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Western Canada wheat high in protein, but supplies plentiful

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Western Canadian farmers are harvesting a spring wheat crop that looks to be well above average in protein content, but they are unlikely to command much of the usual premium this autumn due to abundant supplies, analysts say. After two years of flooding, Western Canada is set to produce its second-biggest all-wheat crop in 16
Cereals, Crops, Forages, News

First frost of the season but no damage to crops

Weekly Provincial Summary  Hot, dry conditions across most of Manitoba allowed for excellent harvest progress.  In some areas of Manitoba, frost was reported early Sunday, Sept. 9 but no reports of crop damage have been received.  Harvest of spring cereals is 95 per cent complete. Canola harvest ranges from 70 to 100 per cent complete.
Cereals, Crops, International news, News

Eastern European maize a rare bright spot

kiev / reuters / Eastern European maize crops have survived a summer drought, but exporters are unlikely to benefit as domestic buyers seek alternatives to wheat and barley ravaged by the heat. Top maize producers in the Black Sea region — Ukraine, Russia, Bulgaria and Romania — are likely to produce a total of 37
Country Crossroads, News, Recipe Swap

Recipe Swap: Follow your nose

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The warm spice, fresh-baked bread combo of a newly baked cinnamon bun is, in a word, irresistible. Who hasn’t been lured into Mom’s kitchen, or a hometown bakery, when they’ve picked up the scent of them. That’s the idea behind the new “Cinnamon Bun Trail” a map and guide to help you follow your nose
Cereals, News

It’s onward and upward as crowds flock to St. Norbert Farmers’ Market

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It’s official: Le Marché St.-Norbert Farmers’ Market is one heck of a draw. The market on Winnipeg’s southern outskirts drew 10,000 people on a single day in August. The huge Saturday crowd demonstrates why recently announced renovations and improvements are badly needed, said Marilyn Firth, the market’s community relations manager. Those include upgraded drainage, improved
Cereals, Crops, News

CDC Falcon shifts to general purpose class Aug. 1, 2014

CDC Falcon, Manitoba’s most popular winter wheat, will be shifted to the Canada Western General Purpose wheat class next August as long as there’s enough suitable replacement seed available. Moats and Flourish have performed as well as CDC Falcon in trials and meet the quality standards for the Canada Western Red Winter wheat class. There’s
Cereals, Crops, Forages, News, Oilseeds

Record-busting winter wheat crop eyed

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Manitoba farmers have set planting records two years in a row, 
but this fall’s seeding could far exceed that

Manitoba farmers are getting pretty fond of winter wheat and the head of Winter Cereals Manitoba hopes the romance continues to build. Farmers in the province grew a record 593,906 acres of winter wheat this year (double the 10-year average) and conditions are right for even more to be planted this fall, said Jake Davidson.
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Chemical giant BASF says it has made “a game-changing breakthrough towards sustainable snack-food packaging.” The packaging is both cost competitive and is fully compostable, the company claims, adding earlier attempts by other companies to come up with green packages “fell short of consumer expectations.” Frito-Lay introduced a 100 per cent compostable bag for its SunChips
Crops, News

Popcorn soon to cost more than the movie

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For more than half a century, the Shew family has harvested mountains of popcorn kernels to be buttered, salted and munched by movie fans. But as a crippling Midwestern drought sends commodity soybean and grain prices soaring, the family’s farmland in west-central Indiana is suffering. Plants are listing, stalks are spindly and corn ears small.
International news, News

Climate threat to world’s poor is underestimated

london / reuters Climate change will greatly increase the suffering of the world’s poor, says Oxfam. More frequent extreme weather events will create shortages, destabilize markets, and cause price spikes on top of projected structural price rises of about 100 per cent for staples such as maize over the next 20 years, the charity said

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