U. S. Winter Wheat Emerges Through Wet Fields

Warming temperatures this week through the U. S. Plains were driving emergence of what looks to be a hardy new U. S. winter wheat crop, although agronomists were worried that wet weather could delay fertilizer applications and lower yields. Overly wet fields were limiting farmer efforts to fertilize their wheat, and experts said the window

Changes Proposed For Canada Western Red Winter Wheat Class

Proposed changes to wheat classifications would increase Canada’s ability to compete with American winter wheat in the international market, a discussion paper presented to the recent varietal registration meetings says. Four “generic” winter wheat varieties might be moved to the new general purpose class and a fifth be graded Canada Feed, according to a discussion


Fewer Wheats At This Year’s Recommending Meeting

The committee that determines whether new wheats should be supported for registration had fewer candidates to consider this year than last. Members of the Prairie Recommending Committee for Wheat, Rye and Triticale (PRCWRT) reviewed the data and cast their secret ballots here Feb. 25 before their morning coffee break. A year ago it took until

Winter Wheat Conditions Variable

Conditions for the winter wheat crops across Western Canada are variable, but relatively decent overall, according to industry sources. Western Canadian farmers in the three Prairie provinces planted 650,000 acres of winter wheat this past fall, according to Statistics Canada data. That compares with 1.21 million acres the previous year. Due to the late harvest


AAFC Predicts Stocks Offsetting Lower Production Staff

Canadian wheat was delayed by below-normal temperatures in the spring and the first half of the summer, but unusually warm and mostly dry conditions in September in Western Canada resulted in normal to better-than-normal quality. Market analysts at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada foresee lower production of wheat, durum and barley in 2009-10, offset by availability



Winter Cereals Manitoba Seeks Members’ Input On Research

“Winter wheat producers realize they’ve got to move ahead and that varieties are few and far between.” – JAKE DAVIDSON Winter Cereals Manitoba (WCM) has $180,000 in the bank and wants its members’ advice on how best to spend it. WCM president and Birtle-area farmer Garth Butcher got some feedback during the association’s second annual

Viterra Rolls Out Weed Killers For Wheat, Peas

Viterra has added a Group 1 herbicide for wheat growers and a Group 2 broadleaf and grassy weed product for field pea and bean crops to its new roster of company-branded crop protection products. Foothills contains the Group 1 active ingredient clodinafoppropargyl, the same used by Syngenta in its Horizon products. It’s registered for use


Weekend Storms Bring Cheer To U. S. Wheat Farmers

Oklahoma wheat farmer Keith Kisling had two words for the late winter snowstorm that swept across the U. S. Plains over the weekend: “Perfect timing.” After an extended run of an extremely dry winter, farmers throughout key winter wheat-growing U. S. states largely welcomed the several inches of snow, ice and rain that hit March

Canada’s Share Of World Wheat Market Drops

Shares of the world wheat market in the upcoming 2009-10 crop year are expected to decline for both Canada and the U. S. from 2008-09, with the EU-27, Ukraine, Russia and Argentina picking up most of that decline. The five top major wheat-exporting countries include the U. S., Canada, Australia, the EU-27 and Argentina, according