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Wheat Streak Mosaic Virus on spring wheat.
Crops, Local news

Wheat streak mosaic virus found in spring wheat, fusarium maps available

Manitoba Insect & Disease Update for June 7

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Wheat Streak Mosaic Virus has been detected in the Wawanesa area (read more below) and Fusarium Head Blight (FHB) Risk Maps area also now available. Flea beetles in canola, and cutworms continue to be the main insects of concern. A hatch of the potential pest species of grasshoppers has started, but so far levels are quite low. Wheat Streak Mosaic Virus There was a
Richard Cuthbert’s patience and persistence paid off culminating with the recommendation for registration of his new Canada Western Red Spring wheat that accumulates less DON (deoxynivalenol), when infected with fusarium head blight. The Prairie Recommending Committee for Wheat, Rye and Triticale gave BW980 a thumbs up at its annual meeting in Winnipeg Mar. 2.
Cereals, Crops

New CWRS wheat coming with less DON when hit by fusarium head blight

BW980 almost didn’t make it because in one year of testing, its gluten strength was lower 
than the check variety, prompting another year of testing


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A new Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheat that accumulates less deoxynivalenol (DON), the mycotoxin sometimes produced after a fusarium head blight infection, is being recommended for registration. It took an extra year of testing, but at its annual meeting in Winnipeg Mar. 2 the Prairie Recommending Committee for Wheat, Rye and Triticale (PRCWRT) gave
Disease issues can really hurt seed germination, making testing before planting very important.
Cereals, Crops

Seed quality highly variable

A tough growing year has translated into seed that can have lower germ levels

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Seed quality in Manitoba for the upcoming growing season is a mixed bag depending on the crop, according to Holly Gelech, manager of business development for BioVision Seed Labs in Winnipeg. The average germination of wheat seed tested from the 2016 crop is 86.3 per cent, down six per cent from the five-year high of
The Alberta Wheat Commission wants wheat grading to be less subjective and more objective.
Cereals, Crops

Wheat Commission asks CGC for changes to wheat grading

The AWC says instrument-measured falling number and DON levels should replace 
visual proxies based on sprouting and fusarium-damaged kernels, respectively

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The Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) says it will look into the merits of including falling number and DON measurements as part of official western Canadian wheat grades, as requested by the Alberta Wheat Commission (AWC) last week. “Our GRL (Grain Research Laboratory) and Industry services officials will establish a team to look at implementing changes
AAC Penhold, SeCan’s new Canada Prairie Spring, pushed insured CPS acres in Manitoba up 1,400 per cent this year, data from the Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation shows.
Cereals, Crops, Local news

Manitoba’s insured acres of CPS wheat grow exponentially

SeCan’s new AAC Penhold accounted for 99 per cent of the increase

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Canada Prairie Spring (CPS) wheat has not been popular in Manitoba because of disease issues, but this year insured acres jumped a staggering 1,419 per cent. That translates into an extra 55,547 acres — small compared to insured winter wheat (134,307) and feed wheat (374,131) acres, but it’s a huge jump when compared to last
“Typically the (FHB) symptoms start to appear anywhere from 14 to 21 days after infection.” Pam de Rocquigny, Manitoba Agriculture.
Cereals, Crops

Low levels of fusarium head blight are being observed in some crops

Manitoba Agriculture cereals specialist Pam de Rocquigny has some management tips

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Fusarium head blight (FHB) symptoms were appearing in unprotected winter wheat and spring cereal variety trials last week, but at low levels. “Typically the symptoms start to appear anywhere from 14 to 21 days after infection,” Manitoba Agriculture cereals specialist Pam de Rocquigny said during the Westman CropTalk webinar July 27. “For the most part
Crop Report, Local news, Weather

Manitoba Crop Report and Crop Weather report: No. 13

Conditions as of July 25, 2016

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Severe weather systems containing strong winds, tornadoes, heavy rains and hail passed through several areas of Manitoba. Field and forage crops, as well shelterbelts and farm infrastructure, were impacted by the storms. Crop damage, including lodging and stalk breakage, ranges from light to severe. Assessments are continuing. The warmer temperatures benefitted all crops, particularly the
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada research shows early fungicide applications aimed at protecting wheat from leaf spot diseases doesn’t provide any benefit when infection is light and can do more harm than good.
Cereals, Crops

Early, frequent fungicide applications can be a waste

AAFC cereal pathologist Myriam Fernandez says it can also encourage 
more kernel diseases such as black point

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Farmers can be a little too ready to pull out the sprayer and apply fungicides and may be doing more harm than good. When there’s little or no leaf disease present in a field, those early applications are an expense for no benefit and could do more harm by encouraging other diseases such as black
fusarium in wheat
Cereals, Crops

Fusarium head blight no longer just a Manitoba problem

Producers across the Prairies need to manage to minimize their risk of fusarium

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When it comes to fusarium head blight, cereal growers tend to suffer from NIMBY syndrome — ‘not in my backyard.’ “Over the years, we’ve heard many comments that ‘it’s a Manitoba problem — it’ll never be a problem here in Alberta,’” federal research scientist Kelly Turkington said at the recent Agronomy Update conference. “But in
Soviet tractor sales and plugged grain terminals
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Soviet tractor sales and plugged grain terminals

Our History: September 1985

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In tiny print at the bottom, this ad for Belarus tractors in our Sept. 12, 1985 issue hoped to influence farmers by noting that they were manufactured in the USSR, Canada’s largest grain customer. Soviet sales had been a bit slow and a front-page story reported on plugged terminals and slow shipments through Thunder Bay,

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