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Country Crossroads, Oilseeds

New eating plan is a Mediterranean Diet for the Prairies, say developers

The Pure Prairie Eating Plan, developed at the University of Alberta is built around the traditions, foods and geographies of the Prairies

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Researchers Initially, it was named ‘the Alberta Diet,’ and focused on those with Type 2 diabetes, says co-creator Catherine Chan, a professor of human nutrition at the University of Alberta. But as she and colleague Rhonda Bell worked on it, the vision became bigger, she says. A colleague suggested they call it the Mediterranean Diet
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Cereals, Crops, News, Oilseeds

Swede midge threat looms over Manitoba canola crops

A deceptively tiny bug can wreak non-stop havoc in canola

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If you thought clubroot was scary, get ready for Swede midge — a voracious mosquito-like bug that can wreak havoc with your canola yields. First found in North America in 2000, and has appeared in low numbers in Manitoba in 2007 and 2013, said Julie Soroka, a Saskatoon-based entomologist with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. “The
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Crops, Oilseeds

Farmers high on hemp as returns beat canola

Strong prices have led to ‘unprecedented’ interest in the crop, says Hemp Oil Canada rep

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Hemp acres in Manitoba are set to shatter records again this year as interest in the crop rises to an unprecedented level, the seed production manager for Hemp Oil Canada said last week. Kevin Friesen told about 30 farmers meeting at the Food Development Centre here that he anticipates 90,000 acres of contracted production this
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Crops, Livestock, Oilseeds

Struvite from manure safer in canola seed row

Manitoba Soil Science Society serves up a heaping helping of new research

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There’s a whole lot of stinky goodness in hog manure, and researchers at the University of Manitoba have been working hard to make it more convenient for grain farmers to use. Experimental extraction of struvite, or magnesium ammonium phosphate — the same greyish-white crystallized minerals that kidney stones are made of — has shown promise as
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News, Oilseeds

Canola growers invest $130,000 in new lab

The new Pathogen Surveillance Initiative will focus initially on clubroot detection

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Manitoba’s battle against clubroot just kicked up a notch. The Manitoba Canola Growers Association (MCGA) is investing $130,000 in the new Pathogen Surveillance Initiative, which will see a new laboratory set up at the University of Manitoba, MCGA president Ed Rempel announced at the association’s annual meeting in Winnipeg Feb. 18. The farmer-led effort funded
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Cereals, News, Oilseeds

Ag Canada drops flax breeding for agronomy research

The Manitoba Flax Growers Association says more research is needed to increase flax yields

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Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) is getting out of the flax-breeding business so it can focus more on research to boost farmers’ flax yields. “We maintained our staff in the flax area to transition from breeding to agronomy and pathology,” George Clayton, AAFC’s acting director general for the Prairie/Boreal Plain Ecozone, said in an interview
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Crops, Oilseeds

Canola growers debate UPOV ’91

A resolution opposing the treaty was narrowly defeated

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A resolution in favour of the Manitoba Canola Growers Association (MCGA) opposing Canada’s plan to implement UPOV ’91 was narrowly defeated at the association’s annual meeting in Winnipeg Feb. 18. It took a tie-breaking vote from the MCGA president and meeting chair Ed Rempel to defeat the resolution put forward by Deleau farmer Ian Robson
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Cereals, News, Oilseeds, Pulses

Farmers swarm first annual CropConnect

More than 1,100 farmers paid to attend over two days

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More than 600 farmers attended the first annual CropConnect Conference at Winnipeg’s Victoria Inn Feb. 18 and more than 530 showed up for the second day Feb 19. “Everything I’m hearing about the conference has been pretty positive,” said CropConnect committee chair, Theresa Bergsma, who is also secretary-manager of the Manitoba Corn Growers Association. CropConnect
canola award presentation
Crops, Oilseeds

Canola nutritionist honoured

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Dave Hickling is this year’s recipient of the Canola Award of Excellence for his work on canola meal. Hickling received the award at the first annual CropConnect Conference banquet in Winnipeg Feb. 18 from the Manitoba Canola Growers Association (MCGA). Hickling recently retired from the Canola Council of Canada where he had worked since 2002. Hickling began his career
Market analyst Brenda Tjaden Lepp
Cereals, Crops, Oilseeds

Low canola prices around for a while, Ag Days crowd told

Market analysts Brenda Tjaden Lepp and Larry Weber 
delivered a similar bearish outlook

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Don’t expect higher canola prices any time soon, unless bad weather affects production later this year, according to two market analysts who spoke at Ag Days Jan. 21. “Is the party over for canola? I’m sorry, it is for a while,” said Larry Weber of Weber Commodities in Saskatoon. “We’re going to need a drought

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