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The swiner things in life are fried

By Sheri Monk August 10, 2012

Jerry Aulenbach, a real estate agent from Edmonton, is so enthusiastic about smoked pork belly that he now spends his spare time dressed as a bacon strip. “I had the bacon suit made for Halloween, but I never really wore it out. I got the idea to wear it to fundraisers and other events, and

Cereals, Crops, News

Breeder trials show winter wheat improvements

By Daniel Winters August 10, 2012

Winter wheat growers can look forward to superior new varieties coming down the pipe. A number of varieties, including Kestrel and Raptor, will drop out of the milling-quality Canadian Western Red Winter class and into the general purpose class a year from now. On Aug. 1, 2014, Falcon will also drop into the GP class.

Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets, News, Oilseeds

CWB monopoly ends,open market begins

By Allan Dawson August 10, 2012

As the fluffy, golden-awned heads of barley flowed seamlessly into Ron Sabourin’s combine last week, he was more focused on getting this year’s crop in the bin than he was with the dawn of a new marketing era in Western Canada. Sabourin started pricing out this year’s wheat last December and doesn’t plan to use

Cereals, Crops

What spring wheat variety is right for you?

By Gord Gilmour July 30, 2012

Pest and disease challenges are reducing AC Barrie acreage,  but the alternatives require some careful thought

Just a few short years ago the questions surrounding planting spring wheat were fairly straightforward — such as how many acres and how did it pencil out. A question that very rarely came up in Manitoba was what variety to plant — it was all but certain that the seed that went into the ground

Crops, News

Is soil fumigation worth it in Manitoba potato crops?

By Gord Gilmour July 30, 2012

Should Manitoba potato growers be following the example of their counterparts south of the border and begin incorporating soil fumigation with Vapam into their management practices? Mario Tenuta, a soil scientist with the University of Manitoba, has been looking into the question, but says drawing conclusions would be premature. “We’re really just starting to get

Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Hot U.S. temperatures make for hot markets

By Dwayne Klassen July 30, 2012

Canola futures on the ICE Canada platform continued their upward trek during the week ended July 20 with the weather concerns in the U.S. Soybean Belt providing much of the price strength. The gains in canola ranged from $20 to $24 per tonne. The new long-range weather outlooks (as of July 20) for the main

News

Berlin gripped by family feud over sausages

July 30, 2012

Call it the battle of the bangers. A family feud over sausage succession rights is adding some spice to Berlin’s summer. After months of bitter legal wrangling with his mother, Mario Ziervogel opened a fast-food outlet serving Berlin’s famous dish, the currywurst: fried pork sausage sliced up and smothered in ketchup and curry powder. His

Country Crossroads, Recipe Swap

Recipe Swap: Chill, separate, clean and cook

By Lorraine Stevenson July 30, 2012

Many of us have a memory of a must-have food at family picnics. Ours was a particular sandwich made with Klik, lettuce and tomatoes, which we called “by the highway” sandwiches because they were usually eaten seated somewhere next to the open trunk of Dad’s Super ’88. They were always soggy by the time we

Crops, News, Oilseeds, Weather

Nebraska irrigators cut off

By Karl Plume July 30, 2012

Reuters / More than 1,100 farmers in Nebraska have been ordered by the state’s Department of Natural Resources to halt irrigation of their crops because the rivers from which they draw water have dropped due to a worsening drought. The orders come as the central United States is enduring the worst drought since 1956, which

Cereals, Crops, Forages, News, Oilseeds

Winter wheat harvest kicks into high gear

July 30, 2012

Weekly Provincial Summary Winter wheat harvest continues. Yields are ranging from 50 to 100 bushels per acre with good test weights, low levels of fusarium-damaged kernels and protein levels ranging from eight to 13 per cent. Swathing of the earliest-seeded spring wheat, barley and canola fields has started. Symptoms of heat and moisture stress, including

Daily Network News

Southern California honeybees show resistance to varroa mites

Pulse Weekly: SaskPulse optimistic despite input, crop price concerns

Canadian aquaculture should be classed as agriculture, industry groups say

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