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Kyle Durum Wheat “Seed Of The Year” In The West

By Allan Dawson March 5, 2009

Kyle durum wheat, the most popular durum grown in the West between 1988 and 2005, was named Seed of the Year for Western Canada at the recent Prairie Grain Development Committee annual meeting. Kyle and its developer, Fred Townley-Smith, a retired Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) plant breeder, were recognized Feb. 25. The first crosses

Cereals, News, Oilseeds, Other livestock

What’s Up – for Mar. 5, 2009

March 5, 2009

Please forward your agricultural events to [email protected] call 204-944-5762 March 5 – Canola College 2009, Victoria Inn, 3550 Victoria Ave. W., Brandon. Registration $100. For more info visit http://www.canolacouncil.org/canola_college_2009.aspx. March 5 – Manitoba Buckwheat Growers Association annual meeting, 9:30 a. m. to 3 p. m., University of Manitoba Ian Morrison Station, Carman (one mile west

Cereals, News, Oilseeds

Grain Prices Uncertain Amid Global Economic Turmoil

By Ron Friesen February 26, 2009

Bewildered farmers may well be wondering what caused the global financial crisis and what the future holds for commodity prices. Analysts discussing the topic at this week’s GrainWorld conference in Winnipeg couldn’t offer much by way of answers. While the world faces a big recession with no quick recovery, the feeling was grain prices will

News, Pulses

Pulses Help Prevent Disease

By Lorraine Stevenson February 19, 2009

You don’t need to eat a lot of beans to benefit from their nutritional qualities, research released at a recent health symposium here shows. Results of six clinical research trials released at Pulse Canada’s second annual food and health symposium show pulses’ can help ward off a range of chronic diseases. Regular consumption of pulses

Country Crossroads, Pulses

Pass The Pulses, Not The Gas

By Lorraine Stevenson February 19, 2009

Beans, beans the magical fruit… That schoolyard chant has a ring of truth to it. The scientists call it “the perceived negative consequences of fitting pulses into the diet.” True, lots of beans or any other pulse eaten in one go will very likely have unpleasant after-effects, researchers say. But eaten in moderation, pulses don’t

Country Crossroads

Rena Nerbas

February 19, 2009

1 Save on brown sugar by making your own. For every cup of white sugar mix in 2 tablespoons molasses (costs about 40 per cent less). 2 To keep paint from spreading onto your child’s sleeves during an art project (thereby having to buy new clothing or spend money on laundry detergent), cut the tube

Livestock

DNA May Lead To BSE Blood Test

February 12, 2009

Scientists at the University of Calgary say they may have found a common DNA denominator in animals with BSE or related diseases. That, in turn, may mean BSE could eventually be confirmed simply and cheaply by a live blood test. Such a testing method would likely be the grail of BSE research. Confirming BSE currently

News, Oilseeds

Resolution To Keep Advance Office In Carman Too Late

By Allan Dawson February 12, 2009

Efforts to keep the Canadian Canola Growers Association’s (CCGA) cash advance office in Carman appear to be in vain. Manitoba Canola Growers Association (MCGA) members attending their annual meeting here Feb. 3 passed a resolution instructing the association to lobby the CCGA to “leave the office in the Carman area…” The office has been there

Crops

New twists on growing nitrogen, building soil organic matter

By Daniel Winters February 5, 2009

It is well known that alfalfa and other legumes in a crop rotation fix nitrogen from the atmosphere into the soil. What may be less widely understood, however, is the extra boost that more diverse crop rotations offer to long-term yields in the form of increased organic matter. This phenomenon is described by soil scientists

Cereals, Crops

CWB backs organic sector development

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff February 5, 2009

Eight new research and k n owl e d g e -s h a r i n g projects on organic grain production will get a financial boost from the Canadian Wheat Board. The board on Jan. 28 announced a new round of funding worth $200,000 in 2009 through its Organic Sector Market Development Initiative

Daily Network News

Feed Grains Weekly: Good export demand pushing up domestic prices

Beef DNA testing now available in Canada

Domestic abuse survivors may need extra support when livestock is involved, experts say

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