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The do’s and don’ts of desiccation

As with all herbicide applications, follow the label, especially on application timing

By Don Norman August 25, 2023

It is time to think about desiccation and pre-harvest weed control. “We’ve had some really good, hot weather for harvesting, so it really hasn’t been a year that we’ve had to talk much about pre-harvest desiccation or pre-harvest weed management,” provincial weed extension specialist Kim Brown-Livingston says. “But the harvest has just begun, and we’ve

Crops

Formerly parched grain now fighting moisture after September rains

2017 will be remembered as a dry year, but the latest harvest is still fighting high moisture  after a series of rains in September

By Alexis Stockford October 16, 2017

Manitoba’s early harvest was dry, but now a rash of rains has left producers fighting moisture and wondering when to give up on drying in the field. Francois Labelle, general manager for the Manitoba Pulse and Soybean Growers, said most grain being harvested is several percentage points above safe storage since the dry spell broke.

It’s a crucial window to ensure soybean harvest quality as the crop comes off and goes into the bin.

Crops, Oilseeds

Avoid soybean loss during harvest, drying and storage

Shattered beans can badly affect the profitability of your crop

By NDSU Release October 2, 2017

Harvest timing can have a huge impact on soybean shatter losses, according to North Dakota State University Extension Service agricultural engineer Ken Hellevang. “Field losses, splits and cracked seed coats increase as moisture content decreases,” he says. “Shatter losses have been shown to increase significantly when seed moisture falls below 11 per cent or when

Crops, Oilseeds

Top 10 risky storage situations for canola

By Canola Council Of Canada December 4, 2014

Canola can heat and spoil in the bin, costing growers a lot of lost income. Here are 10 situations that will increase the storage risk: 10. Can’t remember what’s in the bin. Keep a composite sample for each bin of canola. Record average moisture and grain temperature when canola goes in the bin. Use this

man checking moisture content in a canola bin

Crops, Oilseeds

Check your canola bins ASAP

The CCC says buyers are reporting a sudden surge in heated canola

By Allan Dawson December 4, 2014

Baby it’s cold outside, but your canola bins could be hot — dangerously hot. That’s why the Canola Council of Canada (CCC) wants farmers to check their bins right away. “Canola delivery points report a spike in heated canola over the past couple of weeks,” the CCC said in its Canola Watch email Nov. 28.

Cereals, Crops, Oilseeds

Stored canola at risk for moisture damage and heating

Equalize the storage temperature with outside conditions to avoid moisture from condensation

By Reuters May 12, 2014

The Canola Council of Canada is telling farmers to warm their stored canola before it gets hot outside to avoid a buildup of moisture that can cause spoilage. Statistics Canada says there were about nine million tonnes of canola in commercial and on-farm storage as of March 31, which is double the amount in the

Students at the International Rice Research Institute in the Philippines perform calculations of postharvest loss of rice grains in October 2012.

Cereals, Crops, Opinion

A less glamorous — but more effective — approach to feeding the world

By Digvir S. Jayas November 27, 2013

Annually over 2.6 billion tonnes of grains — cereals, oilseeds and pulses — are grown and then stored along the chain from producers to consumers. Most countries do not systematically report how much grain becomes unfit for human consumption during storage, but anecdotal reports suggest it’s worryingly high. In poorly managed storage systems, such as

Cereals, Crops, News, Oilseeds

Quality assurance through world-class research stands the test of time

April 7, 2012

By Val Ominski The bright blue paint, on the Allis Chalmers roll stands, looks conspicuously out of place among the gleaming modern metal in the pilot-scale flour mill on the 16th floor of the CGC Grain Research Lab. Miller Dave Turnock thinks they are about 80 years old and have also seen duty at the

Crops, News, Oilseeds, Weather

Overdrying canola can be a costly mistake

By Daniel Winters March 14, 2012

Air can dry grain, or it can make it wetter. That’s because grain automatically reaches equilibrium with the ambient relative humidity as it is drawn into the bin via fans. Theoretically, this fact could be used to boost profits by adding tonnage via moisture content until the grain reaches the optimum nine to 10 per

Country Crossroads

Making Fruit Leather

By Julie Garden-Robinson September 8, 2011

In early history, refrigerators and freezers were not readily available to help prevent food spoilage. Food dehydration became one of the earliest forms of food preservation. Dehydration allowed people to have portable, lightweight and safe food to enjoy during cold seasons. Dehydration probably was discovered by accident when early civilizations left food out in the

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The do’s and don’ts of desiccation

Formerly parched grain now fighting moisture after September rains

Avoid soybean loss during harvest, drying and storage

Top 10 risky storage situations for canola

Check your canola bins ASAP

Stored canola at risk for moisture damage and heating

A less glamorous — but more effective — approach to feeding the world

Quality assurance through world-class research stands the test of time

Overdrying canola can be a costly mistake

Making Fruit Leather

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