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Recipe Swap: A big little cookbook

By Lorraine Stevenson August 21, 2012

If the recipes it contains make you as fat as the Graysville United Church’s coil-bound collection, then watch out. I’ve seen a lot of community cookbooks, but at over 500 pages, I don’t think I’ve ever seen one quite like this one — and it belies the size of the group that assembled it. Graysville

Crops, Grain Markets, News

Mexico raids U.S. corn market, buys 1.516 million tonnes U.S. corn

By Julie Ingwersen, Karl Plume August 21, 2012

Traders say the purchase is a sign of global anxiety Mexico raided the U.S. corn market by making the biggest one-day purchase in over two decades earlier this month, the first clear sign of global anxiety over the decimated U.S. crop. Mexico, the No. 2 importer of U.S. corn after Japan, bought 1.516 million tonnes,

Crops, News

India potato story underscores need for reform

By Manoj Kumar August 21, 2012

Reuters / Buried in recent monthly data for wholesale prices in India, the wild gyrations of a humble vegetable tell the tale of an economy trapped in inflation by its own rigidities. Back in December, after a bumper harvest of potatoes, furious farmers dumped tonnes of their crop on roads in protest over a crash

News, Oilseeds, Poultry

Machinery dealers, meat packers likely to suffer

By Rod Nickel August 21, 2012

While U.S. crops of corn and soybeans wilt in the worst U.S. drought in a half-century, winners and losers are emerging in the agriculture sector of the Toronto Stock Exchange. Shares of Agrium Inc. and PotashCorp of Saskatchewan are up 21 per cent and eight per cent since June 1, lagging far behind the spike

Crops, News, Oilseeds

Swath canola when 60 per cent of main stem seeds turn colour

By Allan Dawson August 21, 2012

Canola should be swathed when 60 per cent of the seeds on the main stems have changed colour and that means taking a close look at your fields. “You really just can’t make an accurate assessment of seed colour change from your pickup truck,” the Canola Council of Canada’s Manitoba agronomy specialist Angela Brackenreed said

Cereals, Crops, News, Oilseeds

Looking for a different way to control wild oats

By Alexis Kienlen August 21, 2012

Wild oats are Canada’s biggest weed problem — and researchers at the Field Crop Development Centre hope winter wheat can become a big part of the solution. Alternative methods for controlling wild oats are becoming increasingly important, said Neil Harker, an Alberta Agriculture weed scientist who is leading the research in this area. “A lot

Crops, Oilseeds, Pulses

Scientists work to reduce bean diseases

By Allan Dawson August 21, 2012

Some of their work was displayed during the Manitoba Pulse Growers Association’s recent annual tour

Can the same technology that warms up leftover pizza control seed-borne diseases in beans? A University of Guelph master’s student is hoping to find out. Allison Friesen is testing microwaves on seed-borne diseases such as halo blight and common bacterial blight, two diseases that can cut into yields and quality. “She spent the winter with

Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Strength in soybean futures supports canola values

By Dwayne Klassen August 21, 2012

Pre-USDA report jitters dominated the North American oilseed markets during the week ended Aug. 10, with weather playing a secondary role in determining price direction of both the grain and oilseed sectors. ICE Futures Canada’s canola futures lost $1 per tonne in the nearby November future while gaining $7.60 in the far-deferred July future. Commodity

Crops, News

U.S. plans to cut GMO crop oversight

By Carey Gillam, Charles Abbott August 21, 2012

Efforts to write benefits for biotech seed companies into U.S. legislation, including the 2013 Farm Bill, are sparking a backlash from groups that say the multiple measures would severely limit U.S. oversight of genetically modified crops. From online petitions to face-to-face lobbying on Capitol Hill, an array of consumer and environmental organizations and individuals are

Cereals, Crops, News, Oilseeds

New crop-management website for Manitoba farmers

August 21, 2012

New crop-management website for Manitoba farmers “Why are my cereal heads turning white?” Visit Cropchatter.com Manitoba farmers can now visit a website providing free crop-management advice from some of the province’s top agronomists. Cropchatter.com is hosted by Farm Business Communications, publisher of the Manitoba Co-operator, with co-operation from Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives. MAFRI

Daily Network News

Moroccan fertilizer maker OCP expects output to drop 30 per cent in Q2, sources say

Feed Grain Weekly: Demand rises despite war uncertainty

How farmers can manage stress, anxiety during spring seeding

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