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Chuck Fossay new president of MCGA

The 2016 executive was decided Feb. 11

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff February 22, 2016

Starbuck farmer Chuck Fossay is the new president of the Manitoba Canola Growers Association (MCGA) He replaces Ed Rempel, also of Starbuck, who remains on the MCGA’s board but declined to seek re-election as president. The MCGA held its reorganizational meeting to elect a new executive Feb. 11 following its annual meeting in Winnipeg. Clayton

Cigi CEO JoAnne Buth says Canada has an opportunity to sell more wheat.

Crops

Government should do more to support agricultural science

Agriculture needs to respond to consumer demands for more information

By Alex Binkley February 17, 2016

The global production and demand for wheat are rising in a lockstep that leaves low carry-over stocks and an opportunity for Canadian farmers to cash in, says JoAnne Buth, CEO of the Canadian International Grains Institute. Wheat is second only to rice as a dietary staple and shows no signs of losing its consumer desirability,

Crops, News

Farm groups reject anti-GM crop report claims

The Canadian Biotechnology Action Network questions whether yield gains are due to GM technology

By Alex Binkley December 14, 2015

A report that claims genetically modified crops are no more productive than conventional ones doesn’t match the reality of what Canadian farmers find in their fields every year, farm groups say. The Canadian Biotechnology Action Network, which opposes GM crops, says in a report that yields of GM and conventional crop varieties “have increased at

A new multigenic clubroot-resistant variety will be a boon for some canola growers,  but it’s not ‘a saviour,’ says agronomist Dan Orchard.

Crops, Oilseeds

New variety a milestone in the battle against clubroot

New canola variety has two resistant genes — but clubroot strains are quickly multiplying

By Jennifer Blair November 9, 2015

A new canola variety resistant to multiple strains of clubroot will hit the market in time for spring seeding. But the new variety from Crop Production Services will only be available in limited quantities and a clubroot expert says growers can’t expect it to be “a saviour.” CPS Canada says the variety, Proven Seed PV

Most bee deaths from neonics in Canada have been in the intensive corn-growing areas of Ontario and Quebec.

Crops

No neonic ban expected in the West

In Ontario, the treatments won't be allowed in 2017 unless a demonstrated need exists

By Jade Markus November 3, 2015

Restrictions on neonicotinoid-based pesticides in Ontario have generated concerns amongst grain farmers in the province, but Manitoba industry participants don’t expect similar policy to move west any time soon. Laws restricting neonicotinoid-pesticide use were introduced in July. The Grain Farmers of Ontario had hoped to enact a stay on the regulations through court proceedings, but

Crops, Oilseeds

Canola maturity matters in desiccation timing

The Canola Council of Canada’s Spray to Swath calculator shows  just how long to wait after spraying a desiccant or other pre-harvest chemical

By Jennifer Blair September 2, 2015

In desiccation — as in life — success is usually defined by maturity. “Whatever product you’re using, make sure you’re using it when the majority of the plants in the field is physiologically mature,” said Harry Brook, crop specialist with Alberta Agriculture and Forestry. “You get into problems when they’re immature. It doesn’t preserve your

Oilseeds, Opinion

Editorial: We might need 100-bushel canola

By John Morriss August 10, 2015

The Canola 100 Agri-Prize for the first to achieve 100-bushel canola makes for an interesting challenge. Despite a favourable lingering PR image as the “Cinderella crop,” a look at the numbers suggests canola is showing signs of middle age. A few patches in a good growing year might even approach 80 to 90 bushels now,

Oilseeds

Canola growers urged to be smart: don’t use Clever (quinclorac) until importers set MRLs

Those who have sprayed canola with the herbicide need to inform buyers at delivery time

By Allan Dawson July 13, 2015

The Canola Council of Canada is warning growers that using the newly released herbicide called Clever on their canola crops this year might not be a smart idea. That’s because Japan, one of Canada’s biggest canola customers, has not yet established a maximum residue level (MRL) for the active ingredient, quinclorac, which means all grain

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

Much of Manitoba’s reseeded canola is looking “impressive,” the Canola Council of Canada’s Angela Brackenreed said during the Westman webinar June 17.

Local news, Oilseeds

Should crop insurance have a ‘do not seed before’ date?

This spring has prompted some to ask the question

By Allan Dawson June 26, 2015

There’s a crop insurance seeding deadline, so should there be restrictions on how early certain crops are planted? It’s a question some have put to the Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation (MASC), following what started off as an early spring, but saw crop emergence delayed by cool soil temperatures, a snowstorm on the Victoria Day long

Daily Network News

JBS profit falls amid still-challenging US market environment

U.S. grains: Soy hits 17-month high, corn to four-month top as trade braces for U.S. data

Federal budget shows remaining disconnect between agriculture, policymakers, panelists say

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