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Letters – for May. 5, 2011

Accommodating different views on technology I read with great interest and then dismay the article in the April 21Manitoba Co-operator titled “KAP opposes Roundup Ready alfalfa’s release in Canada.” There are two things of note in regards to this article. The first is the quote made by Paul Gregory in regards to the Canadian Seed
Cereals, Oilseeds, Opinion

I Want My Money Back

I strongly object to the efforts of the Manitoba Canola Growers to put canola under the Canadian Wheat Board “Marketing survey not supported” (Co-operator,April 14). Canola has been a great, profitable success story for Prairie farmers and putting it under the CWB would only threaten this success.
Livestock, News

Environment Threatens Human-Animal Relationship, Scientist Says

People may have to change the way they work with animals if they want the world to have a sustainable future, a recent conference at the University of Manitoba was told. The historical relationship between human beings and domesticated animals, which has lasted for ages, may now be too environmentally burdensome to cont inue, an
Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Summerfallow Acres Expected To Shrink

Canola futures on the ICE Futures Canada trading platform regained ground during the holiday-shortened week ending April 21. Much of the upturn in values reflected the advances experienced by CBOT (Chicago Board of Trade) soybean and soyoil prices. Concerns about the weather in Western Canada and its impact on seeding operations also influenced some of
Cereals, Crops, News

“Point Of No Return” For U.S. Hard Winter Wheat

Prolonged drought conditions through Texas, Oklahoma and southern areas of Kansas, the top U.S. wheat-growing state, have left wheat industry experts fearing there is little hope for much of the new wheat crop due to be harvested this summer. Indeed, the U.S. Department of Agriculture last week said fully 38 per cent of the entire
Crops

Reading The Small Print In The Soil

What is a healthy soil? It is difficult to def ine that term so we prefer to use the term soil quality. Soil quality can be measured in terms of organic matter, fertility, texture, salinity, cation exchange capacity, pH and a number of other factors, all of which have identifiable quantitative numbers that can be
Cereals, Crops

Expanded Label For Cruiser Maxx Cereals

Acombo of three active ingredients for wireworm and disease control in wheat and barley has been cleared both for use on oats and use on the farm. Syngenta Crop Protection Canada announced April 19 it has received approval from Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency to add oats to Cruiser Maxx Cereals’ label – and
Crops, Forages

Watch For Cutworms, Wireworms

Cutworms generally don’t like wet soils, but entomologist John Gavloski says farmers should be on the lookout early in the crop-growing season anyway. Scouting can start before seeding. Farmers should look for feeding notches on weed and volunteer seedlings, Gavloski, who is based in Carman with Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives, told webinar participants
Crops, Oilseeds

Soybean Farmers Advised To Check Out New Varieties

Soybean growers worried about getting low-heat-unit varieties to plant in 2012 after the patent expires on Roundup Ready 1 soybeans should talk to their seed retailer. That’s the advice Keystone Agricultural Producers’ (KAP) vice-president Rob Brunel offered here April 14 during KAP’s General Council meeting. “I think it’s important that if you’re a soybean grower
Cereals, Crops, Hogs

Farm Debate Mostly A Rerun Of Earlier Shows

Other than the occasional elbow in the direction of Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz, the two-hour debate among the main political parties on agriculture policy April 11 featured a lot of the same old taunts and promises. Liberal Wayne Easter, Bloc Andre Bellevance and New Democrat Pat Martin, whose downtown Winnipeg riding includes the headquarters of

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