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In-field effects: The seed planted in both wheat plots had 12 to 15 per cent fusarium infection, but the seed on the left was treated and the seed on the right was not.

Check the germ on that wheat seed

High fusarium infection means farmers should test and consider a seed treatment before planting

By Allan Dawson May 10, 2017

This is a seeding season where pre-planting testing of wheat seed is an important first step, and seed treatments may be more important than ever. With unprecedented levels of fusarium head blight infection in Manitoba wheat in 2016, farmers should get their wheat seed tested for germination, consider testing for the presence of pathogens and

An Agrium fertilizer distribution facility west of Portage la Prairie, Man. (Dave Bedard photo)

Crops

Tough farm conditions right time for merger, Agrium CEO says

By GFM Network News, Rod Nickel September 20, 2016

Reuters — Plunging crop and fertilizer prices may not have hit rock bottom yet, and the market’s weakness makes it the right time to merge leading farm input suppliers, the CEO of Agrium said on Tuesday, making his pitch to skeptical investors for a US$26 billion union with PotashCorp. “Are we at the bottom yet?

Seed institute executive director Roy van Wyk says organic seed growers are among its new clients.

Crops, Local news

Soy boom boosts bulk pedigreed seed storage

Executive director of the Canadian Seed Institute reports on recent accreditation and training activity

By Jennifer Paige August 2, 2016

An increase in the number of bulk pedigreed seed storage facilities in Western Canada is keeping inspectors busy, says the executive director of the Canadian Seed Institute (CSI). “We are seeing an increase in bulk storage facilities right now. We believe this is largely due to the increase in the movement of soybeans in Western

SeCan is celebrating its 40th anniversary. The not-for-profit company is Canada’s biggest distributor of certified seed.

Crops, News

SeCan celebrates 40th anniversary

Canada’s largest certified seed distributor is even more relevant today, says general manager Jeff Reid

By Allan Dawson July 8, 2016

SeCan was ahead of the curve when founded in 1976 — and still is today, says general manager Jeff Reid. “I think it is interesting that 40 years after SeCan was initiated, it seems in many respects to almost be just coming-of-age now, with all the talk about public, private and producer partnerships,” Reid said

This soybean plant is regrowing after being frozen.

Crops

Get your soybeans in soon or face higher frost risk in fall

In Manitoba soybeans should ideally be in the ground by the end of May

By Allan Dawson May 30, 2016

Time is running out for Manitoba farmers to seed soybeans. “You still have some time to get them in, but I like to see soybeans in the ground in May and that gives you enough time for the plants to mature and reduce the risk (of damage from) a fall frost,” Dennis Lange, the Manitoba

Rain came to some parts of Manitoba over the long weekend but much of the province remains dry.

Crops, Local news, Weather

Rain needed for germination

But don't seed too deep to find it

By Allan Dawson, Shannon VanRaes May 26, 2016

Despite dark clouds and much thunder, the May long weekend weather failed to deliver the dust-settling, crop kick-starting rain many farmers are anxiously awaiting. “So it’s some but it’s not really enough to make a big difference that’s for sure,” he added, noting most areas of the province need between half an inch and an

Oilseeds, Our History

Is extra-early spring seeding worth the risk?

Our History: April 2012

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff March 24, 2016

If this year’s early spring is making you itchy to get out there, there may be a lesson in this photo of MAFRD oilseed specialist Anastasia Kubinec seeding canola at the Ian N. Morrison Research Farm at Carman April 5, 2012. Farmers were calling to ask if extra-early seeding was worth the risk, so the

Claudia Schievelbein and Guy Kastler spoke about Europe’s experience with UPOV ’91 at the University of Manitoba Feb. 22 at a meeting organized by the National Farmers Union with funding from Growing Forward 2 and Interlake Forage Seeds Ltd. Schievelbein is an organic farmer and farm reporter in Germany. Kastler is an organic farmer in France and advocate for farm-saved seed.

Comment, Crops

Analysis: Rising seed costs on farmer radar

There are different options for producers to consider

By Allan Dawson March 14, 2016

There are no crops without seed. It’s as essential to production as air, soil, water and sunshine. Seed is also increasingly expensive ranking in the top three “operating expenses” for Manitoba crop producers along with fertilizer and pesticides. (Operating costs do not include fixed costs such as land and equipment or labour.) The National Farmers

A polar bear sculpture made of ice stands outside the Global Seed Vault in Longyearbyen at the facility’s opening in February 2008. The vault has been built in a mountainside cavern on Spitsbergen Island around 1,000 km (600 miles) from the North Pole to store the world’s crop seeds in case of disaster.

Did you know?, News

Doomsday Arctic seed vault to receive two deposits in 2016

The vault built to protect the world's seed supplied is built into the side of a Norwegian mountain

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff January 18, 2016

Two new consignments of crop seeds will be deposited this year in the “doomsday vault” built in an Arctic mountainside to safeguard global supplies. The vault — which opened on the Svalbard archipelago between Norway and the North Pole in 2008 — is designed to protect crop seeds such as beans, rice and wheat against

New Plant Breeders’ Rights rules under UPOV ’91 give seed companies the option of tracking down those who infringe on those rights through the entire grain system. Lorne Hadley, executive director of the Canadian Plant Technology Agency, says pedigreed seed growers need to help communicate the new regulations to their farmer-customers.

Crops, News

Tracking down illicit seed sellers

Private investigators are helping the seed trade  enforce plant breeders’ rights

By Allan Dawson January 7, 2016

Undercover private investigators are helping nab seed dealers suspected of contravening Canadian Plant Breeders’ Rights (PBR) regulations, the executive director of the Canadian Plant Technology Agency (CPTA) says. Lorne Hadley told the Manitoba Seed Growers’ Association’s annual meeting in Winnipeg Dec. 10 his agency has co-ordinated 70 investigations resulting in “a number of cases going

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hog futures rise on first WASDE since September

U.S. export sales include only small soybean business to China

U.S. corn and soybean yields revised down by USDA

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