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Recipe Swap – for Mar. 3, 2011

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Sendyourrecipesorreciperequeststo: ManitobaCo-operatorRecipe Swap Box 1794, Carman, Man. R0G 0J0 or email [email protected] The beginning of March marks the start of Nutrition Month, an annual campaign by Dietitians of Canada encouraging Canadians to eat healthier and enjoy a wider array of foods. This year’s theme is a carry-over from last year’s highly successful Celebrate Food… From
Cereals, Opinion

Ritz’s Reckless Rhetoric

It appears from the Feb. 17 issue of theCo-operatorthat Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz is upset with the Canadian Wheat Board’s (CWB) decision to buy two boats to ship grain into the St. Lawrence Seaway.
Crops

Britain Threatens To Withdraw From FAO

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Britain said Feb. 26 it could leave one of the United Nations’ agencies fighting hunger unless it improves its “patchy” performance. The threat to pull out of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) follows a review of British overseas aid ordered by the nine-month- old coalition government, which administers one of the world’s biggest aid
Cereals, Crops

Dual Action Against Fusarium

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Anew broad-spectrum fungicide with two Group 3 actives against leaf and head disease in wheat and barley is billed as the “most effective” fungicide to suppress fusarium head blight. Bayer CropScience Canada has announced registration in Western Canada for its tebuconazole and prothioconazole product, Prosaro, to be available at participating ag retailers for the 2011
Cereals, Crops, Opinion

Price Of Wheat Is Too Low

Concerning the No. 1 wheat Jack Pawich of Cartwright sold for $2.45 per bushel (Manitoba Co-operatorFeb. 17), I had some No. 1 wheat and No. 2 wheat and averaged $5.03 per bushel.
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Rolling Up The Rim To A Better Business

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What does a guy who sells coffee and doughnuts know about farming? Very little. But that didn’t prevent Ron Buist, the former marketing director for Canada’s favourite coffee house from delivering an intriguing message to farmers at the 2011 Manitoba Special Crops Symposium. The marketing guru behind Tim Hortons “Roll Up the Rim to Win”
Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Profit-Taking Hammers Canola

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ICE Futures Canada canola contracts saw a roller-coaster of a week during the period ended Feb. 18, as the bottom finally fell out of the market and participants took profits after the steady rise over the past few months. However, after four straight days of large declines, values stabilized for a day, bounced higher and
Crops

Goss’s Wilt Firmly Established In Manitoba

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The corn disease Goss’s Wilt is established in Manitoba and farmers will have to learn to manage it, says Wilt Billing, Pioneer Hi-Bred’s area agronomist for Manitoba. “Once a field has the disease, it has the disease,” Billing told farmers during the Manitoba Special Crops Symposium Feb. 10 in Winnipeg. “It’s not going away.” Yield
Crops

Bt Corn Refuge Recommendations Could Get Easier

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The long-tern effectiveness of Bt corn in protecting crops from destructive insects hinges on preventing the bugs from developing resistance to Bt, a built-in insecticide. To avoid resistance farmers must plant the proper refugia of non-Bt corn with their Bt crop. And that’s going to get easier to do, John Gavloski, an extension entomologist with

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