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Our History: March 1888

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff March 10, 2015

This page of the March issue of The Nor-West Farmer and Manitoba Miller presented ads for cattle from E.L. Puxley at Westbourne, Penketh Stock Farm in Souris City and Binscarth Stock Farm, as well as for a cheese press, garden seeds and elastic trusses. The editor wrote that the Winnipeg Board of Trade had reportedly

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

By Allan Dawson March 9, 2015

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,

Cereals, Crops

CGC’s new wheat class reform proposals not carved in stone

Officials explained the reasons for proposed changes and unveiled some  revisions made after meeting with wheat breeders in Banff last week

By Allan Dawson March 9, 2015

The Canadian Grain Commission’s (CGC) proposed overhaul of Canada’s wheat class system is truly a work in progress. The CGC released its proposal in a discussion paper Feb. 20 but just last week revised the check varieties it wants used in CWRS and CPS registration trials and in the proposed new class for weaker gluten

Cereals

VIDEO: The gluten story

By FBC Staff March 5, 2015

If you’ve ever chewed a few kernels of wheat to make ‘gum,’ you’ve done a gluten test. Domestic and overseas wheat millers do a somewhat more sophisticated gluten test to determine how flour milled from different wheats will perform in a bakery. The gluten strength of different varieties has been in the news lately, and

Gerry Ritz, Canadian Agriculture MInister

Crops, National news

Strong support as Agricultural Growth Act becomes law

The main dissenter is the National Farmers Union. KAP wants farmers to be consulted on the regulations

By Allan Dawson March 5, 2015

There was applause here when plant breeders, seed companies and farmers at the Prairie Recommending Committee for Wheat, Rye and Triticale heard the Agricultural Growth Act with its stronger intellectual property rights was about to receive royal assent. Immediately following the bill becoming law last week, Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz tabled a treaty in Parliament

Cereals, News

Faller, Prosper recommended for interim registration

The endorsement signals new flexibility in the registration system as  neither fits any of Western Canada’s current wheat classes

By Allan Dawson March 5, 2015

Faller and sister variety Prosper, both high-yielding American Dark Northern Spring wheats, have been recommended for a three-year interim registration, marking a seismic shift in Western Canada’s wheat registration system. Faller has been grown under identify preserved (IP) contracts in Manitoba for two years. The Prairie Recommending Committee for Wheat, Rye and Triticale, a panel

Can you spot the difference between the two sides of this wheat plot? Probably not, AAFC researchers say. (Environmental Science and Technology)

Crops

Wheat in study finds P where soil tests don’t

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff March 3, 2015

A long-term yield study in Saskatchewan shows wheat crops will use the phosphorus built up in soils over years of fertilizing — even where soil tests don’t show the nutrient is handy for use. While the results still need to be tested elsewhere, with other crops, the study’s findings may help Canadian farmers rethink how

Cereals, News

Grain commission kicks off wheat class consultations

Proposes tighter specifications for CWRS and CPSR and creating a new class for weaker U.S. wheats such as Faller

By Allan Dawson February 27, 2015

Canada’s wheat class system could get a major overhaul, including the addition of a new class for lower-gluten-strength American varieties such as Faller The Canadian Grain Commission has issued a discussion paper and wants public comment by April 20 on its proposals, which include tightening the quality specifications for the CWRS, CPSR and Canada Western

Cereals, Local news

Farmers pack first MWBGA annual meeting

Three new directors were elected, of whom two favour  mail-in ballots for future elections

By Allan Dawson February 26, 2015

So many came to the Manitoba Wheat and Barley Growers Association’s (MWBGA) first annual meeting at the Victoria Inn in Winnipeg that hotel staff had to open an adjoining room to seat the crowd. An estimated 150 people attended, 121 members registered and 117 cast ballots, defeating one interim incumbent director and electing three new

Manitoba Wheat and Barley Growers Association director David Rourke says it will do most of its research on joint projects with other provinces.

News

Giving farmers a role in variety development

Should farmers just provide a little assistance, or form their own breeding company?

By Allan Dawson February 24, 2015

What role should farmers play in developing new wheat and barley varieties? It’s a question Western Canada’s cereal groups are tackling together, says Brent VanKoughnet, a consultant working with the Manitoba Wheat and Barley Growers Association (MWBGA), one of the groups involved in the project. Directors and staff from eight organizations, with some funding and

Daily Network News

New strategies needed for Canadian agriculture to stand out in global trade

Feed Grains Weekly: Cash prices for wheat, barley largely flat

The Canadian GMO mustard wars: Dijon vs canola

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