Neil Galbraith takes an integrated approach to managing fusarium head blight on his farm at Minnedosa. He shared his techniques at the 7th Canadian Workshop on Fusarium Head Blight in Winnipeg recently. Most of the conference speakers were scientists often delivering highly technical information. Galbraith provided a view from the field. Wheat variety selection, seeding
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Online Newsletter For Grain Producers Launched
The Canadian Grain Commission s Grain Research Laboratory has launched an online grain science and technology newsletter for producers calledHarvest Science. Harvest Scienceis a way to communicate with producers and show them how our research and scientific work contributes to the quality and marketability of their grain, said Peter Burnett, director of the Grain Research
Kane:
Harvest and Glenn placed second and third For the third year in a row Kane is the wheat with the most acreage in Manitoba, followed by Harvest and Glenn, according to the Canadian Wheat Board s 2011 crop variety survey. Kane, a Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheat, accounted for 23.5 per cent of Manitoba
Time To Line Up Winter Wheat Seed
With an estimated three million unseeded acres in Manitoba, a lot of farmers are expected to seed winter wheat later this month. “The supply (of winter wheat seed) will be good but the demand will be high,” Todd Hyra, SeCan’s business manager for Western Canada said in an interview Aug. 5. “I’d say call your
Crop Report – for Jul. 28, 2011
SOUTHWEST REGION Rainfall over the past week varied from 10 to 50 mm. Good growing conditions helped crops advance and several crops have improved over the past week. Cereal crops in the Southwest Region are in the heading stage and late-seeded crops have tillered and are going into the flag-leaf stage. Late-seeded greenfeed is in
Fusarium Could Be Bad
Manitoba’s fusarium head blight outlook isn’t good, says Agriculture and Agri- Food Canada research scientist Jeannie Gilbert. But forecasting how widespread FHB, a fungal disease that can produce mycotoxins and lower crop quality and yield, will be is as difficult as predicting the weather, she said during a recent Canadian Wheat Board webinar. “If we
Crop Report – for Jun. 23, 2011
SOUTHWEST Another week of wet weather limited any progress in seeding. The region received about 30 to 120 mm of rain with Wednesday reporting the largest rain event. All runways and ditches were running and many roads were once again closed in several municipalities. In areas south of Highway 1 overall seeding progress remains at
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readbasket of the World Under Siege” blared the headline on an opening slide in Dilantha Fernando’s PowerPoint presentation. It was a dramatic way to start a workshop on fusarium head blight. But was it exaggerated? “It all depends on which year we are talking about,” said Fernando, a University of Manitoba plant pathologist. It was
What’s Up – for Apr. 21, 2011
——— Please forward your agricultural events to [email protected] or call 204-944-5762. April 26:Environmentally Sustainable Food Production: What is the Role for Animal Agriculture? Session with AAFC research scientist Dr. Henry Janzen and a farmer panel, 9:30 a.m. to noon, Carolyn Sifton Lecture Theatre, 130 Agriculture Building, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg. For more info or to
Dual Action Against Fusarium
Anew broad-spectrum fungicide with two Group 3 actives against leaf and head disease in wheat and barley is billed as the “most effective” fungicide to suppress fusarium head blight. Bayer CropScience Canada has announced registration in Western Canada for its tebuconazole and prothioconazole product, Prosaro, to be available at participating ag retailers for the 2011
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