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Crops, Oilseeds

New Canola Variety Testing Trial Announced

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Canada’s canola industry is launching a new variety testing program to replace one that was cancelled a year ago. Called a “new-generation” canola variety program, it contains some major changes from a previous one which collapsed because of seed company dissatisfaction with it. One difference is that growers will now partially fund the program. Previously,
Cereals, Livestock, Oilseeds

Record Canola Plantings Predicted

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Canola and all wheat will closely contest Canada’s spr ing acreage battle as farmers look to cash in on the highest prices in more than 2.5 years, Agriculture Canada’s first planting forecast of 2011 shows. Canola has consistently provided high returns to farmers, and Canada’s Agriculture Department sees them planting a record-large area after flooding
Crops, Oilseeds

Canola Crop Seen Up If Water Holds Back

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Canada’s farmers will likely harvest more canola this year to cash in on high prices, but flooding is possible in Saskatchewan and will be a key factor, the head of the main canola industry group said Jan. 18. Canola, soybean and rapeseed prices are trading around two-to three-year highs, giving farmers ample reason to seed
News, Oilseeds

Saskatchewan Sees Millions Of Fallow Farm Acres

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Canada’s top crop-growing province looks to lose millions more farm acres to flooding, unless it gets unusually favour-able spring conditions, Saskatchewan’s agriculture minister said on Jan. 11. Last year, farmers left 11.6 million acres unplanted in Western Canada, up nearly one-third from the 10-year average because of excessive spring rain. Almost 80 per cent of
Cereals, News, Oilseeds

In Brief… – for Jan. 20, 2011

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Vet fined:A Manitoba veterinarian has been fined $10,000 for certifying uninspected cattle for export. Dr. Earl Van Assen pleaded guilty in a Winnipeg court to two counts of contravening the federal Health of Animals Act. Court was told Van Assen submitted certification documents in Feb. 2009 for 42 cows shipped to the United States, stating
Crops, Oilseeds

A – for Jan. 13, 2011

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new plant disease in canola hasn’t made its way from Alberta to Manitoba yet but producers are still being warned to watch out for it. Field surveys in 2010 found no signs of clubroot in Manitoba canola crops, producers at St. Jean Farm Days heard. But farmers should still take steps to guard against the
Crops, Oilseeds

Get Second Opinion On Green Canola

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Given the higher-than-usual levels of green seed in the 2010 canola crop, growers are being urged to seek more than one opinion on the grades of their own loads. “Remember that ‘distinctly green’ is a subjective analysis, requiring graders to decide whether marginal lime-green seeds count as ‘distinctly green’ or not,” the Canola Council of
News, Oilseeds

U.S. Drops ADM Canada Crusher From Restricted List

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has dropped Archer Daniels Midland’s canolacrushing plant in Windsor, Ontario from its list of plants that are under import restrictions due to salmonella concerns, easing measures that sharply cut Canadian shipments of the livestock feed to its biggest export market. The FDA removed the Windsor plant from its
Cereals, Oilseeds, Opinion

Pay More For Better Rail Service On Higher-Value Crops?

The following are edited excerpts from a Commons agriculture committee hearing Dec. 9 on railway service. Randy Hoback, Conservative MP for Prince Albert:“The argument a lot of people are struggling with is cost versus service. (T)hey are intertwined. If you buy something at a discount store you don’t expect to get proper service or extreme
Cereals, Crops, Oilseeds

2010 Was A Good Year On The Bug Front

There were few insect problems in cereal crops in 2010. Armyworms were a concern in some fields. Shipments of larvae of cereal leaf beetle containing the parasitoid Tetrastichus julis (Eulophidae) were released in some fields near Swan River. In canola, cutworms were a problem in some fields. Root maggots and damage to plants was noticed

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