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Winter Cereals Manitoba Focused On Research

By Allan Dawson March 18, 2010

Winter Cereals Manitoba (WCM) has money in the bank and the farmer-funded organization knows exactly where it’s going: research. Two projects are already planned, but WCM chair and Birtle-area farmer Garth Butcher told the organization’s annual meeting here March 10 he wants to hear members’ priorities. WCM collected 50 cents a tonne from around 2,000

Country Crossroads

Nutrition Month Theme Urges Canadians To Learn About Food Sources

By Lorraine Stevenson March 18, 2010

Dietitians of Canada’s National Nutrition Month Campaign 2010 offers these suggestions for celebrating food from field to table. … In your community Start, support or get involved with local community garden projects. Work with your local school board to create ways to showcase local foods either in the classroom or in the school cafeterias. Ask

Crops

Gene Transfer Can Help Fight Pests

By Kate Kelland March 18, 2010

An international team of scientists has managed to transfer disease resistance from one plant family to another, offering broader protection from potentially costly and destructive pests. A team led by Cyril Zipfel at Britain’s Sainsbury Laboratory found that transferring a single gene from a wild plant to disease-susceptible crop plants made them more robust against

Cereals, Crops

Wet Stored Grain Will Deteriorate Rapidly In Spring

By NDSU Release March 18, 2010

The storability of grain depends on grain quality, moisture content and temperature. Grain moisture content must decrease as grain temperature increases to store grain safely, says Ken Hellevang, North Dakota State University Extension Service grain-drying expert. The allowable storage time for 22 per cent moisture corn is about 190 days at 1C (30F), 60 days

Crops, Dairy cattle, Oilseeds

U. S. Crops, China Becomes Top Soy User

By Charles Abbott March 18, 2010

U. S. farmers will grow the second-largest corn and soybean crops on record this year – 13.134 billion bushels of corn and 3.213 billion bushels of soybeans, just below the records set in 2009, said a University of Missouri think-tank March 9. The Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute also said U. S. wheat production

Cereals, Crops

Viterra Posts Profit On Fertilizer Demand

By Rod Nickel March 18, 2010

Viterra Inc. said March 10 it returned to profit in its first quarter thanks to solid fertilizer demand and a contribution from its recently acquired Australian operations. Shares of the Canadian grain handler, which completed its takeover of Australia’s ABB Grain in September, rose 2.5 per cent, even though its earnings fell short of expectations,

Cereals, Crops, News

Difference You Can See

March 18, 2010

Stratego fungicide keeps your cereal crops greener and healthier by protecting them from early disease pressure, ultimately producing higher yields. Its wide window of application from 3-4 leaf to flag leaf on wheat, barley and oats provides long lasting control. A great partner in your herbicide tank mix, Stratego delivers flexibility in the field no

Beef cattle, Livestock

Canada Says BSE Cow Kept Out Of Food Supply

March 18, 2010

The Alberta beef cow that is Canada’s most recent case of mad cow disease was found dead on a farm and was destroyed without entering food or animal feed supplies, a spokesman with the Canadian government said March 11. Canada Beef Export Federation president Ted Haney, who first confirmed the case in an interview with

Beef cattle, Livestock

Restricted-Feed Intake In Heifers Makes Better Cows

By Daniel Winters March 18, 2010

“When you develop a heifer on a restricted-gain program, you change the metabolic efficiency of that heifer and the way it utilizes feed and stores energy reserves.” – JOHN POPP Just as too many cooks can spoil the broth, it seems too much feed makes for less efficient heifers. Using a similar strategy to that

Cereals, Opinion, Other livestock

Letters – for Mar. 11, 2010

March 11, 2010

Unaffordable efficiencies Twelve years ago, I was told that having fewer and bigger elevators would be more efficient and better for me. Today, the tariff at these new, efficient, inland grain terminals is at least 50 per cent higher than it was 12 years ago. I was also told 12 years ago, that if the

Daily Network News

Southern California honeybees show resistance to varroa mites

Pulse Weekly: SaskPulse optimistic despite input, crop price concerns

Canadian aquaculture should be classed as agriculture, industry groups say

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