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Wheat futures climbing higher

CNS Canada – North American wheat prices have rallied sharply over the past few weeks and could have more room to go, especially for higher quality and higher protein wheat. After trending lower for most of June and into early July, the Minneapolis December spring wheat contract settled at US$6.2275 per bushel on July 31,

Cereals, Local news, Weather

Fusarium head blight risk maps for 2018

By Manitoba Agriculture July 16, 2018

[UPDATED: JULY 16, 2018] Fusarium head blight (FHB) risk maps are posted daily courtesy of Manitoba Agriculture. During the winter wheat flowering period up to the end of the flowering period for spring wheat, these risk maps will be provided for you here. Warm, humid conditions occurring when the crop is susceptible to infection (during flowering) are favourable to

Cereals, News

CFIA certain Canadian wheat is GM free

It’s based on extensive testing of saved export and harvest samples collected by the Canadian Grain Commission

By Allan Dawson July 6, 2018

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is confident, based on extensive testing, none of the GM wheat it discovered in southern Alberta last summer has entered Canada’s commercial grain-handling or seed system. Canada’s wheat registration system played a role in reaching that conclusion. As of late June, CFIA didn’t know the name of that GM

When Monsanto shelved its commercial GM wheat trials in 2004, many people thought the experiment was over, but other companies carried out their own tests in later years.

Cereals, News

GM wheat field tests continue in Canada

Monsanto shelved Roundup Ready wheat in 2004, but other companies continue open-air experiments with GM wheat

By Allan Dawson July 6, 2018

There might not be any commercial GM wheat in production in Canada — but most years there are at least some field trials. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), which is charged with regulating confined Plant Novel Trait field trials, has confirmed this fact. ‘Confined’ PNT field trials must be approved by CFIA and come

Cereals, Opinion

Cereals Canada’s irresponsible GM wheat policy

By Stewart Wells July 4, 2018

The discovery of genetically modified (GM) spring wheat plants growing in Alberta is disappointing and damaging to Canadian farmers. And so is the reaction by Cereals Canada — an industry-dominated group that falsely claims to represent farmers. An article published in 2014 quotes Cereals Canada president Cam Dahl saying, “Cereals Canada’s support for GM wheat

Cereals, Markets, Other

Prairie wheat bids down as trade tensions weigh

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm June 30, 2018

Wheat bids in Western Canada continued their downward spiral for the week ended June 22, as ongoing trade tensions between the U.S. and China weighed on U.S. futures. Depending on the location, average Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS, 13.5 per cent protein) wheat prices were down $8-$11 per tonne across the Prairie provinces, according to

Crops are stagey this year, making finding the right window for fusarium head blight fungicide applications an even  tougher target.

Cereals, Crops

Heads-up for fusarium head blight

With so many things in farming timing is everything

By Allan Dawson June 22, 2018

Early flowering is the time to apply a fungicide to suppress fusarium head blight in winter and spring wheat. But there are things to consider, including if weather conditions are right for the disease (moist and warm), and if the crop is worth investing in, says Manitoba Agriculture’s field crop pathologist Holly Derksen. Last week

Cereals, News

GM wheat mystery in Alberta

The discovery of genetically modified wheat in Alberta is a head scratcher

By Allan Dawson June 21, 2018

The mystery over how seven plants of GMO wheat wound up growing next to an Alberta field access road will take some time to unravel. This high-tech whodunit has regulators scratching their heads to figure out how a known glyphosate-resistance gene from Monsanto got into an unknown variety of wheat hundreds of kilometres from the

Canadian wheat is under the microscope following the discovery of an unapproved genetically modified variety in Alberta.

Cereals, News

Wheat sector moves to reassure customers after GM wheat discovery

Industry groups and regulators all say the commercial channels remain GM free

By Allan Dawson June 21, 2018

The race is on to reassure Canadian wheat customers following the revelation genetically modified wheat was found last summer in Alberta. Already Japan and South Korea have shut the door to shipments from Canada in the wake of the finding, a move that echoes their reaction to similar past discoveries in the U.S. There were

Higher carbon dioxide levels could negatively impact the nutritional value of rice, an important crop to many lower-income countries.

Cereals, Did you know?

Rice’s nutritional value decreases in higher CO2 concentrations

Researchers examine how climate change can impact dietary quality of crops

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff June 19, 2018

Rice grown at higher carbon dioxide (CO2) concentrations, like those possible later this century, has lower nutritional value, according to a recent study. Notably, some varieties of rice seemed to react differently to increased levels of CO2, say the study’s authors, showing relatively smaller decreases in nutritional value. The finding that rice’s nutritional quality can

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Wheat futures climbing higher

Fusarium head blight risk maps for 2018

CFIA certain Canadian wheat is GM free

GM wheat field tests continue in Canada

Cereals Canada’s irresponsible GM wheat policy

Prairie wheat bids down as trade tensions weigh

Heads-up for fusarium head blight

GM wheat mystery in Alberta

Wheat sector moves to reassure customers after GM wheat discovery

Rice’s nutritional value decreases in higher CO2 concentrations

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