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Manitoba corn harvest off and running

By GFM Network News, Terry Fries October 11, 2017

CNS Canada –– Manitoba’s corn harvest is just getting underway as many producers hold off combining to provide extra drydown time. More farmers will likely get into their grain corn this week and next, said Pam de Rocquigny, general manager of Manitoba Corn Growers. “The weather looks great so hopefully corn continues to dry down.”

Monsanto workers Nathalie de Rocquigny (l), Celeste Giesbrecht and Kwok Chu Tom Li (r) test corn for its response to pathogens on Monsanto’s research farm  near Carman June 20, 2017.

Crops, News

Drowning in grains once again

How Big Ag sowed seeds of a profit-slashing glut

By Rod Nickel October 10, 2017

On Canada’s fertile Prairies, dominated by the yellows and golds of canola and wheat, summers are too short to grow corn on a major scale. But Monsanto is working to develop what it hopes will be North America’s fastest-maturing corn, allowing farmers to grow more in Western Canada and other inhospitable climates, such as Ukraine. The seed

European corn borer has been a sporadic problem in Manitoba since the pest was discovered here in 1948.

Cereals, Crops

Fighting European corn borer? Manitoba Agriculture wants to hear from you

There’s been no Bt resistance yet in Manitoba’s European corn borer population,  but entomologist John Gavloski is keeping a sharp eye out

By Alexis Stockford September 26, 2017

John Gavloski is back on the hunt for European corn borer (ECB). The provincial entomologist hopes to collect 50-100 larvae from Carman-area fields this year, part of a long-standing project to monitor resistance to Bt (Bacillus thuringiensis), a toxin-producing bacteria and the most commonly cited ECB management method. Bt is either used as a spray,

Farmers are reporting bumper yields early this harvest season, despite a drier-than-normal growing season.

Crops, Local news, Weather

Bumper yields reported despite dry growing season

Manitoba’s harvest is off to a strong start with good weather and surprisingly good early yields

By Allan Dawson September 7, 2017

Despite a drier-than-normal growing season some Manitoba farmers are surprised — and delighted — by better-than-expected yields. “I figured my wheat would do 50 or 60 (bushels an acre) and then a month went by and I felt it might do a little bit better than that,” Starbuck farmer Chuck Fossay said in an interview

Dr. Nasir Javed of the University of Manitoba presents first-year findings from the cold-tolerance corn nursery at Carberry’s Canada-Manitoba Crop Diversification Centre during an Aug. 16 field day.

Crops, Weather

Cold tolerance and disease resistance in corn tested

Trials at Carberry’s Canada-Manitoba Crop Diversification Centre are putting corn hybrids  to the test under Manitoba conditions

By Alexis Stockford September 5, 2017

New corn genetics are targeting cold tolerance and Goss’s wilt resistance at Carberry’s Canada-Manitoba Crop Diversification Centre. The site’s field trials this year include three corn nurseries, part of a five-year hybridization program which involves the province, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, the Manitoba Corn Growers Association and the University of Manitoba. “The fundamental thing is

For a unique flavour, place shucked corn directly on the grill.

Recipe Swap

Enjoying Manitoba’s sweet corn season

There’s nothing quite like fresh locally grown corn on the cob

By Getty Stewart August 25, 2017

Do you remember a time when corn on the cob was only available for a limited time each year? When sweet corn had to be cooked just hours after being picked? When corn on the cob was served for breakfast, lunch and dinner for two weeks straight? I always loved corn season, but by the

Grain Markets, Markets

Fundamentals help canola get back above $500 mark

U.S. wheat futures slip on improving conditions

By Dave Sims August 25, 2017

It was a choppy time for canola contracts during the week ended Aug. 18, but underlying fundamentals have pushed the front-month contracts above the psychologically important $500-per-tonne mark. Questions are growing about next year’s carry-out, as current trade guesses put the crop somewhere between 17.5 million and 19.5 million tonnes. A lot of the crop

Representatives from Growmark and Cofco have signed on for a new grain supply agreement. (Photo courtesy Growmark)

Crops

China’s Cofco to partner with Growmark on U.S. grain supply

By GFM Network News, Reuters August 18, 2017

Reuters — China’s state-owned Cofco International Ltd. (CIL) and U.S. farm co-operative Growmark on Friday announced a new grain supply partnership which they say will enhance links between U.S. grain production areas and global markets, including China. The partnership is the latest expansion move by CIL after it invested US$3 billion to buy Noble Group’s

Beef cattle, Dairy cattle, Livestock

China promotes livestock farming to digest corn stocks

By Dominique Patton, GFM Network News August 10, 2017

Beijing/China – China wants to turn its grain basket in the northeast into a national meat and dairy production base, said the agriculture ministry on Thursday, as part of a broader plan to create stronger demand for the region’s main crops. Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning and Inner Mongolia account for around a quarter of China’s total

Crops

USDA sees bumper U.S. corn, soy harvests despite weather woes

By GFM Network News, Mark Weinraub August 10, 2017

Washington/Reuters – The U.S. 2017 corn and soybean harvests will be bigger than expected despite a slow start to planting and concerns that hot and dry conditions stressed the corn crop during critical periods of development, the government said on Thursday. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s forecasts for both corn and soybean yield and production

Daily Network News

Strong 2025 could mean complications for Canadian grain sector in 2026 says analyst

Egyptian wheat imports to be firm as domestic output increases

Federal government to ease some restrictions on temporary foreign workers

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