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Expect canola to give back some acres this spring

By Phil Franz-Warkentin February 23, 2013

ICE Futures Canada canola contracts moved off their recent highs during the week ended Feb. 15, with speculative profit-taking and increased farmer selling — brought on by the previous week’s rally — weighing on values. The market ran into support to the downside and was showing signs of stabilizing ahead of the Louis Riel Day

Crops, Oilseeds, Weather

It’s not the heat — it’s the photoperiod

By Gord Gilmour February 23, 2013

You can breed soybeans to grow just about anywhere, but whether you’d want to is another question, says an Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada soybean breeder. Elroy Cober told the recent Manitoba Special Crops Symposium that it’s widely expected that Manitoba will take the No. 2 slot behind Ontario in the coming season. “The short-season areas

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Yellow flowers in February at CanoLABs

By Daniel Winters February 23, 2013

Brandon is hosting the Manitoba version of the Canola Council of Canada’s CanoLAB, which comes to Manitoba for the first time Feb. 28. “CanoLAB is a truly unique learning experience,” says Dan Orchard, Canola Council of Canada (CCC) agronomy specialist for north-central Alberta. “You get a full day with an extensive list of professional instructors,

Crops, Oilseeds

Scout your sunflowers, expert urges

By Shannon VanRaes February 23, 2013

Two dry years in a row doesn’t mean Manitoba sunflower growers can skip scouting for moisture-loving diseases. Producers should always be on the lookout for sclerotinia and rust, Holly Derksen said at the recent Manitoba Special Crops Symposium. “When we do have a wet year, those are ones to watch for,” said Derksen, a plant

Crops, Oilseeds, Weather

Argentine soy crops still thirsty for rain

February 23, 2013

Buenos Aires / Reuters / The scant rains and high temperatures worrying Argentine farmers since January have started to hit the development of corn and soy, particularly later-planted crops, the Agriculture Ministry said Feb. 15. Rain that fell in the previous few days did not reach many areas in urgent need of water after weeks

Cereals, Crops, News, Oilseeds, Pulses

A new wheat and barley association another step closer

By Allan Dawson February 23, 2013

Manitoba farmers are a step closer to establishing a new spring wheat and barley association to collect voluntary checkoffs for wheat and barley research and marketing. An interim seven-member board of directors met Feb. 15 in Winnipeg and Dauphin-area farmer Don Dewar, a former president of the Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP), was selected as chair.

Cereals, Crops, News, Oilseeds

High costs expected to bite into U.S. farm profit

By Reuters February 22, 2013

The seven-year-old U.S. agricultural boom, driven by record-high commodity prices and painfully tight supplies, is expected to peak this year and then come to an abrupt end as high costs start to bite, the government projected Feb. 11. The U.S. Agriculture Department said farm income would soar to a record $127.6 billion this year, up

Crops, News, Oilseeds

‘May contain soy’ labels not required

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff February 22, 2013

Canada’s processors and importers of “grain-based” products don’t need to resort to precautionary labels on their wares if a low level of soy has made its way into the grain. In a notice to the industry Feb. 13, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) advised that such labels aren’t required in cases where “a low

Crops, Oilseeds, Opinion

Sequence and intervals

By Laura Rance-Unger February 15, 2013

Ask a room full of agronomists what’s significant about the year 1993 and the word “fusarium” ripples through the crowd. It was a memorable year. Much of the wheat in Manitoba, particularly in the Red River Valley, was contaminated with fusarium head blight disease, which affects yields but also creates toxins that can affect human

Country Crossroads, Oilseeds, Recipe Swap

Recipe Swap: Bite into this bark

By Lorraine Stevenson February 15, 2013

These recipes reach your door on Valentine’s Day, so you may already have had a chocolate treat today. But I’m pretty sure your hankering for chocolate isn’t limited to February 14. I’m including a recipe this week which my sister gave to me after we sat down around her coffee table and munched a little

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CBOT Weekly: USDA predicts declines in planting intentions

Protein Industries Canada funds Saskatchewan pulse ingredient project

February canola crush up from 2025, StatCan reports

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