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Crop Report – for Oct. 14, 2010

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SOUTHWEST REGION Cereal crops are 80 to 85 per cent complete; yields are average and quality is average to below average due to several rain showers. Canola harvest is 80 per cent complete with yields average to below average with reports that later-seeded canola has been impacted by frost. Flax harvest is 70 per cent
Cereals, Crops, Forages, Oilseeds

Crop Report – for Oct. 7, 2010

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SOUTHWEST REGION Little to no precipitation over the past week allowed good harvest progress. Cereal harvest ranges from 65 per cent to 80 per cent complete and canola harvest from 55 per cent to 60 per cent complete. Most crops are dry and yields are reported to be average with below-average quality. Very little flax
Cereals, Crops, Forages, Oilseeds

Crop Report – for Sep. 30, 2010

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SOUTHWEST REGION Rainfall limited harvest progress over the past week but many producers were able to resume harvest operations over the weekend. Cereal harvest ranges from 35 to 60 per cent complete with more progress seen south of Highway #1. Yields are reported to be average with quality being reduced because of the wet conditions.
Cereals, Crops

Ancient Seeds In Mexico Fight Warming Effects

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More than 500 years after Spanish priests brought wheat seeds to Mexico to make wafers for the Catholic Mass, those seeds may bring a new kind of salvation to farmers hit by global warming. Scientists working in the farming hills outside Mexico City found the ancient wheat varieties have particular drought-and heat-resistant traits, such as
Cereals, News

Agri-Food Research Team Links Up With Latin American Firm – for Sep. 23, 2010

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Manitoba researchers are working with a Latin American firm to commercialize healthier wheat and oat products, including a better bread for the second largest bread consumer in the world. The Consorcio de Cereales Funcionales SA., or “Functional Cereal Consortium” is a new company launched this summer as a joint venture between the Manitoba Agri-Health Research
Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Futures Rise On Fallout From Frosts – for Sep. 23, 2010

Canola futures on the ICE Futures Canada trading platform experienced a significant push upward during the week ended Sept. 17, with much of the upward momentum linked to the frost which hit much of the Prairies. The frost which occurred overnight both Thursday and Friday of last week was said to have been significant, as
Cereals, Crops, Oilseeds, Pulses

New Research Alliance Supports Field Crops – for Sep. 23, 2010

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The Manitoba Pulse Growers Association (MPGA) is pleased to support a $5.7 million funding partnership with the Government of Canada and the newly formed Canadian Field Crops Research Alliance (CFCRA). Funding for this project was made available through the Developing Innovative Agri-Products (DIAP) initiative from the Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s (AAFC) Growing Forward framework. The
Cereals, Crops, Forages, Oilseeds

Crop Report – for Sep. 23, 2010

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SOUTHWEST REGION Rainfall throughout the southwest region limited harvest to a few days last week. Frost was recorded with temperatures dropping as low as -3 C. Cereal crop harvest ranges between 40 to 65 per cent complete. Many acres have been taken off tough with producers drying grain. Quality of all cereal crops remaining in
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Manitoba Potato Farmers Hope For Average Crop – for Sep. 16, 2010

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Manitoba’s potato harvest was expected to get underway this week amid hopes for a decent crop despite all kinds of disappointment this year. Manitoba potato growers experienced slashed production contracts, torrential summer rains, plant disease and are now battling muddy fields. Surprisingly, then, this year’s potato crop doesn’t look half bad, judging by early indications.

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