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News From Eastern Europe Sparks Wheat-Buying Frenzy – for Aug. 12, 2010

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For three-times-daily market reports from Resource News International, visit “ICE Futures Canada updates” at www.manitobacooperator.ca. ICE Futures Canada canola futures continued to break into new bullish territory during the week ended Aug. 6, with the most actively traded November contract gaining $10 to close at a fresh contract high of $469 per tonne. Winnipeg canola
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Potato Disease Detection Funded – for Aug. 12, 2010

A Quebec firm working on DNA-based disease detection and monitoring for potatoes will get $1.2 million in federal backing. Phytodata Inc. said it’s partnering with McCain Foods Canada to develop such detection systems. The federal funding will go toward work on new and “highly reliable” ways to monitor and detect major airborne diseases in potatoes,
Crops

Potato Disease Detection Funded – for Aug. 12, 2010

A Quebec firm working on DNA-based disease detection and monitoring for potatoes will get $1.2 million in federal backing. Phytodata Inc. said it’s partnering with McCain Foods Canada to develop such detection systems. The federal funding will go toward work on new and “highly reliable” ways to monitor and detect major airborne diseases in potatoes,
Crops

Silver Scurf Control Approved – for Aug. 12, 2010

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The Pesticide Management Regulatory Agency granted an emergency use registration for Confine (mono-and di-potassium salts of phosphorus acid) on July 30 for post-harvest application of potatoes for the suppression of silver scurf. Caused by the fungus Helminthosporium solani, silver scurf is a common disease of potato. The brown blemishes that develop on the tuber surface
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Silver Scurf Control Approved – for Aug. 12, 2010

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The Pesticide Management Regulatory Agency granted an emergency use registration for Confine (mono-and di-potassium salts of phosphorus acid) on July 30 for post-harvest application of potatoes for the suppression of silver scurf. Caused by the fungus Helminthosporium solani, silver scurf is a common disease of potato. The brown blemishes that develop on the tuber surface
Cereals, News

CWB Will Push For More Farmer Control – for Aug. 12, 2010

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Making sure farm-e rs control the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) and not the federal government has become a top priority for CWB chair Allen Oberg and the CWB’s board of directors. The CWB’s board voted at its meeting last month to clarify and enhance farmer control of the marketing agency, Oberg, who farms at Forestberg,
Crops

U. S. Corn Not Meeting China’s Quality Standards – for Aug. 5, 2010

China has questioned the quality of genetically modified corn delivered from the United States this month, the China National Grains and Oils Information Center (CNGOIC) said July 27. China’s COFCO Co. Ltd. ordered its first shipment of genetically modified U. S. corn in May. It has sought corn imports after a gap of four years
Cereals, News

Cwb Exports Up, Prices Down – for Aug. 5, 2010

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The Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) and most farmers are hoping last year’s miraculous crop recovery happens again. “It is my hope for all farmers that somehow we have a repeat of last year’s harvest and in the end wind up with a much better result than we all expect,” CWB chair Allen Oberg told reporters

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