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Though some later seeded flax saw some frost damage, oil content in this year’s flax crop is averaging between 42 and 45 per cent. Photo: File
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Quality-wise Prairie flax crop in good shape

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CNS Canada – As the amount of flax grown in Western Canada remains in a steep decline, this year’s crop was pretty good in terms of quality. “This year there are some visual black seeds in the crops, but it’s not that bad. It’s a pretty small amount, kind of negligible for the buyer,” said […] Read more
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Crops

Alberta harvest nearing completion

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CNS Canada – Alberta farmers made significant harvest progress in late-October, with nearly 95 per cent of crops off the field as of Oct. 30, according to the final crop report of the season from Alberta Agriculture. On a crop-by-crop basis, spring wheat was 96.1 per cent harvested, durum 95.4 per cent, barley 95.6 per […] Read more
The relatively dry spring and hot dry summer were extremely favourable to kochia in Western Canada.
Crops, Features

Herbicide diversity tackles kochia

As the weed works hard to outmanoeuvre chemicals, farmers expand the toolbox

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Joe Wurz takes kochia control seriously. The southern Alberta farmer at the Lathom Hutterite Colony takes all weeds seriously, but a few years ago when he observed some healthy-looking kochia plants standing in a patch of dead kochia on farm fields near Brooks — all had been sprayed with glyphosate — he suspected herbicide tolerance […] Read more
C4 plants have a process that allows them to use CO2 down to a much lower level than C3 plants.
Crops, Features

Untangling C3 and C4 plants

What is the difference between these two plant types, 
and how does it affect the Prairies?

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Recent research articles have reported that scientists are making progress converting C3 plants to C4 plants. Other articles say that C3 plants will thrive with more CO2 in the air. What’s the difference between C3 and C4 plants? What does this mean for Western Canadian agriculture? C3 and C4 plants Plants in Western Canada — […] Read more
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Crops, Weather

Alberta farmers make large harvest progress

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CNS Canada – After weeks of no harvest progress, farmers in Alberta were able to get back into the fields and make significant harvest progress over the last week, according to the provincial crop report released Oct. 26. The Alberta harvest is now 78 per cent completed as of Tuesday, Oct.23, jumping up 28 per […] Read more
Crops, News, Weather

Sask. harvest progress hits 92 per cent

Saskatchewan Crop Report for the week ending October 22

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After multiple weeks of delay, many producers were able to return to the field and complete harvest. Thanks to warm and dry weather last week, producers now have 92 per cent of the 2018 crop harvested, according to Saskatchewan Agriculture’s weekly Crop Report. This is up from 82 per cent last week, but slightly behind […] Read more
As the weather window opened up, a Manitoba soybean producer near Bagot takes to the field on Oct. 17, 2018. Photo: File/Greg Berg
Crops, Markets, Weather

Manitoba harvest nearing completion

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CNS Canada – Warm and dry weather helped advance harvest across Manitoba during the week ended Oct. 22, according to the provincial report. Harvest progress was 91 per cent complete as of Oct. 22, up seven percentage points from the previous week. The spring wheat, barley, oat and dry bean harvests are 99 per cent […] Read more
Crops, News, Weather

Sask. harvest reaches 82 per cent, weather, wildlife seen damaging crops

Saskatchewan Crop Report for the week ending October 15

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Although wet and cool weather conditions last week continued to delay harvest in much of the province, many producers are back in the field or will be soon. Eighty-two per cent of the crop is now in the bin, according to Saskatchewan Agriculture’s weekly Crop Report, up from 78 per cent last week but behind […] Read more
Crops, News, Weather

Sask. harvest slowed by rain and snow

Saskatchewan Crop Report for the week ending October 1

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Wet and cool weather continues to slow harvest operations in much of the province, according to Saskatchewan Agriculture’s weekly Crop Report. Seventy-three per cent of the crop is now in the bin, slightly behind the five-year (2013-2017) average of 78 per cent for this time of year. Twenty per cent of the crop is swathed […] Read more

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