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A gift of love

By Coco Aders March 23, 2012

My sister-in-law has multiple health problems and needs a cane to walk safely. She’s been given walking sticks, hiking sticks and a normal cane. The problem is, however, that she has nothing in her collection that is pretty — you know — to dress up and go out. I remedied that with a pretty floral

Crops, News, Oilseeds

Unpaid taxes a “management decision,” says Shape Foods part owner

By Daniel Winters March 23, 2012

On the City of Brandon’s tax arrears list, last updated Feb. 21, there were more than 100 properties listed as being behind on their property taxes — including $266,000 owed by Shape Foods. Jim Downey, a former Manitoba cabinet minister, who along with three other investors bought the flax-crushing and -bottling plant for $5.1 million

Crops, News, Oilseeds

2011 canola crop high in quality and oil

March 23, 2012

Last year’s canola crop was high quality with a larger-than-normal oil content, according to a recently released report from the Canadian Grain Commission. Of the 1,749 samples analyzed, 85.0 per cent graded No. 1, which compares with 75.3 per cent in 2010. The highest-quality crops were in Manitoba and Saskatchewan. Oil content was pegged

Crops, News

New products must pass the “smell” test

By Gord Gilmour March 5, 2012

Jeff Schoenau gets a variation of the same questions several times a year — on the phone, over coffee, via email or somewhere on the winter meeting circuit. “They basically all want to know, ‘What do you think of product XYZ?’” the University of Saskatchewan soil fertility specialist says. That can be a tough question

Cereals, Crops, News

Seed-applied liquid nutrient approved

February 15, 2012

Staff / A new liquid formulation of a seed-applied nutrient has been cleared by the CFIA for use on wheat, barley, oat and corn. Colorado-based Loveland Products’ seed treatment Awaken ST will be distributed by ag input retailer UAP Canada. Awaken ST’s micronutrient package includes five per cent zinc plus boron, copper, iron, manganese and

Cereals, Crops, News

Seed-applied liquid nutrient approved for cereal crops

February 15, 2012

Anew liquid formulation of a seed-applied nutrient has been cleared by the CFIA for use on wheat, barley, oat and corn. Colorado-based Loveland Products’ seed treatment Awaken ST will be distributed by ag input retailer UAP Canada. Awaken ST’s micronutrient package includes five per cent zinc plus boron, copper, iron, manganese and molybdenum, the company

Hogs, Livestock, News

Researcher says blaming farmers for phosphorus in Lake Winnipeg is overly simplistic

By Shannon VanRaes February 15, 2012

Recent flooding has driven Lake Winnipeg’s already high nutrient levels even higher, says Michael Stainton of Freshwater Institute, Fisheries and Oceans Canada. “I think we’ve demonstrated that the major change we’re seeing in the lake is driven by changes in the flow of the Red River,” Stainton told hog producers at the 2012 Swine Seminar

Crops, Grain Markets, News, Oilseeds

Lower flax acres likely for 2012

By Phil Franz-Warkentin January 24, 2012

Saskatoon / Flaxseed acres in Western Canada will see a further drop from the already record-low levels seeded in 2011 if new crop prices don’t see considerable improvement by spring planting time, said Larry Weber of Weber Commodities, in a presentation to SaskFlax at the annual Crop Week in Saskatoon, Jan. 9. Western Canadian farmers,

News

Pelly’s Lake project moving ahead

By Shannon VanRaes January 24, 2012

Chilly? Just throw a few more cattails on the fire. The La Salle Red-boine Conservation District (LSRBCD) Pelly’s Lake back-flood project has grown in scope from water retention to cattail harvest, phosphorus reduction and biomass production. “The cattails used to be confined to the edges of the lake, but in the last few years we’ve

Crops, Oilseeds

ADM To Build Canola Biodiesel Plant In Canada

November 17, 2011

briefs reuters / U.S.-based agribusiness Archer Daniels Midland Co. said Nov. 14 that it would build a 265-millionlitre biodiesel plant in Lloydminster, Alta. The plant would crush canola, Canada s second- biggest crop after spring wheat, and boost ADM s North American biodiesel production capacity by 50 per cent. ADM said it would start building

Daily Network News

Big oat crop in 2025/26 pointing to less acres next year

China trade deal falls short: Conservatives

Chinese importer buys Canadian canola after Carney visit

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