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(Michael Thompson photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

U.S. grains: Wheat rises to one-week high on dry U.S. Plains

By GFM Network News, Julie Ingwersen March 11, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures rose 1.2 per cent to a one-week high on Wednesday, extending four-day gains to nearly four per cent on short-covering and concerns about dry weather in U.S. growing regions. Corn and soybeans also firmed, although renewed strength in the dollar capped rallies. At the Chicago Board of Trade,

Crops, Weather

Arctic blast hits U.S. Midwest, some wheat at risk of winterkill

By Christine Stebbins, GFM Network News February 17, 2015

Chicago | Reuters –– An arctic blast hitting the heart of the U.S. Midwest soft red winter wheat belt this week will put 10 to 15 per cent of the dormant crop at risk of winterkill damage, agricultural meteorologists said Tuesday. While most of the northern Midwest wheat crop is protected by snow from frigid

Crops, Weather

Mild weather poses risks for Prairie winter wheat

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin January 26, 2015

CNS Canada — Milder-than-normal temperatures across Western Canada over the past week could raise some issues for its winter wheat crops, though snow cover and conditions through the rest of the winter will also be important. “It’s not ideal conditions for winter wheat, and I’d anticipate that we’d see some damage,” said CWB analyst Bruce

Cereals, Crops

Good stubble and lots of snow key for winter wheat

It’s better to be good than lucky when it comes to ensuring adequate protection for your winter wheat crop

By Shannon VanRaes January 20, 2015

The importance of sowing winter wheat into stubble is underscored in a winter like this one that saw less snow before the cold temperatures arrived, MAFRD extension officials told farmers attending St. Jean Farm Days. “We’ve gotten away with murder in a lot of years when we haven’t had really good stubble conditions, so then

Cereals, Crops, Weather

Arctic air surge puts U.S. SRW wheat at risk of winterkill

By Christine Stebbins, GFM Network News January 5, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — An arctic blast hitting the U.S. Midwest this week will put a third of the dormant soft red winter (SRW) wheat crop at risk of damage, agricultural meteorologists said Monday. “It looks like extensive sub-zero temperatures on Wednesday night in the soft wheat belt will leave one-third of the belt at

Crops, Weather

Recent mild spell seen hurting Prairie winter wheat

By GFM Network News, Terryn Shiells December 17, 2014

CNS Canada — Recent milder weather seen in Western Canada was unfavourable for winter wheat crops and has left the crops more vulnerable to winterkill. “The major impact is that it melted some of the snow cover that the winter wheat had, and in a lot of cases now some of those fields are bare,”

Cereals, Crops, Weather

Prairies’ winter wheat looks good heading into dormancy

By GFM Network News, Terryn Shiells November 7, 2014

CNS Canada — There weren’t a lot of acres planted to winter wheat in Western Canada this fall due to the late harvest of many other crops — but what was seeded looks good as it heads into dormancy. “The fields that are there look good, just we have no clue how much there is,”

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

By Allan Dawson September 5, 2014

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

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

By Allan Dawson August 25, 2014

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

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

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff August 18, 2014

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

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U.S. grains: Wheat rises to one-week high on dry U.S. Plains

Arctic blast hits U.S. Midwest, some wheat at risk of winterkill

Mild weather poses risks for Prairie winter wheat

Good stubble and lots of snow key for winter wheat

Arctic air surge puts U.S. SRW wheat at risk of winterkill

Recent mild spell seen hurting Prairie winter wheat

Prairies’ winter wheat looks good heading into dormancy

Big demand for “R” rated Emerson winter wheat

A new biocontrol for fusarium head blight in cereals coming

Winter wheat growers fund Cigi position

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