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Crops, Oilseeds

Wet Last Year, Maybe Wet Again This Year

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Last year’s deluge will make for some interesting agronomic issues for canola growers this spring, Derwyn Hammond, senior agronomy specialist for the Canola Council of Canada told farmers attending Ag Days. Denitrification in low spots, soil compaction from last summer’s abortive attempts at field work, and weed issues are all things to look out for,
Cereals, News

Manitoba’s Winter Hammered By Fusarium – for Sep. 2, 2010

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Manitoba’s winter wheat crop has so much fusarium head blight damage this year the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) is hoping it can blend it with winter wheat from Saskatchewan and Alberta. To that end the CWB issued a notice to farmers last week asking them to submit winter wheat samples as soon as possible. “Samples
Crops

Late Blight In Manitoba Potatoes Under Control

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“It was going to be devastating if we had not talked about it (late blight) earlier.” – VIKRAM BISHT What could have been a late blight disaster this summer was averted by early detection and quick action on the part of potato farmers, a plant pathologist with Manitoba Agriculture and Food Initiatives says. Late blight
Cereals, Crops, Forages, Oilseeds

Crop Report – for Jun. 3, 2010

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Municipal drains are overflowing into fields while provincial drains and rivers are all at full capacity creating a slow run-off of water. Crop damage will be extensive in areas. SOUTHWEST: Seeding operations continued at the start of last week but was halted by the weekend’s rainfall. High amounts of precipitation were recorded across the region.
Crops, Oilseeds

Time To Evaluate Sclerotinia Risk

Late-seeded and reseeded canola fields should now be assessed for risk to sclerotinia stem rot infection to determine if a fungicide application will be economical, according to the Canola Council of Canada. Many factors affect the risk of infection including: Heaviness of the crop canopy Amount of moisture received in the two weeks prior to
Cereals, Crops, Forages, Oilseeds

Crop Report – for Jul. 23, 2009

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SOUTHWEST Most areas received rainfall over the past week with totals varying from 25 to 45 millimetres. Some areas received heavy thundershowers and areas in the northern part of the region reported temperatures close to 0C. Most early-seeded cereal crops are heading, with later-seeded crops in the flag leaf to early-head stage. Most canola crops
Cereals, Crops, Forages, Oilseeds

Crop Report – for Jul. 9, 2009

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SOUTHWEST REGION A general rainfall over the past week resulted in 10 to 30 mm of precipitation. Moisture was welcome as several areas are reporting dry conditions. The majority of cereal crops are in the flag leaf stage with early-seeded crops starting to head. Early-sown canola is starting to flower. Pea fields are starting to
News, Oilseeds

Brazil To Debut Rust-Resistant Soy

Brazil is set to begin commercial planting of a soybean variety with a gene that makes it resistant to the devastating Asian rust fungus, which is beginning to develop tolerance to conventional fungicides. Local growers could markedly reduce production costs if the new variety, which was developed by the Fundacao MT in Brazil’s No. 1
Cereals, Crops, Oilseeds

Crop husbandry makes a comeback

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“Can you see anything else at this show that gives you 20 per cent more yield while spending less money?” – COLIN ROSENGREN When Colin Rosengren was looking for ways to improve the sustainability of farm near Midale, Sask., he turned to the best agronomist he could find – Mother Nature. It was by clueing

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