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Cereals, Crops

Oats Research Gets Federal Boost

The federal government is allocating $1.8 million to the Prairie Oat Growers Association (POGA) to develop new oat breeding varieties tailored to the Prairie environment that will improve crop yields and quality. Research will focus on enhancing oat cultivars for Western Canada. Improved varieties with better resistance to plant diseases and that can withstand unpredictable
Cereals, Crops, Oilseeds

CGC Continues Researching Machines To Help Grain Grading

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Someday distinctly green kernels in canola and sprout damage in wheat may no longer be grading factors. The hope is instruments in elevators will be able to precisely measure the chlorophyll content in canola and the falling number in wheat. Those are the real degrading factors end-users are trying to uncover by counting distinctly green
Crops, Pulses

Special Crops Estimates Increased

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Ending stocks of the seven major pulse and special crops in Canada at the close of the 2010-11 crop year are expected to be higher than earlier expectations, according to updated supply-demand tables from Agriculture and Agri- Food Canada Market Analysis Division released mid-December. Ending stocks of the seven major special and pulse crops for
Cereals, Country Crossroads

A New Year, New Recipes

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Most of us start January with resolve to take better care of our health, eating well, exercising regularly, and finding a bit more of that “balance” we seek in our lives. It can be tricky to stay fit during a long Manitoba winter, unless we’re skiers and skaters, or walk a great deal. Fortunately, many
Cereals, Country Crossroads

Why Eat Buckwheat?

It possesses high levels of dietary fibre, antioxidants and vitamins and is nutritionally superior to many of even the most healthful grains. Buckwheat is also a good option if you are eliminating gluten from your diet because it is entirely gluten free. The latest research indicates that buckwheat may even help with the management of
Cereals, Country Crossroads

Why Eat Barley?

Arguably one of the oldest grains ever eaten, we “drink” this ancient grain more often than we eat it. Barley is also easy to find on store shelves, either as pearled or pot barley. Polishing to make pot or pearl barley removes the inedible hull, although that also removes some of the nutrients too. Whole
News, Oilseeds

U.S. Drops ADM Canada Crusher From Restricted List

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has dropped Archer Daniels Midland’s canolacrushing plant in Windsor, Ontario from its list of plants that are under import restrictions due to salmonella concerns, easing measures that sharply cut Canadian shipments of the livestock feed to its biggest export market. The FDA removed the Windsor plant from its
Cereals, Oilseeds, Opinion

Pay More For Better Rail Service On Higher-Value Crops?

The following are edited excerpts from a Commons agriculture committee hearing Dec. 9 on railway service. Randy Hoback, Conservative MP for Prince Albert:“The argument a lot of people are struggling with is cost versus service. (T)hey are intertwined. If you buy something at a discount store you don’t expect to get proper service or extreme
Cereals, Crops, Oilseeds

Wheat, Oat, Soybean Acres Expected Higher In 2011

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Soybeans, wheat and oats are the hot crops for 2011, say Manitoba seed growers. Barley, peas and sunflowers are not. “Soybeans were the darlings this year,” Oak Lake seed grower Eric McLean told fellow growers attending the Manitoba Seed Growers’ Association’s annual meeting here Dec. 8. “Peas unfortunately bore the brunt of the ugliness. There

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