crops

CGC Payment Security Alternative Closer

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“We still like the old one (program), there’s no question about that.” – ROB BRUNEL KAP is making headway on a “Plan B” should the federal government scrap the Canadian Grain Commission’s (CGC) security program that kicks in when licensed grain companies fail to pay farmers. “We are going to be putting forward a policy
Cereals, Livestock

FAO Sees Bigger 2010 Grain Crops, Price Pressure

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World cereals output is expected to rise this year to near-record highs, swelling overall supplies and putting pressure on already weakened prices, the UN’s food agency said June 3. The global wheat output is forecast to fall for the third consecutive year, but at 676.5 million tonnes it would still be close to 2008 record

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