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Farmer Walking Through Field Checking Wheat Crop

This spring be wheat variety aware

CWRS and CPSR wheats you seed in the spring could be in the CNHR class when you combine them in the fall

By Allan Dawson December 19, 2017

Western farmers should review which wheat varieties they intend to sow next spring — because come harvest some could be in a different class. On Aug. 1, 2018, 25 wheats in the Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) class and four in the Canada Prairie Spring Red (CPSR) class will move to the Canada Northern Hard

Crops, News, Other

Better soil health could capture more carbon

A recent study says changing farming practices could capture as much carbon as the global transport sector emits

By Thin Lei Win December 6, 2017

Thomson Reuters Foundation – Improving soil health in farmlands could capture extra carbon equivalent to the planet-warming emissions generated by the transport sector, one of the world’s most polluting industries, experts said Nov. 14. Soil naturally absorbs carbon from the atmosphere through a process known as sequestration which not only reduces harmful greenhouse gases but

Markets, Oilseeds, Opinion

Opinion: Are U.S. soybean exports meeting market expectations?

By Karen Braun November 28, 2017

Although robust world soybean demand and competitive advantages have allowed the United States to surpass early-season export forecasts for four years in a row, market watchers wonder if this is the year that will break the mould. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s weekly soybean export figures have consistently met or exceeded analyst estimates so far.

The bambara nut, seen here after being dug, is one type of legume that could benefit from its wild relatives.

Did you know?, News

Researchers break the wild-domestic barrier in legumes

They’re hoping to tap wild relatives for important traits  such as disease and pest resistance

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff November 27, 2017

Domesticating plants to grow as crops can turn out to be a double-edged scythe. On one hand, selecting specific desirable traits, such as high yields, can increase crop productivity. But other important traits, such as resistance to pests, can be lost. To mitigate this, researchers often turn to the wild relatives of crops. These wild

Grain Markets, Markets

USDA report surprises oilseed market

Traders were expecting a lower yield number and when they didn’t get it, they reacted

By Dave Sims November 16, 2017

ICE Futures Canada canola contracts may have finally topped out after the USDA’s monthly supply-and-demand report put the entire oilseed sector under pressure. Canola futures began climbing back in the early part of September, eventually rising above the $520-per-tonne mark. However, that changed on Thursday, November 9, when the USDA left its prediction for soybean

Dr. Alan Moulin takes tour attendees through the field.

Crops, Local news

Mixing and matching inputs and rotations

Brandon researchers spent 18 years combining three different input levels and crop rotations to study the impact on nutrients, soil quality, yield and implications for climate change

By Alexis Stockford November 14, 2017

Farming for short-term yield will be different than long-term soil benefit. That’s not a new idea, but it has been driven home by 18 years of research spearheaded by researcher scientists Alan Moulin and Taras Lychuk of Brandon’s Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada research station. From 1994-2003, the pair’s team cross-compared organic, reduced- input no till,

Did you know?, News

Harvest goes hands free

British researchers have put automation to test in the farm field

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff November 14, 2017

A U.K. research project has planted, tended and harvested the first crop — of spring barley — that’s never seen direct human labour. Hands Free Hectare was aiming to test the concept in the field and consciously chose smaller machinery, said Jonathan Gill, a researcher at Harper University. “There’s been a focus in recent years

Agritruth’s Adam Gurr (l to r) and Stephen Vajdik hope to generate robust, field-scale data on everything from nutrient management to varieties and product testing.

Machinery, News

Little farm on the big database

Plenty of farmers would like to get their heads into the cloud. So what’s keeping them grounded?

By Alexis Stockford November 7, 2017

When it comes to big data on the farm, the final destination is sunny, but the road ahead is full of bumps. That’s according to NDSU’s David Saxowsky, a professor of agriculture who’s written on the topic of data and its coming impact on agriculture. Saxowsky imagines a time when farmers are so well informed

Crops

Adding an agronomist to your farm team

By Leeann Minogue November 7, 2017

As farming gets more complicated a growing number of companies are offering to help out. Some farmers get advice from their local independent retailer, or an agronomist employed by a company like CPS. But more and more farmers are choosing to pay for agronomic advice. Based on the logo-covered trucks parked at farm shows, the

Comment/Feedback, Oilseeds

USDA forecast puts soybeans in uncharted territory

Acreage is up but production down in the latest USDA monthly crop production report

By Karen Braun November 6, 2017

Just when analysts thought they had figured out the pattern in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s U.S. soybean forecasts, the agency’s latest estimate broke form and created even more uncertainty in the market. In its monthly U.S. crop production report on Oct. 19, USDA increased harvested area of the oilseed by 740,000 acres but lowered

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