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Eco-Farming Can Double Food Output By Poor

By Alister Doyle March 17, 2011

Many farmers in developing nat ions can double food production within a decade by shifting to ecological agriculture from use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides, a UN report showed March 8. Insect-trapping plants in Kenya and Bangladesh’s use of ducks to eat weeds in rice paddies are among examples of steps taken to increase food

News

As Land Runs Out, U.S. Corn Yield Growth Must Quicken

By Carey Gillam March 17, 2011

For decades, U.S. farmers have helped feed the world by sowing some of the most versatile cropland, adjusting each year to grow a bit more of this and less of that, to replenish those crops in greatest shortage. This year, however, even with farmers planting nearly every acre of arable land, it will not be

Cereals, Crops, News

Fusarium resistant Wheat Gets Nod

By Laura Rance-Unger March 3, 2011

At first glance, WW 454 looked like it would be a ho-hum addition to the stable of winter wheat varieties competing for acres on Prairie farms. Its parents, McClintock and CDC Osprey, were a decent sort, but decidedly average. And the breeder that brought them together 11 years ago was a rookie recruit making his

Cereals, News, Oilseeds

In Brief… – for Mar. 3, 2011

By Reuters March 3, 2011

New president:William Hill has been appointed president of the Flax Council of Canada, replacing Barry Hall, who is retiring. Hill has 30 years experience in the Canadian grain and agricultural futures industry, including 13 years at the senior management level. Most recently he was president and COO of ICE Futures Canada (previously Winnipeg Commodity Exchange).

Cereals, Opinion

Letters – for Mar. 3, 2011

March 3, 2011

In “Delaying the drainage” (editorial, Feb. 3) you referred to the Red River Basin report about storing water upstream, with an estimated 885,000 acres of one foot of storage being adequate to reduce peak levels. This probably wouldn’t take up 885,000 acres because some storage would be more than one foot deep, but nonetheless it

Crops

Organic Farmers Want More Crops Covered By Crop Insurance

By Allan Dawson March 3, 2011

Organic farmers want the Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation to add nitrogen-fixing and cover crops to the list of crops eligible for crop insurance in Manitoba. That’s the message the Manitoba Organic Alliance (MOA) took to the Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation (MASC) board of directors and crop insurance officials during a meeting Feb. 15. “They said

Cereals, Crops, News

Signs Of Trouble In Snow For Russia’s New Crop

By Melissa Akin March 3, 2011

Conditions for Russia’s coming harvest are not as favourable as thought, industry observers said Feb. 26, citing evidence of patchy snow cover and potential lack of supplies for spring sowing. “It doesn’t look as optimistic as it might,” president and chief executive of Russia’s SovEcon think-tank Andrei Sizov told a conference in Altai, a key

Crops, Oilseeds

Plant Pathologist Cites “High Risk” Of Glyphosate

By Carey Gillam March 3, 2011

Questions about the safety of glyphosate have resurfaced in a warning from a U.S. scientist that claims the top-selling herbicide may contribute to plant disease and health problems for farm animals. Plant pathologist and retired Purdue University professor, Don Huber has written a letter to U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack warning that a newly discovered

Cereals, News

Best In The West

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff February 17, 2011

AC Metcalfe, a two-row malting barley variety, is the winner of Seed of the Year – West in 2010, the Western Grains Research Foundation has announced. Part of the western award is a scholarship for $4,000 awarded to a student enrolled in a western Canadian university and currently completing a masters or PhD in plant

Crops

Mosaic Offers Fertility Uptake Guide

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff February 17, 2011

The Mosaic Company has developed a website offering soil fertility information and resources. It can be found at www.Back-to- Basics.net. Back-to-Basics is an ongoing initiative that helps keep growers and those who influence fertilizer management decisions informed about nutrient uptake levels, critical trends in soil fertility, the importance of proper crop nutrition and new crop

Daily Network News

U.S. grains: Wheat falls after hitting six-week high on U.S., Russia crop worries

U.S. livestocK: CME cattle advance as brutal cold threatens herds

Federal food affordability measures, food security strategy announced

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