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OUR HISTORY: August 6, 1992

Our August 6, 1992 issue reported on record grain exports of 30.75 million tonnes, but the price news was not so cheery, with truck dealers offering to trade for wheat at $3.15 per bushel. The low price was thanks to the U.S.-EU trade war, and the previous week the U.S. had awarded a $31.08-per-tonne subsidy
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Sucking instead of blowing to seed canola

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A group of researchers is testing to see whether it’s better to suck than to blow when seeding canola. They’re experimenting with a vacuum planter, which works opposite to an air seeder — a vacuum pulls seeds into rotating plates which place the seed into the soil. The attraction is seed “singulation” — the ability
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Hot weather is rapidly advancing crops

Weekly Provincial Summary Harvesting of the earliest-seeded spring wheat and barley fields has started and preliminary yields are average to above average. Swathing of canola and oat crops continue across Manitoba, as does the winter wheat harvest. Aster yellows is evident in many canola and flax fields, with a range of severity. Higher-than-normal levels of root rot
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Scout now for blackleg to prevent future infections

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Manitoba canola growers are being urged to check their fields for blackleg infections. Two severely infected fields were discovered recently in the province, even though the varieties were rated as blackleg resistant. “It’s the worst blackleg I have ever seen and I’ve been looking at blackleg in canola since the late ’90s,” Anastasia Kubinec Manitoba
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KAP on board with N.D. fertilizer plant project

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Keystone Agricultural Producers is joining the North Dakota Corn Growers Association’s bid to build a farmer-owned nitrogen fertilizer plant. With a feasibility study already completed, and sites in eastern North Dakota being examined for the $1.5-billion plant, the project is moving towards the business-planning stages. Following consultations with commodity groups with the organization, KAP has
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Monsanto gains approval for TruFlex

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The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and Health Canada have granted full food, feed and environmental safety approval for Monsanto’s next generation Roundup Ready canola trait, paving the way for what Monsanto anticipates will be a commercial preview launch to farmers in 2014, a Monsanto release says. The new canola trait will be marketed under
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Oil World ups global rapeseed forecast

hamburg / reuters / Analyst Hamburg Oil World predicts the 2012-13 rapeseed/canola crop will rise by two million tonnes this year to 61.6 million tonnes. It estimates Canadian production will be 16.2 million tonnes — up from 14.5 million tonnes last year. It predicts China will import 2.7 million tonnes (up from 2.4 million last
Cereals, Crops, Forages, News, Oilseeds

Dry heat helps fields recover from excess moisture

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Weekly Provincial Summary  The continuing warm and dry weather conditions are advancing crops, allowing producers to make good progress with haying operations, and permitting herbicide and fungicide applications to continue.  Strong weather systems passed through parts of the Southwest, Northwest and Central Regions causing damage to trees and farm infrastructure. Only impact to crops noted
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Canola council names new VP of production

A familiar face in canola research has joined the Canola Council of Canada as its new vice-president of crop production. Curtis Rempel, who has been serving as acting director of the Richardson Centre for Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals at the University of Manitoba, will join the council July 17. Rempel is stepping into the position

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