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TBARS director Dr. Tarlok Singh Sahota shows off a test plot of black barley in this 2014 file photo.

Thunder Bay ag research station gets stay

More time has been bought for a northern Ontario agricultural research station on the brink of closing to come up with a new operating plan. The Ontario government on Monday announced $350,000 in bridge funding for the not-for-profit Thunder Bay Agricultural Research Association, operator of the Thunder Bay Agricultural Research Station (TBARS), to “develop a

Our History

A new herbicide called Roundup, and a strike sets back grain exports

Our History: June 1979

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff June 25, 2015

This ad in our June 14, 1979 issue told farmers about some uses for a new herbicide called Roundup, which was handy as a spot or patch treatment for quackgrass and other perennials. The crop report for the week ending June 12 said seeding was 75 per cent complete for the province overall, but only

Cereals, National news

Feds extend railway grain-shipping targets

Most of the industry supports the move, but millers fear it will lead to domestic changes

By Allan Dawson December 4, 2014

Ottawa’s last-minute decision to continue setting grain-shipping targets for the railways until March 28, 2015 has the support of western elevator companies and most farm groups, but not Canadian millers. “It’s good news that they are keeping the spotlight on grain transportation for this winter period,” Wade Sobkowich, executive director of the Western Grain Elevator

Crops

Manitoba grain starting to move to Thunder Bay, ships on the way

Farmers are being warned to get grain into proper storage before the ground thaws

By Allan Dawson April 17, 2014

Grain needs to be moved to safe storage before the spring thaw or it could spoil, warns Digvir Jayas, a grain-handling and storage expert at the University of Manitoba. It’s unknown how much Manitoba grain is stored on the ground, in machine sheds or silo bags instead of conventional bins. The good news is grain

Daily Network News

Huge crops in South America says analyst

U.S. livestock: ‘Cattle on feed’ report supports prices

U.S. grains: Wheat trades near contract lows under ample global supply

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Thunder Bay ag research station gets stay

A new herbicide called Roundup, and a strike sets back grain exports

Feds extend railway grain-shipping targets

Manitoba grain starting to move to Thunder Bay, ships on the way

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