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Crop Report – for Aug. 20, 2009

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SOUTHWEST REGION The region received 20 to 50 mm of rainfall over the past week. An area around Miniota and Brandon reported severe crop damage by hail, along with some property damage. Early-seeded cereal crops are starting to turn and the late-seeded crops are in the heavy dough stage. Harvest of winter wheat and fall
Cereals, Crops

New Software Speeds Plant Breeding Efficiency

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Two Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) scientists have developed software that allows researchers to make genetic comparisons on varieties with the click of a mouse. Software developments and a gene-mapping database funded by the Western Grains Research Foundation Endowment Fund are expected to vastly decrease the amount of time spent sorting through data to make
Cereals, Crops, Oilseeds

Big U. S. Soy, Corn Crops May Deflate Price Boom

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U. S. farmers this year will reap their largest soybean crop ever and their second-largest corn crop, mammoth harvests that will deflate an ethanol-fuelled price boom, the government said Aug. 12. In its first estimate of the fall harvest, the Agriculture Department estimated the soybean crop would be a record 3.199 billion bushels, up eight
Cereals, Crops, Forages

Crop Report – for Aug. 13, 2009

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SOUTHWEST REGION Rainfall over the past week varied from 10 to 50 mm. The majority of cereal crops are in the dough stage. Producers have started desiccating winter wheat and some producers have started cutting fall rye. The late-seeded and reseeded canola crop is still flowering. Some flax fields are showing colour change. Sunflower crops
Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Market Volatility Rises, Weather In The Background

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For three-times-daily market reports from Don Bousquet and RNI, visit “ICE Futures Canada updates” at www.manitobacooperator.ca Grain and oilseed prices at the ICE Canada futures market closed the week ended July 31 higher in a very volatile week. The steep rise in the Canadian dollar weighed on the market. Canola dropped sharply early in the
Cereals, Crops

Early Warning For Fusarium In Oats Lacking

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The symptoms of fusarium head blight in cereal crops are classic. Portions of the heads appear bleached, blighted and straw coloured. But while it’s easy to detect fusarium in wheat and barley, it’s not so easy in oats. Commercial oats tend not to show symptoms of the disease until the crop is practically in the
Cereals, Crops

Feed Grain Co-Op Plans To Register Two New Varieties Next Spring

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Rumours of their imminent demise were greatly exaggerated. The Western Feed Grains Development Co-op, which was formed in 2005 with the goal of putting high-yielding, fusariumresistant feed wheat varieties in the hands of farmers, not companies, voted at its annual general meeting last week to continue its efforts. A funding shortfall has been temporarily resolved,
Cereals, Crops, Forages, Oilseeds

Crop Report – for Jul. 30, 2009

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SOUTHWEST REGION Spotty showers throughout the region resulted in five to 15 mm of precipitation. Cereal crop development ranges from filling to starting to flower. Canola crops range in development from flowering to podding. Flax is flowering. Sunflowers are in the bud stage. Fungicide is nearly complete. Producers are monitoring sunflower fields for rust. Most
Cereals, News, Oilseeds

Heatloving Crops Delayed Again

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Heat-loving crops such as corn and soybeans are delayed, but wheat, canola and flax are thriving this summer under conditions eerily similar to last year’s cooler, but extended growing season. “It means there has to be some catching up to do in order for the crop to mature and that means we don’t want an
Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Weather, Washington Weigh On Wheat

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For three-times-daily market reports from Don Bousquet and RNI, visit “ICE Futures Canada updates” at www.manitobacooperator.ca Grain and oilseed prices at ICE Futures Canada in Winnipeg closed the week ended July 24 lower, with canola pushed to its lowest level since March on the improved crop condition and the amazing rally in the Canadian dollar.

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