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Manitoba Crop Report and Crop Weather report: No. 13

Conditions as of July 25, 2016

By Manitoba Agriculture July 26, 2016

Severe weather systems containing strong winds, tornadoes, heavy rains and hail passed through several areas of Manitoba. Field and forage crops, as well shelterbelts and farm infrastructure, were impacted by the storms. Crop damage, including lodging and stalk breakage, ranges from light to severe. Assessments are continuing. The warmer temperatures benefitted all crops, particularly the

Crops, Markets

China may pay more for canola if standard changes

By GFM Network News, Rod Nickel April 7, 2016

Winnipeg | Reuters –– Richardson International, one of Canada’s two largest grain handlers, may raise the price of canola shipments to China to reflect Beijing’s costly higher standard, its CEO said Thursday. The Chinese Embassy in Ottawa said in March that China had delayed to Sept. 1 its new standard for no more than one per

(Photo courtesy Canola Council of Canada)

Crops, Markets

China delays implementing Canadian canola standard

By GFM Network News, Rod Nickel March 29, 2016

Winnipeg | Reuters –– China has delayed implementing a tougher standard on Canadian canola shipments, just days before it was to take effect, as a result of talks between the two countries, a Chinese government spokesperson said. China’s new standard for foreign material in canola shipments will take effect Sept. 1 instead of April 1,

Crops, Markets

China, Canada in talks as tougher canola standard nears

By GFM Network News, Rod Nickel March 28, 2016

Winnipeg | Reuters –– Canada and China are in talks about Beijing’s plans to toughen its standard on Canadian canola imports, an industry official said on Monday, just days before the change takes effect. China’s quarantine authority, AQSIQ, notified the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) last month that it would allow no more than one

Crops, Markets

Canada presses China on science in canola trade spat

By GFM Network News, Rod Nickel March 10, 2016

Ottawa | Reuters — Canada is urging the Chinese government to stick to scientific facts in decisions on trade as Beijing plans to toughen its standard on Canadian canola shipments, federal Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay said Thursday. China’s quarantine authority, AQSIQ, notified the Canadian Food Inspection Agency last month that it would allow no more

Crops, Markets

China’s canola meal supply may fall under tighter standards

By GFM Network News, Reuters March 6, 2016

Beijing | Reuters — China may suffer a shortage of canola meal, a protein-rich feed ingredient, after Beijing plans to toughen the import standards for the oilseed from major exporters, industry analysts said. China will allow no more than one per cent of foreign material in canola shipments starting April 1, the country’s quarantine agency

Crops, Markets

Paterson taps brakes on China canola sales

By GFM Network News, Rod Nickel March 2, 2016

Winnipeg | Reuters — Crop handler Paterson Grain will take a more cautious approach to selling canola to Chinese buyers for the near term, after China said it would toughen its standard on canola shipments from Canada, the CEO of parent Paterson GlobalFoods said. China’s quarantine authority, AQSIQ, told Ottawa last week it would allow

Crops, Markets

Blackleg, big stocks seen behind China-Canada canola conflict

By GFM Network News, Niu Shuping, Rod Nickel February 25, 2016

Reuters — A “scientific disagreement” between Canada and China over the risk of transmitting the blackleg fungus is behind China’s move to raise its standard for Canadian canola imports, an industry official involved in discussions said. But some traders say the real reason for a higher standard that may slow Chinese imports is the country’s

White head from wheat stem maggot (l), and larva of wheat stem maggot.

Crops, Local news

Manitoba crop insect and disease update

Summary of conditions as of July 28, 2015

By Manitoba Agriculture Food and Rural Development July 29, 2015

Plant Pathogens: At the Crop Diagnostic Lab there are canola plants coming in with blackleg and sclerotinia. Some soybeans have been showing root rot – rhizoctonia and fusarium. Some sunflower fields are showing basal and mid-stalk sclerotinia. Some flax fields are showing pasmo lesions on stem and leaves. Insects: Levels of armyworms are starting to decline in some fields as

Blackleg infections girdle canola stalks preventing the plant from taking up moisture and nutrients. Sometimes the disease will appear in strips of what appears to be prematurely ripening canola, which occurs sometimes with sclerotinia, another fungal disease that attacks canola.

Oilseeds

To spray or not to spray canola for blackleg?

Longer canola rotations and switching varieties can reduce the need and cost of a fungicide

By Allan Dawson June 29, 2015

The best time to spray canola with a fungicide to control blackleg is at the two- to four-leaf stage, but there are things farmers can do to avoid having to spray at all and save money, says Anastasia Kubinec, Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development’s (MAFRD) oilseed specialist. “Blackleg becomes a greater risk when you

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Manitoba Crop Report and Crop Weather report: No. 13

China may pay more for canola if standard changes

China delays implementing Canadian canola standard

China, Canada in talks as tougher canola standard nears

Canada presses China on science in canola trade spat

China’s canola meal supply may fall under tighter standards

Paterson taps brakes on China canola sales

Blackleg, big stocks seen behind China-Canada canola conflict

Manitoba crop insect and disease update

To spray or not to spray canola for blackleg?

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