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Feeder cattle head south as feed grain supplies tighten in Western Canada

By Terryn Shiells April 18, 2013

More feeder cattle in Western Canada are heading to the U.S. for finishing because of tight feed supplies, according to industry officials. And springtime road restrictions are further reducing supplies of feed wheat and barley. “Seasonally, we’re going into a time of year where moving grain is difficult from the farm gate to the end-user,”

Crops

A storied career and special man recognized by his many colleagues

By Allan Dawson April 18, 2013

Dennis Stephens has worked in the grain industry for 50 years  as a reporter, grain industry official, and assistant deputy  minister of agriculture

After a 50-year career in agriculture, they were lining up to praise — and gently rib — Dennis Stephens at the recent Canada Grains Council annual meeting. “Dennis is first and foremost a journalist with a passion for detail,” said Will Hill, president of Flax Council of Canada. Not to mention one with an appetite

Beef cattle, Crops, Dairy cattle, Forages

Brandon rally draws 40 protesters opposed to introduction of Roundup Ready alfalfa

By Daniel Winters April 18, 2013

Opponents of genetically modified crops rallied in front of the constituency office of a local MP to protest approval of glyphosate-tolerant alfalfa, which they say could be seeded on fields in Eastern Canada as early as this spring. The demonstration, which drew about 40 protesters, was organized by the local chapter of the National Farmers

Cereals, Crops, International news, News

Kazakhstan farmers reap benefits of conservation tillage

By Cimmyt April 18, 2013

Farmers using zero till reported yields of two tons per hectare while some farmers  using conventional practices lost their entire crop

Kazakhstan’s 2012 drought and high temperatures cut the country’s wheat harvests by more than half from 2011 output, but wheat under zero-tillage practices gave up to three times more grain than conventionally cultivated crops. Two million hectares are currently under zero tillage, making Kazakhstan one of the top 10 countries for conservation agriculture and helping

Cereals, Crops, Oilseeds

Off-label glyphosate applications can be costly

By Allan Dawson April 18, 2013

Farmers are increasingly going “off label” applying higher rates of glyphosate to their Roundup Ready canola at a later crop stage than recommended, a survey commissioned by Monsanto Canada reveals. As a result farmers are losing three bushels an acre, Monsanto Canada said in a recent new release citing its own research. “The symptoms of

Beef cattle, Cereals, Forages, Livestock, Weather

Assessing your situation: Shortage of feed and flood concerns

By Tod Wallace April 18, 2013

With the long winter we have been experiencing, many pastures around the province are not going to be ready for grazing any time soon. Add to that the threat of spring flooding, and many beef producers are left wondering what may happen even when those pastures start to green up. Both Manitoba Beef Producers (MBP)

Cereals, Crops

Manitoba farmer continues push for merger of commodity groups

By Allan Dawson April 11, 2013

A Halbstadt farmer says his call to create three big Prairie-wide commodity groups is getting positive reviews — but no organizations have officially embraced the idea so far. Last month, Danny Penner issued a discussion document calling for the merger of existing commodity groups to make them more efficient and effective. “In person, I have

Cereals, Crops, Opinion

The need for speed

By Laura Rance-Unger April 11, 2013

When the Harper government gutted Canada’s environmental review legislation as part of the 2012 omnibus budget, the public was told it was because the process was inefficient, slow and standing in the way of economic development. But as researchers at the University of Toronto noted, federal officials “provided no evidence apart from the testimony of

Opinion

Letters, April 11, 2013

April 11, 2013

One super farm group needed? Danny Penner has been advocating for one “super” farm group to speak with one voice. That idea has been around for as long as there have been farmers. It’s easy to feel disassociated with the groups that are left, such as the commodity groups and the astroturf wheat-barley growers, Grain

Crops, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Unexpected stocks of U.S. soybeans pressure canola

By Dwayne Klassen April 10, 2013

Canola values on the ICE Futures Canada trading platform moved lower during the week ended April 5, with declines a function of chart-related speculative liquidation orders as well as the downward price action experienced in the CBOT (Chicago Board of Trade) soybean complex. The continued declines seen in Malaysian palm oil and European rapeseed futures

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: Chicago cattle futures climb on post-Thanksgiving trade

U.S. grains: Corn futures set June high on US export demand

California researchers create nitrogen-fixing wheat

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