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Ritz Seeks Early Resolution To Canola Dispute

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Canada is confident it can resolve a dispute with China over China’s refusal to accept canola with blackleg disease without seeking World Trade Organization action, Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz said on Oct. 28. Ritz said he met with the Chinese ambassador to Canada Oct. 27. “It’s way too soon to (seek a WTO dispute settlement
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Minister Says Canadian Canola Doesn’t Sprout

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Efforts to dissuade China from blocking imports of Canadian canola over fears of blackleg haven’t gone well, and comments by Canada’s agriculture minister may not have helped. Gerry Ritz said Monday in Winnipeg he told Chinese officials they needn’t fear their farmers growing Canadian canola because the seed won’t grow. “I assured them that with
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Chinese Demand Blackleg-Free Canola

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China’s demand that Canada start delivering certified blackleg-free canola starting Nov. 15 will be tough to fulfil because the fungus disease is common here, says Canola Council of Canada president JoAnne Buth. But she says the Canadian government and canola industry are working hard to restore access to one of Canada’s major canola customers. Last
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Functional Food Business A Tough Sell

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“I think we’ll all say that the commercialization piece has been the slowest to happen.” – LEE ANNE MURPHY, CO-ORDINATOR OF THE MANITOBA AGRI-HEALTH RESEARCH NETWORK (MAHRN) Scott Sigvaldason sold part of the family’s 106-year-old farm, rented out the rest and invested about $800,000 of his own money to develop a product that could provide
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What Is The Manitoba Agri-Health Research Network?

The Food Development Centre at Portage la Prairie is a special operating agency of the Manitoba government and is involved in the development of grains and oil-seeds, fruits, vegetables, meat and bakery products for the supermarket shelf, as well as agricultural products for health. The FDC operates under a licence from the Canadian Food Inspection
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Progress On Resuming Flax Exports

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“No one should be under the impression that the acceptance of this protocol is suddenly going to open up the market in Europe again.” – BARRY HALL Flax industry officials are hopeful a new testing protocol presented to the European Union earlier this month will help restore export trade. A protocol for testing Canadian flax
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Monsanto Blacklists Naughty Growers

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Four southern Ontario farmers fined a total of over $90,000 for unlicensed use of Roundup Ready soybeans are the first to be banned from future use of Monsanto’s patented genetics under its “violator exclusion” policy. “One of the more significant outcomes of the case against these four growers is that it marks the first time
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Late-Harvested Crops Require Careful Attention

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With several crops still in the field, farmers must decide what to harvest first, at what moisture content and how to store for long-term quality. Sunflowers can hold out longer than swathed canola if the sunflowers are disease free and in good shape. And flax is less likely to shell out than canola. Some crops,
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Harvesting Wet Soybeans

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You want your beans in the combine, not on the ground. After a tough growing season for soybeans there are two more hurdles – harvest and drying. When racing to get the soybeans off keep the combine groundspeed reasonable. It helps keep the cutterbar low which reduces losses. The best beans are often lowest on

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