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Dale Alderson (l) and Don Campbell of Intel Seed beside the company’s seven-chute AMVT optical sorter.

Optical sorters can add value to grain by taking bad stuff out

By Allan Dawson September 11, 2015

Optical sorters, used to remove unwanted material in grain, are constantly improving and becoming more affordable, says Dale Alderson of Intel Seed. Nowadays a sorter can remove nearly 100 per cent of the ergot in a cereal crop, take wild oats out of tame ones and dramatically reduce the percentage of fusarium-damaged kernels in wheat.

Crops, Local news

MASC estimates Manitoba farmers planted more canola, wheat and soybeans this spring

Acres too wet to seed down dramatically from 2014

By Allan Dawson July 24, 2015

Plantings of Manitoba’s three biggest acreage crops — canola, wheat and soybeans — are all projected to be higher in 2015, according to the Manitoba Agricultural Service Corporation’s (MASC) latest estimate. Based on assessing 94 per cent of farmers’ seeded acreage reports filed for crop insurance MASC estimates Manitoba farmers this spring sowed 3.2 million

Crops, Local news

Camelina worth considering for reseeding if other options limited

Smart Earth Seeds is contracting production, but it must be delivered to either Chaplin or Gull Lake, Sask.

By Allan Dawson June 17, 2015

With one eye on the rain gauge and another on the calendar, some Manitoba farmers are wondering about late-seeding crop options. Smart Earth Seeds, a Saskatchewan company, says camelina, is one to consider. There’s a long list of crops, including wheat, barley, oats, flax and buckwheat that can be seeded as late as June 20

Cereals, Crops

Yorkton oat processor no longer accepting oats treated with pre-harvest glyphosate

Grain Millers Canada says its research links timing of application to reduced processing quality

By Allan Dawson June 2, 2015

Starting with the 2015 crop, oat buyer Grain Millers will no longer accept oats or oat products treated with glyphosate because of research showing it can change the processing quality. “We wouldn’t have taken this step if we didn’t think we had to,” said Terry Tyson, grain procurement manager for Grain Millers Canada based in

Crops, Local news, Weather

Manitoba Crop Report and Crop Weather report: Issue 3

Conditions as of May 18, 2015

By Manitoba Agriculture Food and Rural Development May 19, 2015

Weekly Provincial Summary Provincially, seeding progress in Manitoba is estimated at 72 per cent complete. By region, seeding is 70 per cent complete in the Southwest Region, 70 per cent complete in the Northwest Region, 70 to 85 per cent complete in the Central Region, 75 per cent complete in the Eastern Region and 55 to 65

Crops, Local news, Weather

Manitoba Crop Report and Crop Weather report: Issue 2

Conditions as of May 10, 2015

By Manitoba Agriculture Food and Rural Development May 11, 2015

Weekly Provincial Summary Seeding progress in Manitoba is estimated at 55 per cent complete. Seeding is 40 to 50 per cent complete in the Southwest Region, 35 to 40 per cent complete in the Northwest Region, 70 to 80 per cent complete in the Central Region, 70 per cent complete in the Eastern Region and

Grain Markets, Markets

Canola trade already looking past acreage estimate

However, fewer acres could mean tight supplies to come

By Phil Franz-Warkentin May 4, 2015

ICE Futures Canada canola contracts held narrowly rangebound during the week ended April 24, but managed to move higher overall, with the biggest gains in the new-crop months. Statistics Canada’s acreage intentions report, released April 23, provided the big news for the week as far as canola was concerned. However, even the first official acreage

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U.S. grains: Soybeans bounce as Chinese demand assessed, wheat drops

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Optical sorters can add value to grain by taking bad stuff out

MASC estimates Manitoba farmers planted more canola, wheat and soybeans this spring

Camelina worth considering for reseeding if other options limited

Yorkton oat processor no longer accepting oats treated with pre-harvest glyphosate

Manitoba Crop Report and Crop Weather report: Issue 3

Manitoba Crop Report and Crop Weather report: Issue 2

Canola trade already looking past acreage estimate

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