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The late John Smith (l) of Seed Depot and his son Walter at the 2015 Prairie Recommending Committee for Wheat, Rye and Triticale (PRCWRT) after two of Seed Depot’s varieties — Faller and Prosper — were recommended for interim registration. Both varieties, along with FP Genetic’s Elgin ND, were recommended for full registration at the PRCWRT meeting last week. John Smith started working on Faller’s registration in 2012, but passed away Sept. 3, 2015, before seeing his efforts rewarded.
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Faller, Prosper and Elgin ND recommended for full registration in new CNHR class

What does it mean for the future of western Canadian milling wheat?

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The late John Smith has left a lasting legacy for Prairie farmers. Smith, a Pilot Mound farmer who was also president of Seed Depot until his death in September, began the process of registering the high-yielding U.S. dark northern spring wheat variety Faller in 2012. On Feb. 25 the variety, along with Prosper and Elgin
The Canadian Grain Commission’s David Hatcher updated the Prairie Grain Development Committee’s annual meeting in Saskatoon Feb. 24 on coming changes to Western Canada’s wheat class system.
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Alberta raises concerns about changes to Western Canada’s wheat classes

Moving some popular wheats to a new class could see lower prices for those wheats, 
Alberta Wheat Commission officials say

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Alberta wheat growers are worried Western Canada’s revamped wheat class system could result in lower prices for farmers growing certain varieties. Their concerns were raised at the Prairie Grain Development Committee’s (PGDC) annual meeting here Feb. 24. Two popular wheats in Alberta — Harvest, a Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheat and AC Formost, in
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Egypt to allow trace ergot in wheat

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Cairo | Reuters –– Egypt will allow wheat imports with trace levels of the ergot fungus of up to 0.05 per cent, the agriculture ministry said Monday, a day after the head of its agriculture quarantine authority was changed. Former quarantine head Saad Moussa’s zero tolerance policy on ergot had led to shipments to the
The Prairie Recommending Committee for Wheat, Rye and Triticale met in Saskatoon last week to decide which new cultivars should be recommended for registration. There were 27 cultivars under consideration — 26 wheats intended for various classes and one fall rye.
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New spring wheat has better FHB tolerance, but end-use quality borderline

AAFC’s BW980 will go for a fourth year of testing to see if one year of
 low gluten strength was characteristic or an anomaly

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account_id=”2206156280001″ player_id=”ryGLIkmv”] Richard Cuthbert[/caption] “It has said that if it was tested against AAC Tenacious VB (in the Canada Prairie Spring class), which is the only spring wheat currently given an R rating to FHB, then that comparison could be made and that rating could be revised,” Cuthbert said in an interview. “But it (BW980)
Sunset in Egypt on the Nile River south of Luxor. (CIA.gov)
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Egypt’s Agriculture Ministry to keep sending wheat inspectors abroad

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Abu Dhabi/Reuters – The Agriculture Ministry of Egypt, the world’s largest wheat importer, said on Friday it would continue to send experts to inspect government wheat purchases at ports of origin. Sources had told Reuters on Thursday that the agricultural quarantine authority was considering halting inspections abroad. “The central administration of the agriculture quarantine will continue
Manitoba Wheat and Barley Growers Association director Dean Harder explained proposed new voting options at the association’s annual meeting during Crop Connect in Winnipeg Feb. 11. The changes, which would allow for advance voting, were part of a bylaw change members approved.
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Manitoba Wheat and Barley Growers Association introducing hybrid voting

Farmers will have the option to cast their votes in advance through a 
mail-in or electronic ballot or in person at the association’s annual meeting

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There will be three options for voting in Manitoba Wheat and Barley Growers Association (MWBGA) director elections: an advance mail-in ballot, an advance electronic ballot or voting at the association’s annual meeting. Members voted in favour of a bylaw containing the changes Feb. 11 at the MWBGA’s annual meeting in Winnipeg during Crop Connect. “This
wheat
Cereals, News

Prairie wheat growers wanted to assist in gluten strength study

Farmers can get some valuable data about their wheat, and potentially help boost returns for the whole class

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Scientists investigating the effect weather, agronomics and genotype have on milling wheat quality are appealing to farmers across the Prairies to participate in their study. The goal is to improve the quantity, quality and consistency of Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheat and in so doing increase returns to farmers. In return participating farmers will
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Swan River meeting calls for return of CWB

About 50 farmers supported the resolution

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A group of Manitoba and Saskatchewan farmers wants the Canadian Wheat Board and its single-desk marketing system reinstated. Organizers of a meeting Feb. 10 in Swan River say 50 farmers attended and unanimously passed a resolution calling for a return to orderly marketing and co-ordinated grain transportation logistics. The resolution says loss of the board
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Western Grain Research Foundation announces five years of funding for AAFC wheat, barley breeding

The money will provide Agriculture Canada with stable funding despite changes in 
wheat and barley checkoffs coming next year

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Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) will get steady funding for wheat and barley breeding over the next five years through the Western Grains Research Foundation (WGRF). The WGRF is investing $21.4 million — $20 million and $1.4 million for wheat and barley, respectively, up until 2020, it said in a news release Feb. 8. The

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