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Faller, Prosper wheat varieties receive three-year interim registration

The Canadian Grain Commission hopes to  assign them to a wheat class before harvest

By Allan Dawson April 16, 2015

Farmers have been given the go-ahead to plant American Dark Northern Spring wheats Faller and Prosper this spring after the Canadian Food Inspection Agency granted the varieties three-year interim registrations April 2. But it’s not yet clear which quality class they’ll be placed in. The Canadian Grain Commission expects to announce that before harvest. Western

Our History

Solway stock farm, and “Treatment of Stubbles for Wheat Growing”

Our History: April 1892

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff April 16, 2015

The cover of the April 1892 issue of the Nor-West Farmer and Miller featured an illustration of the Solway stock farm near Shoal Lake. “The proprietor, Mr. John Tizard, owns land in the vicinity to the extent of 3,200 acres. His land skirts the lake for 11 miles, and is peculiarly well adapted for grazing

Crops, Weather

U.S. spring wheat seeding ahead of average pace

By GFM Network News, MarketsFarm Team April 14, 2015

CNS Canada — Hard red spring wheat planting in the U.S. is underway and advancing faster than average due to favourable warm, dry weather in many regions, according to the North Dakota Wheat Commission’s crop progress report. As of Sunday, 17 per cent of the U.S. spring wheat crop was in the ground, up from

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

By Allan Dawson April 10, 2015

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

Crops, Markets

USDA raises U.S. corn end stocks view; cuts wheat, soy

By GFM Network News, Mark Weinraub April 9, 2015

Washington | Reuters –– The U.S. government raised its outlook for domestic corn supplies by less than expected on Thursday, while its lowered projection for soybean ending stocks was in line with market forecasts. Corn stocks for the end of the 2014-15 marketing year were seen at 1.827 billion bushels, 50 million bushels more than

Cereals

Winter Cereals Manitoba announces wheat project funding

Part of a $2.2-million, four-year initiative across the Prairies

By Winter Cereals Manitoba Release April 6, 2015

Winter Cereals Manitoba Inc. (WCMI) has announced an investment of $125,000 in 11 winter wheat-related research and development projects. They are part of an overall program with investment from all funding partners being $2.2 million over four years, including $1 million in matched funding from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) under the Growing Forward 2

Crops

Check inputs to ensure they’re customer approved

Manipulator, a plant growth regulator recently registered for wheat in Canada,  hasn’t been approved in the United States yet

By Allan Dawson April 6, 2015

End-users and regulators are literally putting your grain under the microscope, measuring residues in the parts per trillion. That puts the onus on farmers to deliver grain that meets their standards or risk rejection. So, before applying inputs farmers should consult agri-retailers and grain buyers about what products markets are accepting and follow label directions

Cereals, Local news

Wheat breeder extraordinaire Ron DePauw retires from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

DePauw will continue to work for improved wheat cultivars as ‘mentor, adviser and consultant’

By Allan Dawson April 1, 2015

One of the world’s pre-eminent wheat breeders has retired, sort of. Ron DePauw, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s senior principal wheat breeder at the Semi Arid Prairie Agricultural Research Centre (SPARC) in Swift Current, retired from the department March 20. Last year DePauw was dubbed the “billion-dollar man” in recognition of the close to 60 wheat

Cereals, Crops, Markets

CWB sees global grain crops falling back from records

By GFM Network News, Sybille De La Hamaide March 25, 2015

Geneva | Reuters — The world’s wheat crop will shed three per cent this year to 703.4 million tonnes from last year’s record, but it will still remain above the five-year average, grain marketing company CWB estimated on Wednesday. The global 2015 corn crop should fall 1.6 per cent from a record last year to

Crops, Local news

Wanted: technicians who know how to operate a pitchfork

Volunteers sought for biggest-ever threshing bee in 2016

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff March 24, 2015

If you think the days of the threshing bee are long past, you’re mistaken. And if you know what a threshing bee is, the Manitoba Threshermen’s Reunion and Stampede and the Canadian Foodgrains Bank (CFGB) may need your help. In August 2013 a group at Langenburg, Sask. set a world record by having 41 machines

Daily Network News

India, Japan canola crops to be steady in 2026/27 – USDA

ICE Weekly: Trade waits for canola to break out

Advance Payments Program interest free limit set at $250,000 for 2026

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