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World’s Worst Soybean Disease Hasn’t Arrived Here Yet

By Gord Gilmour February 17, 2011

Soybean cyst nematode is the worst of the lot when it comes to crop diseases that thrive in soybean crops. It infects the roots of soybean and eventually becomes a cyst. It can cause a variety of symptoms including chlorosis of the laves and stems, root necrosis, loss in seed yield and general suppression of

Crops

McKnight Farms Wins Corn Competition Again

By Allan Dawson February 17, 2011

McKnight Farms of Roland has won the Manitoba Corn Growers Association’s (MCGA) annual corn yield contest for the second year in a row with a yield of 245.29 bushels an acre. That’s almost five per cent higher than McKnight’s 2009 winning yield of 198.17. It was with the same corn hybrid, Pioneer Hi-Bred’s 39D97, grown

Cereals, Crops

U.S. Producers Boost Major Crop Acreage

February 17, 2011

U.S. farmers will increase plantings of the eight major crops this year by four per cent as high commodity prices encourage growers to replenish low stockpiles, the government said Feb. 14. The U.S. Agriculture Department said farmers will sow 255.3 million acres this year, up 10.1 million acres from 2010, with all major crops seeing

Cereals, News

CWB Is Buying Boats

By Allan Dawson February 17, 2011

The Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) defended its controversial decision to buy into the Great Lakes shipping fleet last week, saying it will ultimately mean higher returns for farmers. The board’s goal is not only to get the best returns for farmers, but to cut their costs too, said CWB chair Allen Oberg. Oberg said the

Crops, Oilseeds, Pulses

2011 Outlook Not Strong For Dry Bean Crops

By Natasha Tersigni February 17, 2011

It will be a tough year to draw edible bean acres into production, Jim Barclay director of foods from Hensall District Co-op, told farmers attending the Special Crops Symposium. He estimates a 30 per cent reduction in acreage for black, white, and pinto bean crops. “In 2011 we will see a reduction in dry bean

Opinion

Forecast For March: Very, Very Hot

By Alan Guebert February 17, 2011

After hiring into the market newsletter biz 30 years ago, my new bosses informed me that I’d sink or swim on how well I learned either fundamental or technical market analysis. I had two weeks to master one. Since fundamental analysis centres on farm and ranch facts and figures and technical analysis relies on charts

News

USDA Deregulates Industrial GE Corn

By Christopher Doering February 17, 2011

The U.S. Agriculture Department said Feb. 11 it has deregulated a variety of corn genetically engineered to produce a common enzyme that speeds the breakdown of starch into sugar, a vital step in making ethanol. USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service said Syngenta, the Swiss maker of the enzyme, called alpha-amylase, will create an

Cereals, Opinion

The Business Case For Farmers Owning Lake Freighters

By Allen Oberg February 17, 2011

The Canadian Wheat Board has decided to purchase two lake vessels, based on a very strong business case that will result in significant economic benefits for Prairie farmers. This investment will generate revenue for decades to come, and pay for itself many times over – just as CWB ownership of rail hopper cars has done.

Cereals, Country Crossroads, Pulses

Recipe Swap – for Feb. 17, 2011

By Lorraine Stevenson February 17, 2011

If dried peas don’t strike you as something to use when you’re baking, you probably haven’t heard about the flour made from them. Green split pea flour, whole yellow flour and chickpea flour are a line of Manitobamade flours now passing taste tests in kitchens around the country as home bakers hear about their health

Cereals, Opinion

Letters – for Feb. 17, 2011

February 17, 2011

Wheat sold at a loss The 2009 crop took a year to get all the money from the Canadian Wheat Board. My cost to plant and harvest 160 acres was $25,897. When I got my last payment of $23,686 I lost $2,211 and did not charge for labour. I got $2.45 per bushel for No.

Daily Network News

ICE weekly: War news driving canola markets

War is increasing food prices, insecurity say IMF, World Bank and UN food agency

B.C. agrochemical startup gets $1.2M in federal funding

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