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Wheat that put bread into the mouths of millions
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Wheat that put bread into the mouths of millions

Our History: July 1964

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The front page of our July 9, 1964 issue featured a photo of R. Glenn Anderson, a wheat breeder at the “rust lab” at the Department of Agriculture Cereal Research Station in Winnipeg. The photo illustrated the height difference between normal-height wheat and semi-dwarf wheat that Anderson had begun developing in 1956. That month Anderson
(Jack Dykinga photo courtesy ARS/USDA)
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Prairie wheat commissions to collaborate on research funding

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The Prairie provinces’ three wheat commissions are set to take a team approach to research funding through a new not-for-profit body. The Alberta Wheat Commission, Sask Wheat and the Manitoba Wheat and Barley Growers Association on Tuesday announced the formation of the Canadian Wheat Research Coalition (CWRC) to “facilitate long-term investments aimed at improving profitability
Wheat hybrids possible but are benefits big enough?
Cereals, Crops

Wheat hybrids possible but are benefits big enough?

Some wonder if the money would be better spent on open-pollinated lines while 
finding better ways seed companies can get financial returns

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It seems commercializing hybrid wheat has been just over the horizon for years, but it’s now on the market in Europe and Marcus Weidler, head of Seeds Canada, for Bayer CropScience, says the company is developing hybrid wheat for Canada. “Hybrid wheat in Europe is a commercial reality,” Weidler said in a Dec. 15 interview.
Public and private wheat breeding was discussed by a panel at the 3rd Canadian Wheat Symposium in Ottawa Nov. 23. The participants were (l) Ontario farmer Henry Van Ankum, Marcus Weidler, Bayer CropScience, Garth Patterson, Western Grains Research Foundation, 
Jim Anderson, wheat breeder, University of Minnesota and Rob Graf, a winter wheat breeder with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada.
Cereals, Crops

Public or private? Both are needed, say wheat breeders

Canada’s wheat breeding remains almost all public, while other jurisdictions 
have gone all private or to a mixed model


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[Updated: Jan. 9, 2016]: Making wheat a more competitive crop requires public and private breeder co-operation — and getting a return on investment from farmers buying seed. That was the consensus among panellists discussing wheat breeding at the 3rd Canadian Wheat Symposium here Nov. 23. “My observation would be that ultimately farmers are going to
(Jack Dykinga photo courtesy ARS/USDA)
Cereals, Crops

Minogue: Wanna start a cereal seed company?

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It’s clear from where the Prairies’ cereal growers’ groups sit that it’s time for farmers to get more involved in wheat and barley breeding — and they have a new report in hand suggesting ways to do so. Options in the report, from the newly-formed Wheat and Barley Variety Working Group, range from improving the

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