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StatsCan Predicts Smaller Prairie Crop

August 27, 2009

Canadian farmers will harvest 17.5 per cent less wheat and 24.5 per cent less canola, Statistics Canada said Aug. 21 in its first estimate of 2009 crop production. It forecast the all-wheat crop at 23.61 million tonnes, a steep drop from last year’s bountiful harvest, but more than the trade had expected. Statistics Canada expects

Cereals, Crops, Forages, Oilseeds

Crop Report – for Aug. 27, 2009

By Manitoba Agriculture August 27, 2009

SOUTHWEST Rainfall accumulations ranged from 10 mm in the Melita area to 60 mm in the northern areas of the region. Winter wheat harvest continued, as most producers were harvesting before the rain on the weekend. North of Highway 1, most producers have desiccated winter wheat but very little harvesting has been done. Yields to

Cereals, Crops

New Flour Mill To Be Built In Ontario

By Lorraine Stevenson August 27, 2009

“The key is rail access. It’s taken us three years at least to find the right spot.” AManitoba farmer and former owner of the company that built the flour mill at Elie over a decade ago plans to do the same thing again near Guelph, Ontario. Andreas Boersch is president of LVB Milling of Elie,

Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Canola Crop To Shrink 25 Per Cent

By Don Bousquet August 27, 2009

For three-times-daily market reports from Don Bousquet and RNI, visit “ICE Futures Canada updates” at www.manitobacooperator.ca Grain and oilseed prices at ICE Futures Canada in Winnipeg closed the week ended Aug. 21 mixed with canola down modestly as the firm Canadian dollar, weak soyoil prices and bearish technical signals sent the market sharply lower. News

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Kane Manitoba’s Most Popular Wheat Variety In 2009

By Allan Dawson August 20, 2009

“I think the real story behind it is its parents. It’s (Kane) a cross between Domain and McKenzie.” – TODD HYRA A new upstart variety has finally pushed AC Barrie from its throne after 10 years as Manitoba’s most popular Red Spring wheat. Manitoba farmers planted 468,770 acres of Kane last spring, versus 418,839 acres

Cereals, Hogs, News

In Brief… – for Aug. 20, 2009

August 20, 2009

Be slap happy: August 20 is World Mosquito Day – a day set aside to raise awareness of the importance of mosquito control. “Mosquitoes cause more human suffering than any other organism, and afflict not only humans, but animals as well,” the American Mosquito Control Association says in a release. The annual event was originated

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Briefs continued – for Aug. 20, 2009

August 20, 2009

More wheat: The U. S. Agriculture Department bumped up its forecast for the world wheat crop this month, thanks to strong crops in India, the United States, China, Ukraine and most of Europe, but said drought has trimmed prospects for Russia, Argentina and Canada. World wheat production for 2009-10 was forecast at 659.29 million tonnes,

Cereals, Opinion

Manitoba Farmer Gives Commons Committee An Earful

By Alex Binkley August 20, 2009

Politicians and farm groups spend too much time debating marketing boards, the Canadian Wheat Board and farm safety nets and not enough on what will really help producers, a southwestern Manitoba farmer told the Commons agriculture committee recently. “Those three areas of policy suck 90 per cent of the oxygen out of the ag policy

Cereals, Crops, Oilseeds

Crop Report – for Aug. 20, 2009

By Manitoba Agriculture August 20, 2009

SOUTHWEST REGION The region received 20 to 50 mm of rainfall over the past week. An area around Miniota and Brandon reported severe crop damage by hail, along with some property damage. Early-seeded cereal crops are starting to turn and the late-seeded crops are in the heavy dough stage. Harvest of winter wheat and fall

Cereals, Crops

New Software Speeds Plant Breeding Efficiency

By Western Grains Research Foundation August 20, 2009

Two Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) scientists have developed software that allows researchers to make genetic comparisons on varieties with the click of a mouse. Software developments and a gene-mapping database funded by the Western Grains Research Foundation Endowment Fund are expected to vastly decrease the amount of time spent sorting through data to make

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B.C. ostriches culled, CFIA confirms

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hogs end week on high note

U.S. grains: Soybeans bounce as Chinese demand assessed, wheat drops

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