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Kazakhstan farmers reap benefits of conservation tillage

By Cimmyt April 18, 2013

Farmers using zero till reported yields of two tons per hectare while some farmers  using conventional practices lost their entire crop

Kazakhstan’s 2012 drought and high temperatures cut the country’s wheat harvests by more than half from 2011 output, but wheat under zero-tillage practices gave up to three times more grain than conventionally cultivated crops. Two million hectares are currently under zero tillage, making Kazakhstan one of the top 10 countries for conservation agriculture and helping

Crops, Livestock

Spring moisture conditions promising for Prairie forage producers

By Terryn Shiells March 22, 2013

Lots of snow means it’s shaping up to be a good year for forage production across Western Canada. Much of the Prairies was fairly dry at freeze-up but that’s not a major concern now, provincial forage officials say. Most of Manitoba has seen at least average winter precipitation and some areas have received more than

Crops, International news, News

China delays GMO corn, rice to woo the public

By Niu Shuping March 16, 2013

China has delayed the introduction of genetically modified rice and corn as it tries to head off public fears, leading government scientists said March 7. The world’s largest rice producer and consumer gave safety approvals to Bt rice and phytase corn in 2009, but has not yet begun commercial production, even though it has already

Crops, Forages, Pulses

Put these crop pests on your radar

By Allan Dawson February 13, 2013

Which pest is going to strike where next and how hard ranks right up there with weather forecasting for jobs that are difficult to get right. But extension agronomists say these are some of the yield robbers on their watch list. Soybean cyst nematode This pest hasn’t been found in Manitoba yet, but it could

News

Huge crop losses in southern Haiti from storm

By Susana Ferreira November 9, 2012

As Hurricane Sandy barrelled toward the U.S. East Coast Oct. 29, the full extent of the storm’s havoc on Haiti was just beginning to emerge. Extensive damage to crops throughout the southern third of the country, as well as the high potential for a spike in cases of cholera and other water-borne diseases, could mean

Livestock, Other livestock

Coyotes no excuse for staying out of the booming sheep and goat sectors

By Daniel Winters September 17, 2012

Gord Schroeder says predation losses can’t be  totally eliminated, but good management  can keep them to a minimum

Demand for sheep and goats is sky high and growing — so why aren’t more farmers raising them? The most common reason is fear of coyotes, said Gord Schroeder, executive director of the Saskatchewan Sheep Development Board. “I’m tired of people saying that coyotes are a problem and that’s why we can’t go ahead,” said

Cereals, Crops, News

Japan to import less food wheat in 2012-13

By Risa Maeda April 15, 2012

Reuters / Japan, the world’s fifth-biggest wheat importer, plans to buy 6.5 per cent less foreign food wheat in the year to March 2013 in anticipation of higher local production, helped by government initiatives to lift food self-sufficiency. A panel of experts approved a plan March 28 by the Ministry of Agriculture to buy 4.78 million

Crops, News, Oilseeds

Watch for soybean cyst nematodes in Manitoba

By Allan Dawson March 14, 2012

When Manitoba farmers first started growing soybeans it seemed to be a crop without pests. That changed as the acres grew. Some years aphids and white mould have been problems, and eventually soybean cyst nematode will turn up too, says Albert Tenuta, an extension plant pathologist with Ontario’s Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs.

Dairy cattle, Livestock, Livestock Markets

China imports dairy cows

By Lucy Horn, Niu Shuping January 25, 2012

China is importing more dairy cows to try and beef up its transition to larger-scale farms, as the industry attempts to boost production and quality following a deadly scandal. China plans to nearly double milk production to 64 million tonnes by 2020, as part of a long-term plan by the Ministry of Agriculture to improve

Cereals, News

In Brief… – for Sep. 22, 2011

By Reuters September 22, 2011

Sask. harvest ahead of normal:Saskatchewan farmers had harvested 60 per cent of the overall 2011 crop as of Sept. 12, moving ahead of the five-year average of 47 per cent after a week of favourable weather, the provincial government said last Thursday in a weekly report. Harvest progress was the most advanced for this time

Daily Network News

Women who fed a nation

U.S. grains: Soybeans rise on China demand hopes; corn and wheat rebound

U.S. livestock: Hogs rebound, cattle hit upward limits

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