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Turkey Board Sees No Wheat Imports This Year

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Turkey’s state grain board TMO does not expect to import wheat or barley this year, but will export half a million tonnes before the start of the next harvest season in June. TMO chairman Mesut Kose told Reuters in an interview on March 23 that the board has already exported 2.3 million tonnes of grain
Crops

Putting Fertilizer Where It’s Needed

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“We’re trying to match the nutrient requirements to the production.” – WADE BARNES, FARMERS EDGE Last year, about eight million pounds of phosphorus fertilizer – roughly equivalent to 150 semi-truckloads – were not applied on 750,000 acres of cropland in Western Canada. It wasn’t needed. Credit Farmers Edge and variable rate technology for the cost
Crops

New Market For Hemp Straw, Fibre

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“What I found surprised me. Canada had little hemp-fibre processing capacity.” – ROBERT JIN Plans to build the first hemp fibre-processing plant in North America were announced at a press conference in Gilbert Plains April 6. Work on the $10-million facility, to be built by Plains Industrial Hemp Processing Ltd., will start this summer, according
Crops, Oilseeds

45S51 – for Apr. 8, 2010

It’s a symbol of Pioneer Hi-Bred’s leadership in providing valuable canola seed disease resistance traits. The first and only canola hybrid on the market with built-in sclerotinia resistance. TM When you see the new Pioneer Protector logo on your Pioneer brand canola hybrids, you’ll know your canola is protected. Roundup Ready is a registered trademark
Crops, Oilseeds, Pulses

Which Is Better, Solid-Seeded Soybeans Or Row Crop?

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“I think farmers can do a real good job with what they’ve got – a 30-inch corn planter or their air seeder. They just need to look and decide how they can tweak it.” – BRUCE BROLLEY, MAFRI Planting soybeans in 15-inch rows instead of solid seeding will cut farmers’ seed costs and boost yields,
Crops

Seed Treatments Seen Boosting Vigour In Cold Soils

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Seed treatments help protect young crops from insects and diseases, but according to Syngenta, its Cruiser Maxx Cereals has an added benefit: increased plant vigour under cold soil conditions. Research shows early seeding usually results in higher yields. That and the fact more farmers are seeding earlier because they have more acres to cover means
Country Crossroads

Start Tomato Seeds Soon

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Tomato seed should be sown no sooner than four to six weeks before the last spring frost. Plant the seed thinly, covering with a soilless mix to a depth of one-quarter inch, and use a mild fertilizer of one level teaspoon of 20 20 20 dissolved in two gallons of water at each watering. Keep
Dairy cattle, News

New Levy Surprises Supply-Managed Producers

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“It simply comes down to an added cost on the farm.” – DAVID WI ENS, DFM Manitoba’s supply management industry has been stunned by a new provincial surcharge on quota transfers. The NDP government has slapped a two per cent levy on the value of successful quota exchanges for dairy, eggs and poultry. The measure
Crops

No Till No Silver Bullet For Lake Winnipeg Phosphorus Loading

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It has long been a commonly held belief that zero tillage is a good way to keep phosphorus out of watersheds. But the latest research at South Tobacco Creek, near Miami, shows that the soil conservation practice aimed at covering up bare dirt with crop residue may be leading to more of the nutrient leaking
Crops

Change Constant With Weeds Legislation

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Change has been a constant since the Noxious Weeds Act was first introduced in 1870, according to MWSA president John Johnston. The original act was mainly a recognition that the spread of some weeds needed to be controlled. It was rewritten in 1883 to transfer responsibility for controlling invasive and troublesome plants to landowners, and

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