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Two Growers Needed To Try Something New

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Ever wonder what would happen if you just dumped a shotgun blast of legume, cereal and brassica seeds into the seeder and drilled it in? Two or more growers in the southwest and southeast corners of the province are needed to do just that, as MAFRI’s polycrop trial enters its second year. “The multicropping thing,
Cereals, News

Meal In A Can Contains Hulless Oats

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Campbell’s Canada’s launch of a new canned meal product containing naked oats is pure vindication for the Interlake farmer who has invested years in promoting the variety as an important new crop. The Canadian food product company recently announced the launch of Nourish, a 425-g completely meal-in-a-can product which, in addition to two servings of
Cereals, Crops

CWB Predicts Small Rise In Wheat Output

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Canada’s monopoly wheat exporter maintained its forecast for a small rise in production from the world’s No. 3 seller this year, but offered a slightly more upbeat forecast for global output. The outlook from the Canadian Wheat Board, one of the world’s biggest grain marketers, offers modest relief for millers who have been hurt this
Cereals, Crops

Cover Crops Help Manage Moisture, Says Researcher

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New research shows cover crops can help mop up excess soil moisture, says Ranjan Sri Ranjan, an irrigation, drainage, and water management expert. The University of Manitoba professor wants to better understand the movements of water, both frozen and unfrozen, in the root zone. To do that, he used finger-sized probes to measure moisture and
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Weeds Shift To Meet New Farming Practices

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The widespread adoption of zero or minimum tillage has led to subtle changes in weed populations in Manitoba, according to the provincial weed specialist, Nasir Shaihk. In the 1970s, when tillage was widespread, the top three weeds were volunteer barley, dog mustard and field horsetail. An examination of weed survey results stretching back over the
Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

StatsCan Canola Data Shows Less Supply, More Demand

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Canola futures on the ICE Futures Canada trading platform posted some significant advances during the week ended Feb. 4, with new contract highs established in a number of months. Strong domestic processor demand for canola, along with continued strong export interest, helped to stimulate some of the strength. Adding to the upward price momentum were
Cereals, Crops

Growers Favour Barley Over Wheat

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With wheat showi ng strong returns across Western Canada, it appears producers are showing more interest in wheat than barley “Wheat is garnering a significant portion of the acre increase, barley a little less so at the moment,” said Bruce Burnett, director of weather and market analysis with the Canadian Wheat Board in Winnipeg. Bill
Cereals, Livestock, Oilseeds

Record Canola Plantings Predicted

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Canola and all wheat will closely contest Canada’s spr ing acreage battle as farmers look to cash in on the highest prices in more than 2.5 years, Agriculture Canada’s first planting forecast of 2011 shows. Canola has consistently provided high returns to farmers, and Canada’s Agriculture Department sees them planting a record-large area after flooding
Cereals, Crops

New Herbicide Aimed Against Group 2 Resistance

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Cereal growers in Western Canada looking for control of Group 2-resistant weeds including kochia, chickweed and cleavers, now have a new weed-resistance management tool. Optica Trio is a Group 4 herbicide combining three active ingredients in one package to control broad-leaf weeds in wheat (spring, durum and winter), barley and oats. “Optica Trio is a
Cereals, Crops

Oats Research Gets Federal Boost

The federal government is allocating $1.8 million to the Prairie Oat Growers Association (POGA) to develop new oat breeding varieties tailored to the Prairie environment that will improve crop yields and quality. Research will focus on enhancing oat cultivars for Western Canada. Improved varieties with better resistance to plant diseases and that can withstand unpredictable

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