Following these points is not a guarantee of freedom from fusarium, but it will reduce the amount of FHB in your fields. This could mean the difference between a marketable crop and a financial loss.
Cereals
14 steps to avoiding fusarium
Positives and negatives both loom in cereal outlook
CNS Canada — There was a mix of good and bad from two senior market analysts when it came to their outlook for cereal crops. Jonathon Driedger and Neil Townsend, both with FarmLink Marketing Solutions, gave their thoughts about the global markets for wheat, durum, feed barley and oats Wednesday at the Grain World conference
Researchers working to produce winter wheat with ‘CWRS-like’ qualities
The project is all about improving returns to the producer by reducing the price difference between the two types of wheat, say research scientists
A wheat research program could combine the superior end-use qualities of hard red spring wheat with the higher yield and environmental benefits of winter wheat within the decade. Robert Graf, a research scientist responsible for the winter wheat-breeding program at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s Lethbridge Research and Development Centre, says he and his team are
Prairie feed grains drying out, influx of U.S. corn continues
CNS Canada – While plenty of wheat and barley are being downgraded to feed quality in Western Canada, as harvest nears the end crops are starting to come off dry. “In general, the sunshine and weather has progressed us fairly quickly. Grain toward the end was even coming off dry, so everyone seems content that
Plenty of feed wheat available on Prairies, few takers
CNS Canada — Quality downgrades caused by poor harvest weather has pushed a lot of wheat into feed markets, but there are few takers at this point. Eldon Dueck, grain merchant at Linear Grain in Carman, Man., said farmer offerings in his region remain slow, but he’s heard that a lot of feed wheat and
Feed weekly outlook: Grains flood Alberta market
CNS Canada — Feed grain prices in Alberta have come down as producers have rushed to sell downgraded crops. “Last week the phones were blowing up… right now I think we’re seeing some better weather, so everyone’s outside and the phones are probably going to light up again next week,” said Nelson Neumann, grain trader
Feed weekly outlook: Snowy weather makes for larger feed supplies
CNS Canada — The question isn’t whether there’ll be enough feed grains this year in Western Canada, but when they’ll be ready — which is keeping the market steady currently. “The question is when will it be marketable? When will it be out of the field and in condition to market?” said Allen Pirness of
NFU fears grain-grading system to be sacrificed under NAFTA
Cereals Canada says a deal can be reached to satisfy both Canada and the U.S.
Is Canada’s wheat quality assurance system under threat in the current NAFTA talks? The National Farmers Union says Canada needs to be on guard against U.S. efforts to destroy it. “Canada’s grain-grading system is the key to our international competitiveness, particularly for wheat,” Terry Boehm, chair of the NFU’s trade committee, said in a news
2018 variety selection data for winter wheat and fall rye
This early data release is intended to help farmers make seeding decisions this fall
MCVET (Manitoba Crop Variety Evaluation Team) in collaboration with Glacier FarmMedia has been publishing winter cereal data collected from trials shortly after harvest to help farmers and seed growers make variety decisions during fall planting. In 2018, yield data is being published for eight fall rye and seven winter wheat varieties from five locations across
Manitoba cornfields maturing faster than usual
Yields and quality expected to be hurt this season
Corn loves heat, but it also needs rain. Above-average heat and below-average rainfall have resulted in some Manitoba cornfields, or parts of them, prematurely drying up, raising concerns about yield and quality. “The crop is speeding along a lot faster than we would like it to,” Morgan Cott, the Manitoba Corn Growers Association’s field agronomist,
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