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Alternatives To Traditional Pesticides

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Scientists at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) have taken a “national team” approach to the development of biopesticides. A biopesticide is a biological agent, or micro-organism such as bacteria, used to control pesky insects, weeds and plant diseases in place of chemical pesticides. More than 20 AAFC scientists from coast to coast are co-ordinating steps
Crops, Oilseeds

New Investment In Development

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The federal Growing Canadian Agri-Innovations Program will invest $158 million to support industry-led innovation initiatives that help get new agricultural products into the marketplace and improve agricultural processes, federal officials announced last week. “We are always listening to farmers and we’re helping farmers put more black ink on the bottom line by bringing new products
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Winterkill Of CPB Unlikely

There’s no doubt about it – that was a tough winter. The mercury dove early and stubbornly stayed down for weeks on end. An optimist might think it could have knocked out a few potato pests. Unfortunately that’s unlikely. Brent Elliot, an entomologist with Manitoba Agriculture says the habits of the Colorado potato beetle generally
Crops, Oilseeds

Spring Canola Storage: It’s All In The Numbers

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Two numbers should be on the minds of producers with canola in their bins – eight and 15. “For long-term storage canola needs to be kept below eight per cent moisture and 15C,” says Canola Council of Canada agronomist Matthew Stanford. “As oil content goes up, the potential for storage issues increases, so with the
Crops, Oilseeds

Don’t Risk Export Access With Deregistered Varieties

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Growers must keep deregistered canola varieties out of fields this spring, says Arvel Lawson, program manager for crop production with the Canola Council of Canada (CCC). “Canada’s bulk-handl ing system for canola means that all growers play a role in keeping canola export ready,” says Lawson. “Each and every load of canola delivered to the
News, Oilseeds

Canola Staking New Ground As Food Additive

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“Globally, there’s a deficiency of proteins, particularly high-quality proteins.” It dresses salads, fuels cars and fries foods, and now the canola plant is muscling in on soy with plans for the first commercial production of its protein as a food additive. Two Canadian companies, Bio Extraction Inc. and Burcon Nutrascience Corp., are aiming to become
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A Fungal Disease You’ll Love

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“With different formulations and different rates, we’re able to get the same kind of control as a traditional chemical.” – KAREN BAILEY, AAFC When farmers think of fungal diseases, it’s usually not too favourably, especially if they’ve just shelled out the money to spray for leaf disease of sclerotinia. But researchers at Agriculture and Agri-Food
Cereals, News, Oilseeds

Record-Breaking Year For Canadian Canola In 2008

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“The trick is going to be to produce it year after year so that it will average 15 million tonnes.” – JOANNE BUTH 2 008 was a dream year for Canada’s Cinderella crop with records falling all over the place. Farmers harvested a record canola crop, with near-record oil content, after planting a record number
Cereals, Crops, Forages, Oilseeds

Forages Could Reduce Canola Yield

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“Information about placing canola on forages is very limited, so caution is a definite must here.” Producers who have made the decision to put canola into fields previously in forages do so with a degree of risk, says Anastasia Kubinec, oilseed business specialist with Manitoba Agriculture. “Information about placing canola on forages is very limited,
Cereals, Crops, Oilseeds

Canola Acres Affected By Price And Rotation

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Industry analysts say rotation issues and prices may crimp federal forecasts for record canola acreage this year. In its latest supply/demand estimates Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s market analysis division forecast seeded Canadian canola area in 2009 at a record 17.235 million acres. That would compare with the previous record set in 2008 of 16.159 million.

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