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Calculator To Determine N Rate

By Allan Dawson May 21, 2009

“I think there is tremendous potential for this calculator. I can assure you that something like this is going to become a valuable tool in the farming community.” – DON FLATEN When nitrogen prices went through the roof a few years ago, farmers flooded John Heard with queries about determining the optimum economic application rate

Cereals, Crops

Winter Cereals Manitoba Seeks Members’ Input On Research

By Allan Dawson May 21, 2009

“Winter wheat producers realize they’ve got to move ahead and that varieties are few and far between.” – JAKE DAVIDSON Winter Cereals Manitoba (WCM) has $180,000 in the bank and wants its members’ advice on how best to spend it. WCM president and Birtle-area farmer Garth Butcher got some feedback during the association’s second annual

Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Canola Hits Eight-Month High, Supplies Tighten

By Don Bousquet May 14, 2009

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 May 8 higher, with old-crop canola rising to its highest level in eight months. Export demand, friendly technical signals and speculative buying all combined to

Cereals, Crops, Forages, Oilseeds

Crop Report – for May. 14, 2009

By Manitoba Agriculture May 14, 2009

SOUTHWEST Precipitation was minimal over the past week and temperatures remained cool. Seeding continued throughout the region as field conditions improved. Seeding of wheat is 20 per cent complete; 65 per cent of pea acres are seeded south of Highway 1 and 45 per cent are seeded north of Hwy. 1. Winter cereal crops have

Cereals, Crops, Oilseeds

Canada Wheat, Canola Stocks Below Trade Estimates

May 14, 2009

Canadian stocks of all major grains were sharply higher than a year ago thanks to bumper crops, Statistics Canada reported on Friday, but supplies of wheat, canola and oats fall below market predictions. As of March 31, total wheat stocks were 15.5 million tonnes, up 35.6 per cent from a year earlier but well below

Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Grain Markets Turning Friendly Despite Flu

By Don Bousquet May 7, 2009

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 May 1 higher, with gains in the U. S. markets giving a boost to Winnipeg prices. The gains, however, were offset by a rally in

Cereals, Crops, Forages

Viterra Rolls Out Weed Killers For Wheat, Peas

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff April 16, 2009

Viterra has added a Group 1 herbicide for wheat growers and a Group 2 broadleaf and grassy weed product for field pea and bean crops to its new roster of company-branded crop protection products. Foothills contains the Group 1 active ingredient clodinafoppropargyl, the same used by Syngenta in its Horizon products. It’s registered for use

Cereals, Crops, News, Oilseeds, Pulses

Competitive Improvements Depend On Your View

By Alex Binkley April 9, 2009

Farm groups trying to answer MPs’ questions about improving the competitiveness of producers have a lot of similar suggestions mixed with the occasional poke at the Canadian Wheat Board. Most have told the Commons agriculture committee the industry needs more basic research, expanded trade deals, better transportation and more domestic processing. They share considerable optimism

Cereals, Country Crossroads

Arborg Farmer Developing Rice Of The Prairies With Oat Variety

By Lorraine Stevenson April 2, 2009

“People are going to say ‘what is it?’ That’s going to be the biggest hurdle.” Hulless oats are good feed for pigs and poultry. They help racehorses run better too. But do they taste good? The pig, chicken or horse will never tell, but judges at a food competition later this month might. They’ll be

Cereals, News

Getting The Most Out Of Green Gold

By Daniel Winters March 19, 2009

“Being the opportunistic SOBs that we are in the industry, we take that free nitrogen, convert it to something, and then charge the guys for it.” – RAY DOWBENKO Growing crops to feed the world removes nitrogen from the soil. To figure out how much needs to be put back in for next year, a

Daily Network News

U.S. Supreme Court to hear Bayer’s bid to curb Roundup cases

Canada-China roundup: Producer groups applaud tariff relief; pork left out; mix of criticism and praise from Trump administration

Opinion: Is a closer trade relationship with China a security risk?

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