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Crops, Oilseeds, Pulses

New Seed Treatment For Pulse And Soybeans

Bayer CropScience has released Trilex AL, a seed treatment that gives pulse and soybean growers a powerful ally in the fight against early-season seed and seedling disease, the company says in a release. Registered for use on beans, chickpeas, lentils, peas and soybeans, the water-based liquid formulation of Trilex AL provides unmatched seed and seedling
Cereals, Crops, Forages

Crop Report – for Apr. 22, 2010

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SOUTHWEST Weather conditions have allowed fields to dry up quickly in the southwest region, permitting some producers to start seeding over the past weekend. Seeding operations are expected to continue into this week. Seeding in the region is approximately one to two weeks earlier than normal. Producers have also been fertilizing winter wheat, fall rye
Livestock

Drying Corn Can Lock Away Its Feed Energy

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One of the risks involved with using Ontario’s 2009 corn crop for poultry is the amount of drying required. It might have destroyed enzymes, and some protein and energy might be bonded to each other and not available to poultry. That’s according to Dr. Mike Leslie, poultry nutritionist for Masterfeeds, at a producer update meeting
Cereals, Crops, Livestock

Turkey Board Sees No Wheat Imports This Year

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Turkey’s state grain board TMO does not expect to import wheat or barley this year, but will export half a million tonnes before the start of the next harvest season in June. TMO chairman Mesut Kose told Reuters in an interview on March 23 that the board has already exported 2.3 million tonnes of grain
Cereals, Crops, Oilseeds

New Additions To Simplicity Herbicide Label

New label additions to Simplicity herbicide expand the weed control and application options for spring and winter wheat growers, Dow AgroSciences announced. A non-residual Group 2 product, Simplicity is the original high-performing cross-spectrum grass and broadleaf weed herbicide for use in all varieties of spring and winter wheat which allows you to start with confidence,
Cereals, Crops

Partnership Aims To Produce More Wheat

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Syngenta has announced a public-private partnership with the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) to focus on the development and advancement of technology in wheat, the most internationally traded food crop and the single-largest food import in developing countries. The agreement will entail joint research and development in the areas of native and GM
Cereals, Crops

China Thirsty For Malting Barley

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China’s thirst for beer has driven up its barley imports from Canada by 86 per cent, but weaker U. S. demand more than offsets those gains. From August through January, China has replaced the United States as Canada’s top barley export market by importing nearly 208,000 tonnes, according to Statistics Canada. The surge reflects China’s
Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

USDA Reports Set Bearish Tone

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For three-times-daily market reports from Resource News International, visit “ICE Futures Canada updates” at www.manitobacooperator.ca ICE Futures Canada canola contracts saw some choppy activity during the Easter-shortened week ended April 1. Dryness concerns in Alberta and Saskatchewan, together with a lack of aggressive farmer selling, had provided some support for the market. However, any advances
Crops, Pulses

Taking The Pulse On Canada’s Bean Consumption

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Do you eat chickpeas? Enjoy hummus or black bean stews? If so, you’re part of a small group in Canada. Researchers from Ipsos Reid recently conducted a survey in Canada and found that people don’t know how to prepare pulses, or don’t consider them when planning meals. This represents a significant opportunity for anyone involved
Cereals, Crops

Wheat Stocks At Nine-Year High

The International Grains Council has trimmed its forecast for the 2010 global wheat crop by one million tonnes but still saw stocks climbing to a nine-year high in 2010-11 despite record consumption. The IGC put the global wheat crop in 2010 at 658 million tonnes with consumption in 2010-11 seen rising by two per cent

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