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Pulse weekly outlook: Winter price movement awaits chickpeas after harvest

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MarketsFarm – Just like nearly all crops in Western Canada, chickpeas were not immune to drought conditions causing reduced yields. Approximately 64,000 tonnes of chickpeas were grown across the country for the 2021-22 marketing year, compared to the 214,000 tonnes grown in the previous year, according to last month’s production report from Agriculture and Agri-Food
AAFC barley researcher and breeder Ana Badea assesses plants at the Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada research station in Brandon.
Cereals, Farmit Manitoba

Filling in the genetic road map for better barley

AAFC has announced the first completed reference genome for a Canadian malt barley variety, and researchers say it’s the first step towards quicker, better breeding selection

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Barley breeders have got their first look under the proverbial hood when it comes to genomic selection, and researchers say it bodes well for future varieties coming down the pipe. Why it matters: The first reference genome in Canadian malt barley sets the stage for a more streamlined, less expensive breeding process. Ana Badea, a
Light year for soybean, pulse diseases
Crops, News

Light year for soybean, pulse diseases

Unsurprisingly, pests and drought have been the year’s big problems

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Dry conditions did have one silver lining for pulse producers — root rot, aphanomyces and other moisture-driven diseases weren’t prominent this year. But what infection there was showed that it’s a problem that’s simply receded, not disappeared. “Disease got pushed down the totem pole a little bit,” said Cassandra Tkachuk, production specialist with Manitoba Pulse
Manitoba farmers found a very variable yield picture during harvest this year, and now many are concerned about the elevated risk higher prices and input costs will bring next year.
Crops, News

A very variable harvest: Manitoba’s hit-and-miss season

With crop input prices rising, farmers face even more risk when they seed next year

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When it’s all said and done, the past production season is going to feature a few success stories and a whole lot of hard-luck tales. Manitoba’s 2021 crop and hay production will clearly be below average when all the data is compiled later this year, says Keystone Agricultural Producers’ (KAP) president Bill Campbell. “Overall in
KAP members report on 2021 growing season
Crops, News

KAP members report on 2021 growing season

It was a challenging growing season with lots of variability

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Here is some of what some KAP members said about this year’s production during their online advisory council meeting Oct. 20: District 1, Carter McKinney “I heard of guys who got moderate yields on some crops and some guys got basically zero so it’s kind of hard to tell. I think it had to do
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Crops

Flatbread firm FGF buys Weston Foods bakery business

Weston selling to focus on retail, real estate

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The parent company for Canadian grocery and retail giant Loblaw is taking a major step out of the baked goods business. George Weston Ltd. announced Oct. 26 it would sell its Weston Foods fresh and frozen bakery businesses to an arm of Toronto-based bakery firm FGF Brands for $1.2 billion. The company expects to close

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