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Cereals, Opinion

Vote For CWB

The time has come when the wheat and barley producers of Western Canada will again be voting if they wish to retain the single desk (the Canadian Wheat Board – CWB) as their marketer or perhaps the majority will vote to turn that function over to the corporate grain trade. When the Harper government came
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Safety Training For Young Farm Workers Important

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Safety officials are still trying to determine what went wrong on a Carberryarea potato farm where a young worker became entangled in a conveyor last month, but they say the incident underscores the need for ongoing safety training. Carberry RCMP reported Sept. 18 that they were cal led to a farm located west of Carberry
Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Farmer Hedges Follow Canola Upward

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The roller-coaster ICE Futures Canada canola market climbed to some very high levels during the week ended Oct. 8, hitting the elusive $500-per-tonne level for the first time in many months at one point Friday before backing away as harvest pressure and profit-taking came forward. The gains were largely a knee-jerk speculative reaction to some
Country Crossroads

Carrot Crop Challenge

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Carrots keep me guessing. In spring if I scatter the seed liberally in the rows, only the odd carrot deigns to surface. But if I am stingy when I sow, in a few weeks I have carrots jostling each other for space. When I could do with a good-size crop, the carrots I am counting
Crops, Oilseeds

Dekalb Launches Mobile Application

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Dekalb seed is launching a new mobile application, available for download and use on a wide variety of BlackBerry(R) devices. The Dekalb Plant Population Calculator App provides corn and soybean farmers with recommended planting populations for their crops. Once downloaded to their BlackBerry device, the application will provide farmers with a recommended planting population for
Crops

Organic Agriculture Is The Future

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Does organic agriculture have a future? For some, such as well-known plant scientist E. Ann Clark, organic is the future. In a paper released earlier this year, the University of Guelph professor joined those who say that the end of cheap oil will mean the end of conventional agriculture as it’s currently practised. “(T)he future
Cereals, Crops, Forages

Crop Report – for Oct. 14, 2010

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SOUTHWEST REGION Cereal crops are 80 to 85 per cent complete; yields are average and quality is average to below average due to several rain showers. Canola harvest is 80 per cent complete with yields average to below average with reports that later-seeded canola has been impacted by frost. Flax harvest is 70 per cent
Beef cattle, Country Crossroads, Poultry

Turkey Not Just For Thanksgiving Any More

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It’s a traditional holiday scene: A golden-brown roasted turkey accompanied by mashed potatoes, gravy and all the trimmings on the dining room table. But try picturing that scene at some time other than Thanksgiving, Christmas or Easter. That’s the challenge facing the Turkey Farmers of Canada. The good news is that 36 per cent of
Country Crossroads

Recipe Swap – for Oct. 7, 2010

With harvests delayed, poor or non-existent, an approaching day of Thanksgiving may seem moot this year. Yet, for many years, and certainly not all of them good ones, the second Monday of October has been the day we set aside to gather with family and friends, eat a good meal, and give gratitude for all
Country Crossroads, Pulses

Try Something New Next Year

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Growing new and different vegetables in the garden is not only a challenging hobby, but also helps to add interest and appreciation for meals. This year I had selected several to try. Caraflex Cabbage from Veseys Seeds caught my eye with its atypical shape ending in a high point, similar to the popular shape of

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