Midge-Tolerant Wheat By Fall 2009

Alliance Seed Corporation has obtained the rights to the Goodeve VB midge-tolerant wheat variety developed by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. Under the terms of the licensing deal, Alliance Seed Corporation has been awarded exclusive marketing and distribution rights for the Goodeve VB variety in Canada. Alliance Seed Corporation plans to work with its own retail

Frost Seeding Cheaper, But Results Can Be Sketchy

“If I had some really rough land and the stand was really bad and I wanted to get some legumes in, I might try it on some parts. I certainly wouldn’t go out and seed 160 acres that way.” – jane thornton There are two ways of reviving pastures that are past their prime. The


You Can Come To Terms With Wireworms

The bad news is that you can’t eliminate wireworms once they’re in your field, but the good news is you can protect your crop with a seed treatment the following year. Wireworms can have a devastating effect on cereal crops, resulting in poor emergence, compromised stand establishment and significantly reduced yields. Traditionally wireworms have been

Start Sweet Peas Indoors Soon

I plant my sweet peas indoors in early April in cell packs that have fairly large cells. For a lot of years I would be a very frustrated gardener in late August and early September when the first fall frost ended the display of sweet peas in my garden. It seemed that every year the


Good Crop, Bad Crop

“The worst thing you can do is to say, ‘Yeah, I have this thin stand. I’m not going to put any more money into it.’ That’s a real recipe for disaster.” – MURRAY HARTMAN, AARD Sometimes they die, sometimes they don’t. If half the tiny canola seeds that farmers put in the ground in spring

Fungicidal Treatment For Cereals Registered

U. S. chemical firm Chemtura and ag input retail firm UAP Canada have registration in hand for a new fungicidal seed treatment for use by Prairie cereal growers. Rancona Apex will be available this season for use by farmers in Western Canada, UAP said in a release March 6. UAP has the Chemtura product’s Prairie


Massive Effort Underway To Save Endangered Seeds

Farmers and plant breeders around the globe are planting thousands of endangered seeds as part of an effort to save 100,000 varieties of food crops from extinction. In many cases, only a handful of seeds remain from rare varieties of barley, rice and wheat whose history can be traced back to the Neolithic era, said

Effort Underway To Save Endangered Seeds

Farmers and plant breeders around the globe are planting thousands of endangered seeds as part of a bid to save 100,000 varieties of food crops from extinction. In many cases, only a handful of seeds remain from rare varieties of barley, rice and wheat whose history can be traced back to the Neolithic era, said


Sanitation key to keeping clubroot out of Manitoba

The best way to keep clubroot from damaging canola yields is to do whatever it takes to keep it out of your fields, Manitoba Agriculture’s plant pathologist told farmers attending Manitoba Ag Days recently. “For clubroot to occur, the pathogen needs to be present in the field,” Philip Northover said. That seems like stating the

Research wants ragweed seed

An Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada researcher is looking for seed samples of common ragweed as part of a study on the influence of genetic and environmental variations. Manon Bélanger wants seed from a wide geographic distribution and as well as different habitats. To contribute to her research follow these instructions: On a bright sunny day,