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S – for Sep. 2, 2010

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hould you be applying nitrogen when you plant your winter wheat? It turns out there’s no right or wrong answer. Twenty to 40 pounds of phosphorus with the seed is a no-brainer, says John Heard, a soil fertility specialist with Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives (MAFRI). The nutrient is necessary for establishing a good
Cereals, Crops

2010 Winter Wheat Variety Performance Data Now Available – for Sep. 2, 2010

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To assist Manitoba farmers with variety selections this fall, Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives (MAFRI) and MCVET (Manitoba Crop Variety Evaluation Team) is publishing the most recent variety descriptions and performance data for winter wheat. Farmers should consider a number of factors when selecting a winter wheat variety, including yield potential, agronomic and disease
Cereals, Crops

Empty Fields Raise Winter Wheat Potential – for Sep. 2, 2010

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Western Canada’s highest unplanted farm area in decades could lead to farmers sowing this summer record-high acres of winter wheat, a Canadian Wheat Board official say. Western Canadian farmers left an estimated 10.5 million acres unplanted this spring due to heavy rains. That has left the land available for planting winter wheat, which farmers sow
Cereals, Crops, Livestock

Little Damage From Chill In U. S. Plains

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Frosty temperatures in the U. S. corn belt and the southern Plains wheat belt may have been cold enough to cause scattered minor crop damage over the weekend but nothing significant, a private forecaster said May 10. “It did not come in as cold as we were thinking in those western areas,” said Mike Palmerino,
Cereals, Crops, Oilseeds

New Additions To Simplicity Herbicide Label

New label additions to Simplicity herbicide expand the weed control and application options for spring and winter wheat growers, Dow AgroSciences announced. A non-residual Group 2 product, Simplicity is the original high-performing cross-spectrum grass and broadleaf weed herbicide for use in all varieties of spring and winter wheat which allows you to start with confidence,
Cereals, Crops

Better-Quality Winter Wheat Needs To Compete

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There’s a lot of medium-to low-quality wheat in the world, making it one of the most price competitive markets, according to Graham Worden, the Canadian Wheat Board’s (CWB) senior manager of technical services. Competitors include India, Russia and Ukraine and the United States produces millions of tonnes of good-quality milling winter wheat. “If we can’t
Cereals, Crops

Two New Winter Wheats Could Be Falcon Replacement

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Two new “select” winter wheats recently supported for registration – W434 and S01-285-7*R – look like good replacements for CDC Falcon, Manitoba’s most popular winter wheat. And with the Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) proposing to move Falcon from the Canada Western Red Winter (CWRW) wheat class to the Canada Western General Purpose (CWGP) wheat class
Cereals, Crops

Winter Cereals Manitoba Focused On Research

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Winter Cereals Manitoba (WCM) has money in the bank and the farmer-funded organization knows exactly where it’s going: research. Two projects are already planned, but WCM chair and Birtle-area farmer Garth Butcher told the organization’s annual meeting here March 10 he wants to hear members’ priorities. WCM collected 50 cents a tonne from around 2,000

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