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Western grain is moving relatively well despite bad weather and a big crop, but shippers complain CP Rail could do better. CP Rail says it’s moving almost as much grain as it did last crop year, which was a record.
Cereals, News

Western grain shipping relatively smooth so far

Although concerns have been raised about CP Rail’s performance, a big crop and cold weather haven’t derailed grain exports

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Western Canadian grain has been moving fairly well this crop year despite a 76-million-tonne crop and bitterly cold weather, which in 2013-14 was blamed for a huge and expensive grain-shipping backlog. “All things considered things are going pretty good,” Mark Hemmes, president of Quorum Corporation, the firm hired by the federal government to monitor Western
Fusarium head blight is an ongoing challenge but following best management practices can limit the damage.
Cereals, Crops

Managing fusarium can reduce risk

Nobody can change the weather, but better crop management can hamper the disease’s spread

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Fusarium head blight continues to be a major challenge for Manitoba farmers, but there’s emerging evidence that they may be able to manage around the worst of it. At the recent Manitoba Agronomists Conference in Winnipeg, Dr. Anita Brûlé-Babel of the department of plant sciences at the University of Manitoba shared a number of management
Disease issues can really hurt seed germination, making testing before planting very important.
Cereals, Crops

Seed quality highly variable

A tough growing year has translated into seed that can have lower germ levels

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Seed quality in Manitoba for the upcoming growing season is a mixed bag depending on the crop, according to Holly Gelech, manager of business development for BioVision Seed Labs in Winnipeg. The average germination of wheat seed tested from the 2016 crop is 86.3 per cent, down six per cent from the five-year high of
Wheat hybrids possible but are benefits big enough?
Cereals, Crops

Wheat hybrids possible but are benefits big enough?

Some wonder if the money would be better spent on open-pollinated lines while 
finding better ways seed companies can get financial returns

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It seems commercializing hybrid wheat has been just over the horizon for years, but it’s now on the market in Europe and Marcus Weidler, head of Seeds Canada, for Bayer CropScience, says the company is developing hybrid wheat for Canada. “Hybrid wheat in Europe is a commercial reality,” Weidler said in a Dec. 15 interview.
Concept of making money agriculture
Cereals, News

WCWGA wants reduced Canadian Grain Commission fees, refund

Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay will discuss CGC fees with the new commissioners 
and the commission will consult the grain sector on the issue this winter

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The Western Canadian Wheat Growers wants to see a cut to Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) fees and the full and immediate refund to farmers of millions of dollars in surplus CGC earnings. That call, contained in a press release issued by the group Jan. 3, seemed unlikely as of press time. “With approximately $100 million
Public and private wheat breeding was discussed by a panel at the 3rd Canadian Wheat Symposium in Ottawa Nov. 23. The participants were (l) Ontario farmer Henry Van Ankum, Marcus Weidler, Bayer CropScience, Garth Patterson, Western Grains Research Foundation, 
Jim Anderson, wheat breeder, University of Minnesota and Rob Graf, a winter wheat breeder with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada.
Cereals, Crops

Public or private? Both are needed, say wheat breeders

Canada’s wheat breeding remains almost all public, while other jurisdictions 
have gone all private or to a mixed model


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[Updated: Jan. 9, 2016]: Making wheat a more competitive crop requires public and private breeder co-operation — and getting a return on investment from farmers buying seed. That was the consensus among panellists discussing wheat breeding at the 3rd Canadian Wheat Symposium here Nov. 23. “My observation would be that ultimately farmers are going to
Wheat acreage decline connected to demographics, economics
Cereals, Crops

Wheat acreage decline connected to demographics, economics

Making wheat more productive won’t likely boost plantings, but it will help keep the crop in farmers’ rotations, says the WGRF’s Garth Patterson

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As wheat plantings decline in Western Canada and elsewhere, some say the fix is transferring the innovation in crops such as canola, soybeans and corn. But there are other factors at play, says Garth Patterson, executive director of the Western Grains Research Foundation. “The markets aren’t treating wheat as favourably as some of the other
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Cereals, Crops, Markets

Low-quality feed being dumped on market

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CNS Canada — Prices for feed barley and wheat don’t appear ready to spike anytime soon, as farmers across Western Canada continue to dump supplies containing high concentrations of vomitoxin and fusarium into feedlots. “Steady as it goes here is the tone,” said Allan Pirness of Market Place Commodities in Lethbridge. “We’re looking to clean

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