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Heavier feeders need stronger market for fats

By MarketsFarm Team February 15, 2012

The aggressive demand for southern Manitoba feeder cattle showed no signs of slowing down during the week ended Feb. 3, as numbers were up at most auction yards across the province and prices were generally steady to higher. “Prices seemed fully steady from the week prior in most spots,” said Robin Hill of Heartland Livestock

Crops, News, Oilseeds

Crops Briefs Jan. 26

January 27, 2012

Unbundled sclerotinia control Staff/Makhteshim Agan of North America, Inc. (MANA), has received registration of Overall 240 SC fungicide for control of sclerotinia stem rot and alternaria black spot in canola. With iprodione, the same active ingredient as Rovral, Overall is a Group 2 dicarboximide fungicide with protective and eradicant activity. “The biggest benefit that Overall

Opinion

Whither the weather?

By Laura Rance-Unger January 25, 2012

If this is global warming — bring it on! That was a common response to last week’s record-setting temperatures across southern Manitoba —at least initially. Who could complain about a daytime high of 11 C the first week of January? But at the same time few could deny a sense of unease over a less-than-white

News

Pelly’s Lake project moving ahead

By Shannon VanRaes January 24, 2012

Chilly? Just throw a few more cattails on the fire. The La Salle Red-boine Conservation District (LSRBCD) Pelly’s Lake back-flood project has grown in scope from water retention to cattail harvest, phosphorus reduction and biomass production. “The cattails used to be confined to the edges of the lake, but in the last few years we’ve

News, Oilseeds

Pioneer’s Patent Policy Explained

By Allan Dawson November 17, 2011

The patent on Roundup Ready 1 (RR1) soybeans has expired, but new patents will protect Pioneer Hi-Bred s new soybean varieties coming to market next spring. We want to be very clear so that our customers are well positioned to make informed choices for the next season without any misunderstanding, Pioneer Hi-Bred president Ian Grant

Crops, Oilseeds

ADM To Build Canola Biodiesel Plant In Canada

November 17, 2011

briefs reuters / U.S.-based agribusiness Archer Daniels Midland Co. said Nov. 14 that it would build a 265-millionlitre biodiesel plant in Lloydminster, Alta. The plant would crush canola, Canada s second- biggest crop after spring wheat, and boost ADM s North American biodiesel production capacity by 50 per cent. ADM said it would start building

News

Egypt Searching For Alternatives To The “Black Cloud”

By Maha El Dahan November 17, 2011

Each autumn, Egyptians take a deep breath and brace for the black cloud, a thick layer of smog from burning rice straw that spreads across Cairo and the Nile valley for several weeks. Burning agricultural waste, mostly rice straw, turns the capital s already noxious air into an even more toxic mix. Farmers produce about

Hogs, Livestock

KAP Uses Winnipeg Sewage Issues To Defend Farm Record

By Allan Dawson November 17, 2011

Unt reated Winnipeg sewage flowing into the Red River and eventually Lake Winnipeg has given Doug Chorney a platform to complain about how hog farmers are unfairly blamed for excessive phosphorus levels in the lake. According to the president of the Keystone Agricultural Producers regulations restricting the construction of new hog barns and the expansion

Opinion

The Evolution Of On-Farm Fuel Storage

November 10, 2011

Manitoba Agricultural Museum release In the summer of 2010, while looking through a scrap pile on a western Manitoba farm for Rumely silo filler parts, a Manitoba Agricultural Museum volunteer made a much more interesting find steel oil barrels. While many readers might be thinking, Steel barrels! Do these people have nothing better to do?

Cereals, Crops

Online Newsletter For Grain Producers Launched

November 10, 2011

The Canadian Grain Commission s Grain Research Laboratory has launched an online grain science and technology newsletter for producers calledHarvest Science. Harvest Scienceis a way to communicate with producers and show them how our research and scientific work contributes to the quality and marketability of their grain, said Peter Burnett, director of the Grain Research

Daily Network News

“Major setback for global trade”: WTO suffers fresh blow after reform push hits wall

New U.S. biofuel rules please canola industry

Trump tells farmers that tractor companies should lower prices

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