Manitoba Crop Report and Crop Weather report: Issue 13

Manitoba Crop Report and Crop Weather report: Issue 13

Conditions as of July 27, 2015

Generally, the condition of most crop types is rated as good in Manitoba. The continuing hot and humid weather conditions are advancing crops quickly. Harvest of winter wheat and fall rye is expected to start this week. To date, low disease pressure is noted in the winter cereal crops. Thunderstorms of varying severity resulted in

Grain Silos in New Orleans Port

CGC finds consensus for producer protection, licensing of feed mills

The next step is to prepare licensing and farmer-protection regulations for feed mills and then consult again

The majority of grain industry respondents to a recent Canadian Grain Commission consultation wants western Canadian feed mills to be licensed and required to post security covering grain purchased from farmers. “Most stakeholders agreed there should be some kind of licensing of facilities to provide some kind of producer protection,” Rémi Gosselin, manager of CGC


oats

Yorkton oat processor no longer accepting oats treated with pre-harvest glyphosate

Grain Millers Canada says its research links timing of application to reduced processing quality

Starting with the 2015 crop, oat buyer Grain Millers will no longer accept oats or oat products treated with glyphosate because of research showing it can change the processing quality. “We wouldn’t have taken this step if we didn’t think we had to,” said Terry Tyson, grain procurement manager for Grain Millers Canada based in

two petri dishes of grain samples

Infrared technology identifies and removes fusarium-infected grain

Technology coming to Winnipeg feed mill will also provide the building blocks for a new biomass fuel

A Winnipeg feed mill is about to become the first in North America to install infrared grain-sorting technology in a commercial facility. Thanks in part to $1.1 million in funding from Growing Forward 2, Standard Nutrition Canada will integrate two BoMills into its St. Boniface facility over the next four months. The main allure of


flooded farmer's field

Excess moisture might trigger more crop insurance claims than frost

Farmers and crop insurance adjusters expected to be in fields this week 
assessing crop damage caused by the Victoria long-weekend storm

Excessive moisture from the May 16-17 storm might result in more crop insurance claims than frost. “From our perspective the amount of rain and snow that came with this storm is probably as big a concern as the frost itself,” David Van Deynze, Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation’s (MASC) manager of claim services said May 20.

agriculture minister Gerry Ritz

Streamlined crop registration system approved

Gerry Ritz says quality control inherent in the current system will continue

Proposed changes to Canada’s crop variety registration system could take effect before year’s end or early in 2016 via order-in-council, federal officials say. The reforms will streamline the process and ensure red tape doesn’t delay or prevent farmers from getting new and improved varieties, Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz told the Canadian Global Crops Symposium here



wheat grains

NDSU warns Elgin wheat sales could be in violation of breeders rights

Some U.S. seedsmen may be approaching Canadians to sell them certified Elgin-ND seed

FP Genetics is the only legal source for Elgin-ND pedigreed seed in Canada and this spring all its seed is going to Western Canadian seed growers to produce certified seed for commercial production in 2016. Those who try to get seed from American suppliers are breaking plant breeders’ rights laws and face heavy penalties, warns


winter wheat roots

Hurry up and wait on your winter wheat crop

Get the nitrogen on now, but give the crop some time before deciding whether to keep or terminate it

Here’s some timely advice for winter wheat growers: hurry up and wait. First hurry up and apply the nitrogen the crop needs. Then wait before deciding to leave or rip the crop up because of winterkill. “As the weather gets warmer, winter wheat needs time to properly recover,” Paul Thoroughgood, regional agrologist for the Western

field of winter wheat

Winter Cereals Manitoba announces wheat project funding

Part of a $2.2-million, four-year initiative across the Prairies

Winter Cereals Manitoba Inc. (WCMI) has announced an investment of $125,000 in 11 winter wheat-related research and development projects. They are part of an overall program with investment from all funding partners being $2.2 million over four years, including $1 million in matched funding from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) under the Growing Forward 2