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The Prairie Recommending Committee for Wheat, Rye and Triticale met in Saskatoon last week to decide which new cultivars should be recommended for registration. There were 27 cultivars under consideration — 26 wheats intended for various classes and one fall rye.

New spring wheat has better FHB tolerance, but end-use quality borderline

AAFC’s BW980 will go for a fourth year of testing to see if one year of  low gluten strength was characteristic or an anomaly

By Allan Dawson March 4, 2016

account_id=”2206156280001″ player_id=”ryGLIkmv”] Richard Cuthbert[/caption] “It has said that if it was tested against AAC Tenacious VB (in the Canada Prairie Spring class), which is the only spring wheat currently given an R rating to FHB, then that comparison could be made and that rating could be revised,” Cuthbert said in an interview. “But it (BW980)

A federal forecast calls for Manitoba’s crop cash receipts to slip to $3.31 billion in 2016, down from $3.36 billion in 2015 but up 13 per cent from the five-year (2010-14) average.

Local news

Manitoba’s on-farm income seen slipping this year

The federal Agriculture Ministry’s outlook calls for declining cash receipts

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff February 25, 2016

Macroeconomic” factors such as low fuel costs and a depreciating loonie are expected to support Canada’s and Manitoba’s net farm incomes this year — but not at last year’s levels. In its Canadian Agricultural Outlook, published Feb. 19, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada says such factors have “insulated Canadian producers from weakness in global commodity markets,

Markets

Farm incomes set to fall from record high

By GFM Network News, Reuters February 19, 2016

Reuters — Canadian farm incomes look set to fall in 2016 after a year of record profits, but will still reach above-average levels, according to a report from the federal government. Rising receipts for crops and livestock have boosted incomes in recent years, due to greater demand in developing countries and a weak Canadian dollar,

Crops, News

Western Grain Research Foundation announces five years of funding for AAFC wheat, barley breeding

The money will provide Agriculture Canada with stable funding despite changes in  wheat and barley checkoffs coming next year

By Allan Dawson February 17, 2016

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) will get steady funding for wheat and barley breeding over the next five years through the Western Grains Research Foundation (WGRF). The WGRF is investing $21.4 million — $20 million and $1.4 million for wheat and barley, respectively, up until 2020, it said in a news release Feb. 8. The

The CAPI report identifies consumer issues about food that include health, nutrition, food safety, sustainability, ethics, food security and reliability of supply.

News

The ultimate consumers’ choice award

Significant change is needed throughout the sector to secure Canada’s future global competitiveness

By Alex Binkley February 9, 2016

If farmers and food manufacturers want to be ranked world leaders, then they have to prove to Canadian consumers they deserve that status, says the Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute. In the final report out of a process charting the industry’s future growth that began last fall, CAPI said the sector should consider setting a goal

Rick White, CEO of the Canadian Canola Growers Association, says since farmers pay most of the Canadian Grain Commission’s budget, the commission should be more directly accountable to farmers.

Crops, Local news

Farmers pay but have no say

One industry official says farmers cover most of the Canadian Grain Commission’s budget but the commission isn’t accountable to farmers

By Allan Dawson January 29, 2016

Farmers pay for Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) operations so they should have a bigger say in how it operates, says Rick White, chief executive officer of the Canadian Canola Growers Association (CCGA). “It’s (CGC) a Government of Canada agency and farmers are paying full freight on it now (because of cost recovery),” said White during

Comment, News

Canada’s prime minister spells out his expectations for agriculture

An Agri-Food Value Investment Fund to create jobs in food processing is among  the new minister’s top priorities

By Justin Trudeau November 23, 2015

The following contains excerpts from the ministerial mandate issued to newly appointed Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Lawrence MacAulay As minister of agriculture and agri-food, your overarching goal will be to support the agricultural sector in a way that allows it to be a leader in job creation and innovation. You will implement our government’s

Opinion

Gerry Ritz was a unique minister

By Alex Binkley November 10, 2015

Gerry Ritz will be a tough act to follow as agriculture minister. During his eight years in the portfolio, he flew around the globe promoting Canadian farm and food products more times than anyone can count. He was tireless in trying to convince the agriculture and food sectors to act like partners in one of

Crops, Livestock, News

What do you really think about AgriInvest? — CFA wants to know

The Canadian Federation of Agriculture says the quick, web-based survey is intended to help encourage governments to improve the program under the next Growing Forward framework

By Allan Dawson September 11, 2015

How do farmers use AgriInvest and how can the business risk management program be improved? That’s what the Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA) wants to learn from a survey of farmers as it prepares for the next federal-provincial-territorial farm program starting April 1, 2018, replacing Growing Forward 2. “We want to make sure we are

News

National Farmers Union denounces Lethbridge ‘libricide’

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff September 4, 2015

The National Farmers Union has denounced the destruction of publicly funded science documents that were reportedly destroyed recently at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s Lethbridge research station. “This is just the latest in a long line of government libraries where collections were tossed into dumpsters, burned or went to landfills,” the NFU said in a release.

Daily Network News

USDA attachés forecast some changes in China’s oilseeds, cereals

China urges hog producers to manage output, vows timely reserve adjustments

Farm Credit Canada offers aid to farmers, companies affected by Iran war price spikes

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