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Terry Buss displays a photograph showing a side-by-side comparison of field peas infected with ascochyta blight isolates resistant to Frac 11 fungicides. From left to right: untreated, treated with Headline (Frac 11) fungicide and treated with a Proline fungicide.

Field peas a strong alternative to soybeans

But you’ll need to remember the rulebook is different

By Julienne Isaacs September 12, 2018

Field pea markets might still be depressed following last year’s trade disputes with India, but the crop represents an opportunity for Manitoba producers in the long term. That’s according to Terry Buss, farm production extension specialist for Manitoba Agriculture. “As you go west and south in Manitoba, the soils are lighter and better drained, and

Local news, Oilseeds

MCGA members offered free blackleg testing

Follow these steps to find out more about the genetics

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff September 12, 2018

The Manitoba Canola Growers is offering its members a free blackleg gene test. Better gene classification will help growers match blackleg-resistant canola varieties to races of the fungus found in the field. Members can qualify for one free test each. MCGA is offering the tests, which ordinarily cost $200, under the Pest Surveillance Initiative, which

Crops

A crop-by-crop rundown on sclerotinia control

Variety and fungicide are key for control, but for sunflowers there’s only one option — rotation

By Angela Lovell September 12, 2018

The good news is the hot, dry summer made sclerotinia somewhat scarce in canola fields this summer, but there was a minor downside — there weren’t many examples to show farmers attending a sclerotinia control session at this year’s Crops-A-Palooza, even in the inoculated demonstration plots at the Canada-Manitoba Crop Diversification Centre (CMCDC) here. But

Crops, Markets, Weather

ICE weekly outlook: Pressure builds on canola as yield outlooks vary

By Dave Sims, GFM Network News September 12, 2018

CNS Canada — ICE’s November canola futures look poised to continue chopping around between the $490-$500 per tonne mark, as uncertainty over yields in Western Canada sows seeds of doubt throughout the trade. “Yields that have been coming in suggest the crop will be bigger than the (Statistics Canada) estimate,” said Ken Ball of PI

Crops, Markets

CBOT weekly outlook: Big U.S. corn yields surprise market

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin September 12, 2018

CNS Canada — An unexpected upward revision to this year’s U.S. corn yields sent prices dropping Wednesday, and more losses are likely, according to market analysts. The U.S. Department of Agriculture, in a report released Wednesday, pegged average corn yields at 181.3 bushels per acre — up by about three bushels per acre from the

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Corn tumbles after USDA boosts production forecast

By GFM Network News, Michael Hirtzer September 12, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago corn futures fell 3.6 per cent on Wednesday, for their biggest daily declines since April, after the U.S. Department of Agriculture raised its forecast for U.S. production more than analysts expected, traders said. Wheat futures also tumbled, tracking losses in corn and on pressure from USDA unexpectedly boosting Russia’s wheat

Crops

World Crop Briefs: Australia reaches trade deal with Indonesia

By GFM Network News, MarketsFarm Team September 12, 2018

Australia has agreed to a trade agreement that could see it export as much as 500,000 tonnes of feed grains into Indonesia tariff free in the first year. The Indonesia-Australia Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (IA-CEPA) includes provisions for a five per cent increase in allowable tariff-free feed grains into Indonesia each year. The agreement is

A double rainbow over a Manitoba soybean field. (ImagineGolf/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops, Markets

Smaller Manitoba soybean crop expected

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin September 11, 2018

CNS Canada — Like most crops grown this year, Manitoba’s soybean yields were also highly variable in 2018. While early reports point to smaller production overall, lower-than-average yields won’t translate to higher prices, given prospects for a large U.S. crop. Manitoba soybean yields are “anywhere from 20 to 50” bushels per acre, said Mark Jorgenson

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Export concerns push wheat, soybean futures lower

By GFM Network News, Mark Weinraub September 11, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell two per cent on Tuesday, their fifth decline in the last six sessions, as investment funds cut their risk exposure to the grain following a surprise short-covering rally on Monday, traders said. Poor demand for U.S. wheat exports amid expectations of a jump in winter wheat plantings

A Saskatchewan potash mine under storm clouds. (BobLoblaw/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops

Global fertilizer market prices vary

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm, GFM Network News September 10, 2018

CNS Canada — A mixed bag for fertilizer prices is expected over the next few months, as some continue to increase while others should drop, according to an analyst. “The fertilizer market has remained pretty firm over the past six months… we had kind of anticipated some declines across all the different nutrients, (but) they’ve

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Crops

Field peas a strong alternative to soybeans

MCGA members offered free blackleg testing

A crop-by-crop rundown on sclerotinia control

ICE weekly outlook: Pressure builds on canola as yield outlooks vary

CBOT weekly outlook: Big U.S. corn yields surprise market

U.S. grains: Corn tumbles after USDA boosts production forecast

World Crop Briefs: Australia reaches trade deal with Indonesia

Smaller Manitoba soybean crop expected

U.S. grains: Export concerns push wheat, soybean futures lower

Global fertilizer market prices vary

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