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Climate Change A Mixed Bag For Farming On The Prairies

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In an 1860 report to the British government, Captain John Palliser recommended against settling the southern Canadian Prairies because he considered the area too arid and poorly suited for farming. Now, a century and a half later, his words may be prescient. The Palliser Triangle, a 200,000-square-km area named after the 19th century explorer and
Cereals, Crops

GE Wheat Not On Research Agenda

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The National Research Council is ruling out research into genetically engineered wheat as it puts the final touches to a plan to support wheat research across Canada to double yields and improve drought tolerance and disease resistance. Wheat has become the poor cousin to corn, soybeans, canola, pulses and other crops that have attracted a
Crops

Manitobans Urged To Buckle Up

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RCMP surveys of seatbelt use in rural Manitoba show a percentage aren’t bothering to buckle up. Visual surveys done by police officers in unmarked cars find as many as one in three rural residents in some locations fail to fasten their seatbelts. Survey numbers show where 92 per cent of motor vehicle occupants were wearing
Cereals, Opinion

Wheat Growers Oppose Wheat Board Vessel Purchase

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Ashocking announcement has erased all doubt as to the level of contempt that the Canadian Wheat Board holds for western farmers. The CWB purchased two brand-new ships for the purpose of transporting grain on the Great Lakes. Farmers with no choice in the matter will finance the $65-million purchase over four years. At the CWB’s
Cereals, Crops

Market Trends Suggest Higher Prices In Store

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Market fundamentals are expected to trump global political uncertainty as the Canadian Wheat Board raises its 2010-11 pool return outlook (PRO) values for wheat by as much as $13 per tonne. The board’s latest PROs see durum values up $1-$5 per tonne from its January PRO levels, while Pool B feed barley values are up
Beef cattle, Livestock

Grinding Beef Shortage Appears In U.S.

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The cost of a Big Mac in the United States could rise in the new year because of a shortage of hamburger beef. A recent U.S. industry report said a sharp decline in the number of Canadian cattle imports could aggravate an already-short supply of grinding beef used to make hamburger patties. According to the
Forages, Livestock

Purple Prairie Pasture Enhancer Being Studied

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Old is new again. A native forb species once common on the Prairies is being studied as a cure for tired pastures and as a livestock feed with beneficial and unusual attributes. Purple prairie clover is a palatable legume that can be grazed at various stages of maturity. Sporting a purple, cone-shaped flower, the warm-season,
Cereals, Crops

Boosts Approved For CWB Initial Payments

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Prairie wheat and barley growers’ initial 2010- 11 payments from the Canadian Wheat Board will see adjustments effective this week by as much as $90 per tonne for the highest-protein spring wheat. The increases, effective Dec. 2, will mean adjustment payments for Prairie farmers who will have delivered wheat, durum and barley to the CWB
Cereals, Opinion

Letters – for Nov. 18, 2010

Dogs in a truck offence – offensive Just when a person is thinking that the urban-rural gap cannot get any wider– Dr. Terry Whiting is quoted in a Manitoba Co-operatorarticle concerning Manitoba’s new animal rights and welfare rules. In the specific quote of concern “Sheriff” Whiting informs us that driving a pickup truck with a
Weather

Weekly weather map – for Nov. 18, 2010

Before we start looking at snow cover maps, I thought we should take a look back at the total amount of precipitation received across the Prairies over the last growing season compared to historical amounts. From the map you can see that a huge portion of the agricultural Prairies saw extremely high moisture to record-wet

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