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NDSU warns Elgin wheat sales could be in violation of breeders rights

Some U.S. seedsmen may be approaching Canadians to sell them certified Elgin-ND seed

By Allan Dawson May 13, 2015

FP Genetics is the only legal source for Elgin-ND pedigreed seed in Canada and this spring all its seed is going to Western Canadian seed growers to produce certified seed for commercial production in 2016. Those who try to get seed from American suppliers are breaking plant breeders’ rights laws and face heavy penalties, warns

Crops

Cultural practices important for managing pink rot and leak

Environmental conditions can influence the appearance from year to year

By Julienne Isaacs May 7, 2015

Manitoba growers know there are plenty of differences between “wet” rots and “dry” rots in storage — but both can cause devastating losses each year. According to Neil Gudmestad, a distinguished professor at North Dakota State University’s department of plant pathology, important rots in storage include dry rot, late blight tuber rot, pink rot, leak

Crops, Oilseeds

New herbicides help producers mix up modes of action to fight resistance

Farmers can fend off herbicide-resistant weeds and make money by changing up their weed control program

By Julienne Isaacs April 21, 2015

How can thinking about resistance help us economically in the short and long term?” This was a question posed by Brad Ewankiw, a project manager for FMC Canada, during a presentation on FMC’s new herbicides at North Star Genetics’ annual soybean grower information day in Morris March 27. Ewankiw pointed to pre-emergent residual herbicides as

Cereals, Crops

Is continuous aeration a waste of money, or worse?

Natural aeration might not use hot air in the bin, but it generated some at CropConnect

By Shannon VanRaes March 6, 2015

After years of studying the effects of natural aeration on wheat, barley and peas, Ron Palmer of the Indian Head Agricultural Research Foundation says that leaving fans running during the day isn’t just ineffective, it may actually damage the grain in your bin. “Not only are we spinning our fans for nothing, but it leaves

Cereals, News

Faller, Prosper recommended for interim registration

The endorsement signals new flexibility in the registration system as  neither fits any of Western Canada’s current wheat classes

By Allan Dawson March 5, 2015

Faller and sister variety Prosper, both high-yielding American Dark Northern Spring wheats, have been recommended for a three-year interim registration, marking a seismic shift in Western Canada’s wheat registration system. Faller has been grown under identify preserved (IP) contracts in Manitoba for two years. The Prairie Recommending Committee for Wheat, Rye and Triticale, a panel

Recipe Swap

The cure and comfort of soup

Recipe Swap: Hearty Chicken Soup, and Easy Chicken Noodle Soup

By Lorraine Stevenson January 30, 2015

Cough, cough, cough! That’s the sound of January. Sit through any meeting, classroom or other public gathering and you’ll hear it. Maybe we’re the one coughing. We should stay home, say health authorities, because it’s when we insist on, cough, trying, sneeze, to go about our regular routines, cough, that we spread our germs around.

Opinion

Saline soils, plant growth problems linked to tillage practices

Research on saline soils underway, but at least one cause points to over-tilling

By Red River Basin Commission November 4, 2014

Here in the Red River basin, most fields in crop production are tilled one or more times each year, whether with cultivators, disks or deep tillers. The resulting fields look well cared for — good farming is often associated with well-tilled fields. In many places in the basin, however, farmers are noticing areas of fields

North Dakota elevators are reportedly paying up to $1 per bushel more than their plugged counterparts in Manitoba. Photo: Andrew Filer/Creative Commons

Cereals, Crops, News

Manitoba farmers get one-time amnesty on Faller wheat

They can deliver to ADM in the U.S. for a premium

By Allan Dawson November 27, 2013

Manitoba farmers who grew Faller from “brown-bagged” seed have a one-time amnesty allowing them to deliver the unregistered American red spring wheat to three ADM-Benson Quinn-affiliated facilities stateside until July 31, 2014. “This is becoming a bit of a management nightmare for producers so they’ve got an option to clean up,” Lorne Hadley, executive director

Cereals, Crops

Parrish & Heimbecker has a Faller wheat contract for 2013

By Allan Dawson April 9, 2013

Parrish & Heimbecker will contract around 10,000 acres of Faller, an unregistered American wheat, under an identity-preserved program with farmers in Manitoba and eastern Saskatchewan this spring, says John Devos, the company’s manager of seed and chemical. P & H is the second grain company to offer such a program and there could be more,

Crops, Weather

Like most American belts, the Corn Belt has expanded too

By Julie Ingwersen March 25, 2013

North Dakota corn acreage has doubled since 2006 and quadrupled since 2001 Reuters / A combination of a long-term warming trend, improved varieties and soaring profits has sparked a “corn boom” in the Northern Plains that might one day turn North and South Dakota into the new Iowa, analysts say. “All you need to do

Daily Network News

‘Significant’ Canadian GDP slide expected in 2026, FCC says

Gene edited, PRRS resistant pig approved in Canada

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures end week higher

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