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The Manitoba Flax Growers Association says more research is needed to increase flax yields
CP Rail says the points it dropped weren’t being used, but KAP says farmers need more options, not less
The transportation crisis is hurting domestic grain customers too, says CNMA president Gordon Harrison
Investments planned to take export capacity from 30 million to 50 million tonnes
Alberta farmer Greg Porozni says Cereals Canada will focus on research, market development and leveraging dollars
Committee chair Brian Beres says the new operating procedures are supposed to be more predictable and transparent
The variety registration process for western Canadian wheat is being streamlined, but scientific merit assessment of disease resistance, agronomy and end-use quality will continue. This and other changes overwhelmingly approved in a vote Dec. 5, 2013 by members of the Prairie Recommending Committee for Wheat, Rye and Triticale (PRCWRT), will make the recommending process more
Provincial agronomy researcher tested 48 management practices in test plots this summer and says fungicide application had the biggest impact on wheat yields
Looking for higher wheat yields? Then consider upping the budget for fungicide. That’s the advice of Sheri Strydhorst, an agronomy research scientist with Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development. This past summer, Stryd-horst evaluated 48 different management practices to determine the economic benefits of stacking agronomic practices for maximum wheat yield. Only fungicide application had a
