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Crop Report – for Jun. 23, 2011

By Manitoba Agriculture June 23, 2011

SOUTHWEST Another week of wet weather limited any progress in seeding. The region received about 30 to 120 mm of rain with Wednesday reporting the largest rain event. All runways and ditches were running and many roads were once again closed in several municipalities. In areas south of Highway 1 overall seeding progress remains at

Cereals, Oilseeds, Opinion

Sell Or Wind Down The CWB

By Allan Dawson June 16, 2011

Rhetoric is “language designed to have a persuasive or impressive effect on its audience, but is often regarded as lacking in sincerity or meaningful content.” There’s been lots of it in the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) debate. But push came to shove with the election of a majority Conservative government May 2. The government says

News, Oilseeds

Lake Winnipeg Bill Targets Hogs

By Ron Friesen June 16, 2011

Manitoba farmers fear new provincial legislation aimed at protecting Lake Winnipeg is a foot in the door toward controlling commercial fertilizer use in the province. Bill 46 (the Save Lake Winnipeg Act), introduced June 2 in the legislature, could be used to regulate the amount of fertilizer applied on cropland, not just to prevent hog

News, Oilseeds, Other livestock, Pulses

What’s Up – for Jun. 16, 2011

June 16, 2011

Please forward your agricultural events to [email protected] or call 204-944-5762. July 6-8:Canadian Seed Growers’ Association annual general meeting, Sheraton Hamilton Hotel, 116 King St. W., Hamilton. For more info visit www.seedgrowers.ca/meetingsandevents or call 613- 236-0497. July 10-13:Canadian Special Crops Association silver jubilee convention, Westin Bayshore, Vancouver. For more info call 204-925-3780 or visit www.specialcrops.mb.ca. July

Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Canola, Barley Seen Gaining On Tight Supplies

By Commodity News Service June 16, 2011

Canola futures on the ICE Futures Canada trading platform suffered a minor price setback during the week ended June 10. The taking of profits by speculative accounts after new highs were established in the July and November contracts provided some of the downward price momentum. Adding to the bearish price atmosphere in canola were the

Cereals, Crops, Oilseeds

Tissue Testing Now Available

By Reuters June 16, 2011

Farmers Edge, an independent precision agriculture consulting firm based in Winnipeg has expanded its laboratory services to include in-season tissue-testing services. “Farmers Edge Laboratories is now the only agriculture lab in Manitoba offering a full complement of in-season soil and tissue testing, giving growers the expedited results they need to make timely cropping decisions,” says

Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

World’s Skies Rain Bulls And Bears

By Phil Franz-Warkentin June 9, 2011

ICE Futures Canada canola contracts bounced around within a rather narrow range during the week ended June 3, seeing some consolidation after climbing to their highest levels in months the previous week. Both the old-crop July and the new-crop November contract ran into stiff chart resistance at the $600-per-tonne level, which may have factored into

Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

U.S. Corn Farmers At Crunch Time On Planting

By Christine Stebbins June 9, 2011

U.S. farmers who lag planting corn due to a soggy spring will still opt to seed corn rather than take an insurance payout or plant soy if their farms usually run high yields, a University of Illinois economist said June 3. “Farms with higher expected yields will find planting corn more attractive than taking the

Cereals, Crops, Oilseeds

Manitoba Monsoon Continues To Delay Seeding

By Allan Dawson June 9, 2011

Federal and provincial officials have started talking about aid under AgriRecovery after another week of heavy rains, hail and winds further delayed seeding. Both Manitoba Agriculture Minister Stan Struthers and his federal counterpart Gerry Ritz agreed to set up aid under AgriRecovery when they met May 31 in Winnipeg, Struthers said. Details are yet to

Crops, Oilseeds

New Test For Chlorophyll Near

June 9, 2011

Research scientists and inspection experts at the Canadian Grain Commission have been evaluating near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy (NIR) instruments for measuring chlorophyll in canola. The Western Standards Committee recently recommended one more year of study before deciding whether to adopt it. “Before the industry goes with a new grading technology, it’s important that the decision to

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