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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
 Photo: Allan Dawson
Cereals, Crops, Oilseeds

Carberry, 5440 Invigor Manitoba’s most popular spring wheat, canola in 2014

The Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation has posted market share data 
based on 2014 seeded acreage reports filed by farmers

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For the second year running, Manitoba farmers’ top pick for red spring wheat varieties was Carberry, the Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation (MASC) says. And they liked 5440 Invigor canola, 24-10RY soybeans, Conlon barley, Souris oats and CDC Bethune flax, the list of crop varieties and their market share posted on the MASC website said. The
Editorial: Trends and anomalies
Cereals, Oilseeds, Opinion

Editorial: Trends and anomalies

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It’s easy to get a little giddy when things go much better than expected. For example, take last year’s bin buster of a crop. By any measure, it was an astounding production feat. Western Canadian farmers shattered all previous records on most major crops, growing a whopping 76 million tonnes, 50 per cent higher than
photo: lorraine stevenson
Cereals, Opinion

Puttin’ on the Ritz: are the railways next?

Gerry Ritz won the wheat board battle, now it’s time for a new challenge

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Gerry Ritz slew the Canadian Wheat Board, but can he rein in the railways? If anyone can, it’s Canada’s 33rd minister of agriculture. It won’t be easy, but neither was ending the wheat board’s 69-year-old monopoly. Ritz had help. Key was Prime Minister Stephen Harper, who had a deep disdain for the board and made
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
International guests learn how to make durum bread.
Cereals, Crops

VIDEO: Canadian durum exports still the best, but less consistent

Poor international durum yields mean 
more business for Canadian grain

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account_id=”2206156280001″ player_id=”ryGLIkmv”] Abdelkader Hamici, from Algeria, buys durum to make couscous and pasta.[/caption] Abdelkader Hamici, deputy general manager of Algerian processor Sosemie Eurl said he expects his country’s durum imports will rise to two million tonnes this year from 1.2 million because local production is down. Most of those imports will come from Canada. For
Rex Newkirk (Cigi) (l-r), Jake Davidson (executive director Manitoba and Saskatchewan winter cereals agencies), Doug Martin (Winter Cereals Manitoba), Garth Butcher (Winter Cereals Manitoba) and Earl Geddes (Cigi) in the Cigi bakery during the presentation of funding for the new Cigi Winter Wheat initiative. Missing: Jeff Jackson, Alberta Wheat Commission.  Photo: Supplied
Cereals, Crops, News

Winter wheat growers fund Cigi position

Technical specialist will increase customer knowledge of winter wheat

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Prairie winter wheat growers have joined forces to fund a new market development position at the Canadian International Grains Institute (Cigi). Winter Cereals Manitoba, Saskatchewan Winter Cereals Development Commission, and the Alberta Wheat Commission are investing $225,000 over three years ($75,000 each) which will enable Cigi to hire a technical specialist in winter wheat responsible
The 2014 harvest has begun. This field of winter wheat near Miami was swathed last week, while some others nearby have been harvested. Winter wheat planting is also about to start, especially in fields too wet to seed this spring.  photo: allan dawson
Cereals, Crops, News

Winter harvest underway; seeding about to start

Ken Gross of the winter wheat initiative provides tips on getting 
the most out of your winter wheat crop

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Winter wheat harvest has begun in Manitoba and planting won’t be far behind. It’s too early to say how well this year’s crop will yield, but winterkill and fusarium head blight are taking a toll. But there are things farmers can do when seeding this year’s crop to try and mitigate the impact on 2015’s
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Cereals, Did you know?

Saskatchewan researchers help crack the wheat genome

The development could unlock untapped yield and quality potential

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University of Saskatchewan researchers are part of an international team who published the first chromosome-based draft sequence of the wheat genome, a development that promises wheat breeders powerful new tools in developing varieties to meet the challenges of world population growth and climate change. “The release of the chromosomal draft of the wheat genome sequence will accelerate gene
Cereals, News, Oilseeds

Viterra files service complaint against CN Rail to CTA

A trickle of cases alleging inadequate rail service for grain could turn into a torrent

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Viterra is the latest organization headed to transportation court seeking better rail service for grain. It filed a level-of-service complaint with the Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) against CN Rail June 20 alleging the railway breached its level-of-service obligations by failing to provide cars in accordance with CN’s car-rationing plan. Industry observers don’t expect it to

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