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Eat More Fibre This Summer

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This dietary change could result in a nine-pound weight loss in a year. Eating more high-volume, fibre-rich foods will fill you up without filling you out, but most of us shortchange ourselves on the fibre recommendation, which averages about 25 grams per day for adults. Fibre is indigestible plant material found in foods such as
Cereals, Crops

WGRF Investigates Fusarium In Oats

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Disease resistance traits isolated from oat varieties in South America are assisting in the development of improved fusarium resistance in Canadian oats. The effects of fusarium head blight in wheat and barley have been well documented over the past two decades. Mycotoxins produced by the fungi responsible can make pigs sick and cause beer to
Cereals, Crops, Forages

Crop Report – for Jun. 25, 2009

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SOUTHWEST REGION Thundershowers brought 10 to 25 mm of rain to some areas of the region. However, the majority of the region is rated as dry. The majority of cereal crops are in the tillering stage. Canola crops vary in stage from just emerging (reseeded acres) to starting to cabbage. Flax is three to four
Cereals, News

Harami Warns Farmers Of Impending Drop In Wheat Prices

David drozd As I have mentioned before in this column, the Japanese are true pioneers of technical analysis of the markets. Their techniques have evolved from fairly simple beginnings, trading forward rice contracts (futures) in the 17th century, to now include many sophisticated ways to analyze the markets, including the amazingly powerful modern-day charting method
Cereals, News

Railway Service Under MP’s Scrutiny

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Put a railway representative in front of the Commons agriculture committee and complaints about service and cost aren’t long in coming. Cliff Mackay, President and CEO of the Railway Association of Canada, wanted to explain the need for replacing the aging fleet of government grain hopper cars and the importance of letting market requirements shape
Cereals, News, Oilseeds

Excess Moisture Claims Are Up This Year

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Manitoba crop insurance officials were bracing for unseeded area claims covering up to one million acres as the June 20 deadline passed last weekend. Although the final tally won’t be known until the claims are processed, the Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation is anticipating about 2,100 claims covering nearly 10 per cent of Manitoba’s 9.2 million
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Farmer Optimism Dampened By Weather Concerns

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Relatively good grain prices had Western Canadian farmers feeling optimistic when surveyed in April, but many were justifiably nervous about the weather. The Canadian Wheat Board’s 2009 producer survey shows 60 per cent of farmers continue to believe that agriculture is headed in the right direction. That’s similar to last year’s poll. Prices are down,
Cereals, News

Survey Says Support Up For CWB

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Support for the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) is up according to the CWB’s most recent survey of farmers. That’s not what usually happens following the kind of controversy swirling around the marketing issue, says David Herle, a partner in the polling firm Gandalf Group that conducted the survey. “Normally in my experience when something becomes
Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Acres And Weather Becoming Market Focus

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For three-times-daily market reports from Don Bousquet and RNI, visit “ICE Futures Canada updates” at www.manitobacooperator.ca Grain and oi l seed prices at ICE Futures Canada in Winnipeg closed the week ended June 19 mixed, with canola lower. Canola was pressured down by a big slide in the Chicago soy complex and talk that China
Cereals, Crops

Give Farmers A Say In Commercializing GM Crops

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Since the introduction of genetically modified (GM) crops can have a huge impact on farmers they should have a say in whether GM crops get commercialized, says Ian Mauro, a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Victoria’s School of Environmental Studies. Canada’s current ‘science-based’ regulatory process doesn’t take socioeconomic factors into account in the approval

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