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Big Canadian Crop Coming, Says StatsCan

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While Canadian farmers will produce more wheat and a record-large canola crop in 2011, according to Statistic Canada, Manitoba’s crop production will be well below average. StatsCan estimated in its Aug. 24 report based on a July 11 survey all-wheat production of 24.076 million tonnes, up nearly four per cent from a year ago, and
Crops, Oilseeds

Canola Continues To Be The Golden Crop

Canola continues to be the darling of the vegetable oil market – and the industry is urging Prairie farmers to keep cranking up production. Western Canadian farmers have painted the Prairies yellow with canola, but processors say they want more. The Canola Council of Canada wants farmers to produce 15 million tonnes of canola by
Crops, Oilseeds

Frito Lay Boosts Fortunes Of Nexera Canola

Processors not only want farmers to grow canola – but their variety. That’s especially true for Dow AgroSciences, which says supply can’t keep up with demand for its healthy, high-stability (omega-9) Nexera canola oil. The company is asking farmers to switch all their canola acres to Nexera in 2012. “In the past we used to
Cereals, News, Oilseeds

Canola Tops For Farm Cash Receipts In 2010

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Canola continues to be the darling of cash crops grossing Canadian farmers $5.6 billion in 2010 – more than any other crop, according to Statistics Canada. “Canola has become the most profitable crop for Prairie growers,” Canola Council of Canada president JoAnne Buth told the council’s 44th annual meeting here July 28. “That’s why they
News, Oilseeds

Ritz’s Efforts Praised By Fellow MP

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Prince Albert MP Randy Hoback praised fellow Saskatchewan MP and Minister of Agriculture Gerry Ritz for his hard work promoting markets for Canadian farmers, while speaking at the Canola Council of Canada’s annual meeting here July 27. “I think if you look at beef markets in particular and the price of cattle where they were
Crops, Oilseeds

Canola Council’s Promotion Funds Doubled

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The Canola Council of Canada will have twice as much money to promote Canadian canola oil and meal exports this year thanks to $1.16 million from the federal government’s AgriMarketing program. “It enhances our ability to work in our existing markets, but it also frees up dollars to allow us to investigate and look at
Crops, Oilseeds

Perils Of Broadcast Seeding Outlined At Crop Tour

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A Carman-area canola field offers dramatic proof that agronomists weren’t kidding last spring when they advised farmers not to broadcast seed canola unless they could follow up with harrows. Provincial weed specialist Nasir Shaikh said the field was aerially seeded with a Clearfield herbicide-tolerant variety by air and the producer was able to cover part
Crops, Oilseeds

Rely On Management, Not The Book

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Growing canola has gotten easier since herbicide-tolerant varieties were commercialized 20 years ago, but pulling off high yields still requires good management. “You just can’t seed the crop and walk away from it,” Anastasia Kubinec, Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives’ (MAFRI) oilseeds specialist told those at the 16th annual Crop Diagnostic School organized by
Beef cattle, Cereals, News, Oilseeds

In Brief… – for Jul. 7, 2011

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EU drought eases:Rain in past weeks has saved European Union wheat from the worst impact of drought this spring but the 2011 crop will still fall on the year, analysts and traders said June 28. Much of west Europe has had regular rain in the past three weeks, relieving parched crops after the spring drought.
Crops, Oilseeds

Soggy Soils, New Lessons At Crop School

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The wet weather that has plagued Manitoba farmers also hit the Crop Diagnostic School. But organizer John Heard says that just makes the school more relevant. “We always say it’s better for us to make the mistakes than farmers,” said Heard, a soil fertility specialist with Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives (MAFRI). The 2011

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