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Kroeker’s Contribution To Potato Industry Honoured

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Don Kroeker, potato producer and industry leader, has received a certificate of merit for degree graduates from the University of Manitoba’s faculty of agricultural and food sciences. Kroeker graduated from the University of Manitoba in 1957 with a bachelor of science in agriculture specializing in agricultural economics. He received the Lieutenant-Governor’s Gold Medal for outstanding
Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

EU Uncertainty, Weather Fog Up Crystal Ball

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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 experienced some choppy trade during the week ended May 21. Large movements in the outside financial markets, together with improving crop conditions across Western Canada, had sent values to fresh contract lows at one point
Cereals, Crops

Confusion Reigns Over Who Gets To Vote

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“It certainly wasn’t what was intended from the panel report.” – DAVID ROLFE If farmers are confused whether they’ll get a vote in Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) elections this fall, they aren’t alone. Media, farm organizations, and maybe even the minister of agriculture, have been confused too. Ottawa tabled Bill C-27, the Canadian Wheat Board
Cereals, Crops

Higher Threshold Requested

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“My biggest fear was that they would immediately go to the weighted ballot. I think this will actually stop that.” – IAN WISHART The Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association (WCWGA) says C-27 is a step in the right direction, but doesn’t go far enough to prevent hobby farmers from voting in Canadian Wheat Board elections.
Cereals, Crops, News

Tighter FHB Regs, Better Management Required

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“The new tolerances are designed to meet market needs but also to be fair to producers when fusarium is a grading factor in their wheat.” – ELWIN HERMANSON FUSARIUM DAMAGE TOLERANCES August 1, 2010: Revise fusarium damage tolerances in CWRS, CWHWS, CWAD, CPSR, CWSWS and CW Feed. Wheat Class CWRS CWHWS CWAD CPSR CPSW CWSWS
Cereals, Crops

Bayer Drops Prices For Wild Oat Control

Bayer CropScience announced May 20 that it is dropping prices for its portfolio of cereal wild oat herbicides by as much as 15 per cent off suggested retail prices. Growers will benefit from price reductions on the following Bayer CropScience herbicides: Product Price Reposition Puma120 Super $3/acre PumaAdvance $3/acre Tundra $3/acre Velocitym3 $2/acre Thumper Total
Cereals, Crops, Forages, Oilseeds

Crop Report – for May. 27, 2010

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SOUTHWEST Most of the region received rainfall over the past week, with the majority of accumulation occurring on the weekend. Strong winds were also reported. Overall moisture condition is rated as good, but some areas report excess moisture. Seeding of cereal crops is 90 per cent complete, with early-seeded crops in the three-to four-leaf stage.
Beef cattle, Cereals, Dairy cattle, Livestock, News

New Feed Oat For Dairy Farmers

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“A grain that is essentially equal to barley for feeding to dairy cattle.” – BRIAN ROSSNAGEL, CDC You wouldn’t normally feed oats to dairy cows because the hulls aren’t digestible and the grain is low in energy content. But say hello to CDC SO-I. This new feed oat variety combines a high fat content with
Livestock

Maple Leaf Foods Sees Higher Meat Costs Lasting

Higher raw meat costs for pack-e rs appears to be a long-term trend as Canadian hog farmers struggle to recover from money-losing operations, the head of a leading Canadian hog processor, Maple Leaf Foods, said May 19. “We actually think it is a new normal,” said president and CEO Michael McCain at the BMO Capital

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