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mature winter wheat crop
Cereals, Opinion

Canada’s wheat yield gains compare well to world

In Manitoba from 2000 to 2012, wheat yield gains outpaced 
those for canola


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There have been opinions expressed in the media claiming the rate of yield gain for wheat in Western Canada is low compared to that of the rest of the world. However, a survey of the data suggests that’s not the case. Rob Graf, a wheat breeder with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s Lethbridge Research Centre, says
winter wheat roots
Cereals, Crops

Hurry up and wait on your winter wheat crop

Get the nitrogen on now, but give the crop some time before deciding whether to keep or terminate it

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Here’s some timely advice for winter wheat growers: hurry up and wait. First hurry up and apply the nitrogen the crop needs. Then wait before deciding to leave or rip the crop up because of winterkill. “As the weather gets warmer, winter wheat needs time to properly recover,” Paul Thoroughgood, regional agrologist for the Western
man at presentation podium
Crops, Local news

On-farm scientific research saves Westman producers big bucks

What started off as a way to answer questions on one farm has evolved 
into a research business other farmers can access

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Adam Gurr says he and his partners have discovered a way to save more than a million dollars over their farming career, and they’re sharing it with others. Gurr, who farms 4,800 acres near Rapid City and Brandon with his father Barry and brother-in-law Stephen Vajdic, isn’t peddling a miracle product. Their money-saving discovery is
Rod Merryweather, CEO of FP Genetics, asking the Prairie Recommending Committee for Wheat, Rye and Triticale Feb. 26 to vote in favour of giving Elgin ND, a high-yielding American Dark Northern Spring wheat, a three-year interim registration for market development purposes.
Cereals, Crops

Nine new CWRS wheats recommended for registration

Sixteen of the 36 cultivars reviewed were automatically endorsed

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A record 36 cultivars sought the Prairie Recommending Committee for Wheat, Rye and Triticale’s support for registration at the committee’s annual meeting here Feb. 23 to 26. The committee of experts representing the grain industry from breeders and farmers to seed companies, marketers and end-users, assesses new cultivars to see if they meet the agronomic,
Ergot is ‘right up there’ with fusarium as a crop threat, says Jamie Larsen, research scientist with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada in Lethbridge.
Cereals, Crops

You need a multi-pronged plan to deal with this deadly foe

There's no silver bullet for combating ergot, but mowing grasses near fields and good agronomics can make a big difference

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Ergot is a rising threat on the Prairies, and plant researchers are trying to figure out the best way to combat the disease. “Everyone is concerned with fusarium head blight, but ergot is right up there in terms of danger,” said Jamie Larsen, a research scientist with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada in Lethbridge. Rye and
Barry Blakley of the Western College of Veterinary Medicine has seen a lot more ergot-contaminated feed samples this year.
Livestock, News

Producers urged to test feed for ergot contamination

Last year’s wet spring has left a potential 
deadly legacy

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Ergot-contaminated feed is on the rise and producers need to be testing to avoid poisoning their livestock. “Last year at this time, we were running 20 to 40 samples a month for ergot — we’ve had days this year where we run 40 samples, and lots of them are high concentration,” said Barry Blakley, a
handful of grain
Cereals, Crops

Visually assessing grain quality more challenging this year

Falling numbers are down but still good, says the CGC’s David Hatcher


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The visual factors grain inspectors use to estimate falling number and vomitoxin in wheat are never exact, but this year there’s even more variation than usual, says Norm Woodbeck, manager, agri operations with Intertek Commodities Services, a private grain-grading company. “This has driven the industry to do a lot of testing (for the toxin deoxynivalenol)
Emerson’s “R” rating for fusarium head blight is driving demand for the new winter wheat.  photo Canterra Seeds
Cereals, Crops

Big demand for “R” rated Emerson winter wheat

Early indications are Canada’s only fusarium head-blight resistant wheat 
performed well despite a high incidence of fusarium this year

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Canada’s first fusarium head-blight resistant wheat variety survived a baptism by fire this summer, which explains why demand for its seed exceeds the available supply. Emerson winter wheat is the first variety to achieve the “R” rating for resistance to fusarium. The level of fusarium head blight infection affecting winter wheat crops in Manitoba in
The treatment works by introducing a beneficial fungus which consumes the harmful fusarium strain.  photo: lionel kaskiw, MAFRD
Cereals, Crops, News

A new biocontrol for fusarium head blight in cereals coming

An Ontario company will use a fungal organism found on a Manitoba field pea leaf 
to ward off FHB and possibly other fungi

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Fighting fungi with fungi. That’s how an Ontario company plans to use an Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) discovery to control fusarium head blight in wheat and other cereal crops. Adjuvants Plus Inc. at Kingsville, Ont. has reached a 10-year licensing agreement with AAFC to use its patented technology — a fungal organism called Clonostachys
It is impossible to determine whether pelleted feed contains ergot toxins without laboratory testing. The sample on the left contains 230 ppb ergot toxins. The sample on the right contains 38,900 ppb.
Beef cattle, Cereals, Livestock

Ergot becomes invisible in manufactured feed

Researchers and feed makers say new guidelines for assessing risk are needed

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The two pictures of pelleted feed veterinary toxicologist Dr. Barry Blakley put up on the screen at a recent ergot symposium here looked identical. But one had enough toxins in it to kill livestock. The rising levels of ergot in western Canadian cereal grains and forages has turned into a nightmare for the manufactured feed

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