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BASF Launches New Fusarium Fungicide

BASF Canada has received Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) registration for Caramba fungicide, a new systemic triazole fungicide for use on wheat, oats, barley and rye. “This is great news for cereal growers,” said Mike Bakker, fungicide brand manager with BASF Canada. Caramba combines protection against fusarium head blight with premium leaf disease control. The
Cereals, Crops

CWB Survey Says Farmers Want Control

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“The message from farmers is crystal clear: they want to be firmly in charge of their marketing organization and call the shots on its future.” – ALLEN OBERG The majority of western Canadian farmers believe they should be the ones deciding the future of the Canadian Wheat Board, according to the board’s annual producer survey.
Cereals, Crops

CGC Payment Security Alternative Closer

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“We still like the old one (program), there’s no question about that.” – ROB BRUNEL KAP is making headway on a “Plan B” should the federal government scrap the Canadian Grain Commission’s (CGC) security program that kicks in when licensed grain companies fail to pay farmers. “We are going to be putting forward a policy
Cereals, News

Allen Oberg New Wheat Board Chair

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Maximizing farmer returns and increasing farmer cont rol are priorities for the Canadian Wheat Board’s new chair Allen Oberg. The District 5 director who produces crops and cattle near Forestburg, southeast of Edmonton, was elected the CWB’s chair last week during the board’s regulator monthly meeting. Oberg, who was first elected to the CWB in
Cereals, News

Crop Prospects Dim For Saskatchewan

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If the wet forecast proves accurate for the week ahead in water logged Saskatchewan, farmers in Canada’s top crop-growing province are unlikely to plant much more this spring, said an official in the province’s Agriculture Department. Planting progress has improved only about two to three percentage points from last week’s disappointing 59 per cent completion
Cereals, News

In Brief… – for Jun. 3, 2010

Ticks don’t like nerds: Tucking your pants into your socks will act as a barrier to black-legged ticks, also known as deer ticks, a research scientist with the Public Health Agency of Canada and an adjunct professor with the faculty of agricultural and food sciences says. Insect repellents containing DEET are helpful too. Robbin Lindsay
Cereals, Oilseeds, Opinion

CWB voter eligibility changes justified

We welcome readers’comments on issues that have been covered in the Manitoba Co-operator. In most cases we cannot accept “open” letters or copies of letters which have been sent to several publications. Letters are subject to editing for length or taste. We suggest a maximum of about 300 words. When your Conservative government introduced legislation
Cereals, Crops, News

New Two-Row Barley Varieties On The Way

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“You have to throw away about 99 per cent of it in order to keep the good one per cent. Barley breeding is a bit like searching for a needle in a haystack. Bill Legge, a research scientist at the Brandon Research Centre specializing in two-row barley, will be adding a fourth variety in the
Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Spring Rains: Bullish Or Bearish?

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For three-times-daily market reports from Resource News International, visit “ICE Futures Canada updates” at www.manitobacooperator.ca. ICE Futures Canada’s canola futures were range-bound once again during the week ended May 28, although the bias was to the downside in most months as the Canadian dollar managed to claw back off of its recent lows. The currency
Cereals, Oilseeds, Opinion

CWB election changes undemocratic

I am responding to recently proposed legislation regarding Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) voting rules. These proposed changes do two things at the same time: take small producers off of the voters’ list even if they market their grain through the CWB and thereby help pay the costs of the organization, while at the same time

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