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Big Oats, Flax Supply Pressure Markets

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For three-times-daily market reports from Don Bousquet and RNI, visit “ICE Futures Canada updates” at www.manitobacooperator.ca Grain and oilseed prices at ICE Futures Canada in Winnipeg closed the week ended Sept. 18 mixed, with canola lower. Canola was pressured down by the advancing harvest, the firm Canadian dollar, bearish technical signals and ideas the canola
Cereals, Crops, Forages

Crop Report – for Sep. 24, 2009

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SOUTHWEST REGION Cereal crop harvest ranges from 75 to 90 per cent complete. Yields are average to above average. Quality is good with lower-than-average protein levels being reported. Canola harvest ranges from 40 to 60 per cent complete with yields average to above average. Flax harvest has just started with initial reports of average yields
Cereals, Country Crossroads

Good For The Brain As Well As The Body

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When our stomachs are running on empty, we may feel tired and unable to focus on our tasks. Our brain doesn’t function well, either. Refuelling your body and brain with nourishing food has many benefits for people of all ages. Parents should remember the role of breakfast in school performance. Eating “something” is better than
Cereals, Crops

“Wild” Oats May Hold The Key To Rust Resistance

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There’s wild oats, and then there’s “wild” oats. For researchers looking for genes that could improve the ability of domesticated varieties to fend off crown and stem rust, the wild oats that everyone loves to hate – avena fatua – is not even considered a contender. Although it looks tough, tall and hardy, it’s not
Cereals, Crops, Forages, Oilseeds

Crop Report – for Sep. 17, 2009

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SOUTHWEST The majority of the region got precipitation over the past week, with amounts ranging from 25 to 100 millimetres. Cereal crop harvest ranges from 30 to 60 per cent complete with yield and quality average to above average. Recent precipitation is having an impact on quality, with bleaching of spring wheat and staining in
Cereals, News

Electronic Sniffer For Taste, Aroma

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Move over Toucan Sam, there’s a new nose in town. The parrot in the Froot Loops TV commercials, who “follows his snoot, for flavours of fruit,” has for decades urged children to nag their parents into buying the colourful cereal of dubious nutritive value. At the Richardson Centre for Functional Foods and Nutraceutical Research, scientists
Cereals, Crops, Forages, Oilseeds

Crop Report – for Sep. 3, 2009

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SOUTHWEST Harvesting of winter cereals continues across the region with reports of average to above-average yields and good quality; weather permitting, most growers should complete harvest of those crops by the end of the week. Barley and wheat harvests have also started with average yields and good quality reported. Desiccation and swathing of spring cereals
Cereals, News, Oilseeds

Manitoba Farmers File Hail Claims

The worst hailstorm of the year in Manitoba has resulted in about 600 crop insurance claims so far, the provincial government’s farm insurance corporation said Aug. 18. Damage from the Aug. 14 storm ranges from total crop loss to slight damage, said David Koroscil, manager of insurance projects and sales for Manitoba Agricultural Services Corp.
Cereals, Crops, Oilseeds

StatsCan Predicts Smaller Prairie Crop

Canadian farmers will harvest 17.5 per cent less wheat and 24.5 per cent less canola, Statistics Canada said Aug. 21 in its first estimate of 2009 crop production. It forecast the all-wheat crop at 23.61 million tonnes, a steep drop from last year’s bountiful harvest, but more than the trade had expected. Statistics Canada expects
Cereals, Crops, Forages, Oilseeds

Crop Report – for Aug. 27, 2009

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SOUTHWEST Rainfall accumulations ranged from 10 mm in the Melita area to 60 mm in the northern areas of the region. Winter wheat harvest continued, as most producers were harvesting before the rain on the weekend. North of Highway 1, most producers have desiccated winter wheat but very little harvesting has been done. Yields to

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