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Everest GBX Offers One-Pass Weed Control

March 4, 2010

Everest GBX, when combined with the grower’s choice of phenoxy, controls more weeds better than any other single product on the market today, Arysta LifeScience says in a release. Weeds like buckwheat, cleavers and kochia along with other yield robbers like flushing wild oats and green foxtail can be silenced in one pass. “The advantage

Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Slumping Prices Cloud Seeding Decisions

By Phil Franz-Warkentin February 25, 2010

For three-times-daily market reports from Resource News International, visit “ICE Futures Canada updates” at www.manitobacooperator.ca ICE Futures Canada canola futures traded within a relatively narrow window during the week ended Feb. 19, but managed to close near the top end of that range by Friday. Spreading accounted for the bulk of the volumes, with short

Cereals, Crops, News, Oilseeds

Canada Wheat, Barley Stocks Smaller Than Expected

By Rod Nickel February 11, 2010

Canadian year-end stocks of all wheat, barley, canola and oats were smaller than they were the previous year due to farmers harvesting smaller crops, Statistics Canada said Feb. 5. Stocks of all wheat in grain bins and country elevators totalled 21.685 million tonnes on Dec. 31, which was 1.5 per cent less than a year

Cereals, Crops, Oilseeds, Pulses

Pulse Crops A Popular Option

By Rod Nickel January 28, 2010

Canadian farmers will devote more acres this year to pulse crops such as lentils, because big global supplies of wheat have hit prospects for the country’s biggest crop while uncertainty overhangs canola. There’s more uncertainty than usual this year, because a late harvest kept many farmers from preparing land for the new crop, said Ken

Cereals, Livestock, News, Oilseeds

In Brief… – for Jan. 21, 2010

January 21, 2010

Genetic boost: The federal government is investing $1.22 million to increase sales of Canadian dairy genetics in international markets through the AgriMarketing program. “Our government is steadfast in our support for supply management and is creating opportunities for our producers at home by increasing exports and promoting our top-quality dairy genetics around the world,” said

Cereals, Crops, Oilseeds, Opinion

Analysts Weigh In With New-Crop Prices Forecasts

By Kevin Hursh January 21, 2010

It’s refreshing to see an analyst come up with actual price forecasts, rather than just dancing around all the issues. What numbers should a producer pencil in for crop prices in the new crop year? That was the multibillion-dollar question for the thousands of producers attending Crop Production Week and the Western Canadian Crop Production

Cereals, Crops, Pulses

New Herbicide Sought

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff December 24, 2009

The federal government is contributing $772,000 to help Pulse Canada develop a herbicide that will dry crops faster for easier harvesting. New restrictions for herbicide residues mean there are fewer products available for desiccation as harvest aids for dry bean growers in Canada. The funding will allow researchers to evaluate what is currently available and

Cereals, Country Crossroads

Old-time threshing event

By Candy Irwin November 26, 2009

After what seemed like weeks of cloudy weather, Saturday, October 31 began clear and sunny, while volunteers gathered at Hidden Springs Ranch, the Lake Audy home of Frank and Linda Wilkinson. Frank and Linda, married for over 33 years, decided to tackle their harvest the way it was done a half a century ago, with

Cereals, Crops

Distillers Grain Set To Ride Ethanol Coattails

By Michael Hirtzer November 12, 2009

Demand for distill-ers grain, a byproduct of distilling corn into ethanol, will continue to grow domestically and abroad as livestock producers turn to the feed as a cheaper alternative to corn, analysts said. And with the ethanol industry gearing up for a better year in 2010 after the financial crisis of 2008 triggered by corn

Cereals, Country Crossroads, Pulses

SUNOPTA RELEASE

November 12, 2009

“Our pea fibre is a natural, allergen-free functional fibre with proven health benefits that fits well into the SunOpta fibre portfolio…” Best Cooking Pulses of Portage la Prairie will be supplying pea fibre to the U. S.-based SunOpta Ingredients Group, which is expanding its portfolio of functional fibres to include organic and conventional pea fibre.

Daily Network News

Grocery code of conduct takes full effect

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures surge as second screwworm case announced

U.S. grains: Chicago soybeans fall on competition with Brazilian exports

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