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Cereals, Crops

Dual Action Against Fusarium

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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
Cereals, Crops

CGC Tracking Shifts In Fusarium Head Blight

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Toxin levels in fusariuminfected Manitoba wheat have been increasing rapidly relative to the number of fusarium-damaged kernels (FDK). But this crop year, the levels of the toxin DON (deoxynivalenol) are closer to the old one-to-one ratio with FDK, says Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) agronomist Mike Grenier. “The DON levels aren’t as high (relative to FDK)
Cereals, Crops, Oilseeds

Wheat Growing Makes Comeback In Minnesota

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Fields of barley, oats, rye, triticale, and winter and spring wheat could be seen from Rochester to Grand Forks until the early 1990s, when they all but disappeared from southern and central Minnesota. What once was old is new again. In the past six to seven years, the University of Minnesota has heard an increasing
Cereals, Crops, Oilseeds

CGC Continues Researching Machines To Help Grain Grading

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Someday distinctly green kernels in canola and sprout damage in wheat may no longer be grading factors. The hope is instruments in elevators will be able to precisely measure the chlorophyll content in canola and the falling number in wheat. Those are the real degrading factors end-users are trying to uncover by counting distinctly green
Cereals, Crops, Oilseeds

2010 Was A Good Year On The Bug Front

There were few insect problems in cereal crops in 2010. Armyworms were a concern in some fields. Shipments of larvae of cereal leaf beetle containing the parasitoid Tetrastichus julis (Eulophidae) were released in some fields near Swan River. In canola, cutworms were a problem in some fields. Root maggots and damage to plants was noticed
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
Cereals, Crops, News

Syngenta Invests In Canadian Wheat – for Sep. 2, 2010

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Syngenta, one of the world’s biggest seed and pesticide companies, is stepping up its commitment to developing new wheat varieties for Western Canada. Syngenta Canada announced July 27 it had appointed Jim Bagshaw as national seed-marketing manager for cereals, a newly created position. “Globally, Syngenta has always been a world leader in the development of
Cereals, Crops

2010 Winter Wheat Variety Performance Data Now Available – for Sep. 2, 2010

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To assist Manitoba farmers with variety selections this fall, Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives (MAFRI) and MCVET (Manitoba Crop Variety Evaluation Team) is publishing the most recent variety descriptions and performance data for winter wheat. Farmers should consider a number of factors when selecting a winter wheat variety, including yield potential, agronomic and disease
Cereals, Crops, Forages

Crop Report – for Aug. 12, 2010

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SOUTHWEST REGION Rainfall amounts varied over the past week with no major accumulations. However, some heavy thunderstorms with hail were reported. Harvest of winter wheat and fall rye began this week with the winter wheat reporting average yields with quality varying because of fusarium. Fall rye yields are average with good quality. Preharvest of early-seeded

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