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New Two-Row Barley Varieties On The Way

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“You have to throw away about 99 per cent of it in order to keep the good one per cent. Barley breeding is a bit like searching for a needle in a haystack. Bill Legge, a research scientist at the Brandon Research Centre specializing in two-row barley, will be adding a fourth variety in the
Cereals, Opinion

Dissecting Co-Operatives’ Demise

With several large agriculture co-ops facing the same issues at roughly the same time frame, one has to ask – are these isolated events or are they part of some larger pattern? Co-ops are one of our shopping options– Co-op Marketplace grocery stores, credit unions, Co-op Gas Bars and C-stores, Mountain Equipment Co-op– and they
Beef cattle, Cereals, Dairy cattle, Livestock, News

New Feed Oat For Dairy Farmers

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“A grain that is essentially equal to barley for feeding to dairy cattle.” – BRIAN ROSSNAGEL, CDC You wouldn’t normally feed oats to dairy cows because the hulls aren’t digestible and the grain is low in energy content. But say hello to CDC SO-I. This new feed oat variety combines a high fat content with
Crops, Oilseeds

U OfA’s GM Flax Raises Eyebrows

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“Now EU buyers of confectionery, or food flax, require their contracts to state: Canadian flax 100 per cent excluded. As a promoter and marketer of Canadian grain that really hurts.” – TERRY JAMES Canada’s flax industry is nervously eyeing ongoing research at the University of Alberta aimed at developing a genetically modified flax with a
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New documentary “Sleepless in Saskatchewan” underscores the benefits of quality sleep for improving safety and health on the farm

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– Source: “Sleepless in Saskatchewan” – Making Sleep Work For You!” GET CAUGHT NAPPING! Daytime sleepiness usually occurs between 1 p. m. and 4 p. m. Instead of getting caught napping we compensate with caffeine or ignore it. Caffeine is a poor substitute for sleep. Research at the Stanford Sleep Disorders Clinic indicates that a
News, Oilseeds

Some Farmers Asking Who Is Liable?

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Saskatchewan farmer Gordon Nodge asked the question that’s on a lot of farmers’ minds: Who’s to blame for the contamination of Canada’s flax by CDC Triffid? “The liability for the inadvertent leak and subsequent contamination (of Canada’s non-GM flax) must lay somewhere,” said the farmer from Swift Current, Sask., during a conference call March 18
Cereals, Crops

Two New Winter Wheats Could Be Falcon Replacement

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Two new “select” winter wheats recently supported for registration – W434 and S01-285-7*R – look like good replacements for CDC Falcon, Manitoba’s most popular winter wheat. And with the Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) proposing to move Falcon from the Canada Western Red Winter (CWRW) wheat class to the Canada Western General Purpose (CWGP) wheat class
Crops, Oilseeds

Flax Growers Urged To Test Seed Before Planting

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“I just want farmers, particularly if you’re going to use your farm-saved seed, make sure that you get it tested properly because the paperwork will be needed for fall when you want to sell it.” – ALLEN KUHLMAN All flaxseed needs to be rigorously tested and found to be free of CDC Triffid before being
News, Oilseeds

Saved Flax OK If It Tests GM Free

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The flax industry has reversed an earlier decision requiring farmers to sow only certified seed this year after finding contamination by the genetically modified CDC Triffid in more cultivars. Prairie flax growers can continue sowing farm-saved seed provided it tests negative for traces of genetically modified (GM) CDC Triffid, flax growers were told at a

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