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These soybeans filled in their crop plot very well at last year's Ag in Motion.
Features, News

Ag in Motion crop plot tours run daily

Ag in Motion Special Event Feature

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The Ag in Motion Discovery Plus crop plots area will bring farmers the latest developments from the field through virtual plot tours, presented by FCC. Representatives from crop plot partners, including Nutrien, Bayer, Yara North America, SeCan, and more will be interviewed by journalists about what’s new for 2020 and the benefits of the varieties […] Read more
Cigi staff evaluate wheat flour for use in oriental noodles. (Cigi photo)
Cereals, Crops

‘New’ Cereals Canada names board, chair

The merged Cereals Canada/Cigi unit held its first annual meeting

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Alberta farmer Todd Hames was elected Monday as the chair of the board for the recently reconstituted Cereals Canada, at its first-ever annual meeting. The ‘new’ Cereals Canada was created June 1 when it and the Canadian International Grains Institute (Cigi) amalgamated after two years of discussions and the approval of their respective boards April […] Read more
Up against some resistance? These tips below could help reduce the chances of your fields becoming a haven for hard-to-eliminate weeds.
Crops, Features

Eight ways to boost your herbicide resistance prevention strategy

The latest information and improvements to management systems

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It’s a dire situation that the number of herbicide groups various weeds are resistant to continues to grow across the Prairies; however, farmers should take heart as there are many actions they can take to protect their fields this year and for years to come. It’s about managing weeds to reduce reliance on, and enhance […] Read more
A magnesium deficiency can lead to health problems when cattle move into lush new grass growth.
Cattleman’s Corner, Livestock

Get magnesium levels up before cattle turnout

Mineral deficiency can lead to sudden and fatal grass tetany

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It wasn’t unusual that many producers fed a lot of straw and screenings to their beef cows this winter. That’s because their last year’s hay or grain crop was so poor. Some told me that spring couldn’t come soon enough when green grass starts to sprout on pasture. As a beef nutritionist, I warned them: […] Read more
(File photo by Lorraine Stevenson)
Crops, Markets

Farmer deliveries well above average in April

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MarketsFarm — Farmer deliveries of major grains into the Canadian commercial pipeline were up substantially in April, hitting their third-highest monthly total on record, according to updated data Statistics Canada released Monday. Farmers in April delivered 5.868 million tonnes of major grains, about a million tonnes above the monthly average during the 2019-20 crop-year-to-date, and […] Read more
Are you losing money when selling bales? Consider the alternatives.
Columns, Crops

Sixteen reasons why grain growers should never sell crop residues

Read this article and you’ll never sell baled straw again

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Could it be the last straw or the straw that broke the camel’s back? If you grow lentils, peas, canola, dry beans, fava beans, soybeans or grain corn, it’s normal practice to harvest the grain and leave the combined residue on the cropland. There are exceptions when some of the aforementioned crops may be baled. […] Read more
Gordon Harrison. (Manitoba Co-operator file photo by Allan Dawson)
Cereals, Crops

Lots of flour to go around, millers’ association says

System is 'doing extremely well' and should have no problem keeping up with demand, CNMA's Gordon Harrison says

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The grain supply chain is working as it should during the COVID-19 pandemic, says the president of the Canadian National Millers Association. “From the milling industry vantage point, the movement of grain from farm to the producer to the elevator systems to mills is doing extremely well,” Gordon Harrison said Tuesday. “The grain supply chain […] Read more
The Hiram Walker distillery at Windsor, Ont. (CNW Group/Corby Spirit and Wine Communications)
Crops, Reuters

Distilleries make sanitizers to meet pandemic demand

COVID-19 sparks demand for hygiene products

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Toronto | Reuters — Some Canadian distilleries and breweries have started producing hand sanitizers alongside alcoholic drinks as the rapid spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus stokes demand for hygiene products. The move comes after Health Canada this week relaxed rules on the sale of hand sanitizers, disinfectants and protective equipment on a temporary basis to […] Read more
Columns, Crops

Aster yellow damage in 2012

The real extent of the crop yield damage done by aster yellows that summer

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Aster yellows is a minute phytoplasma bacterium that causes losses annually to a wide range of farm and horticultural crops. Most years, it is usual to see little in the way of aster yellows damage to canola, the most obviously affected crop. When you check canola fields in full bloom you can often pick out […] Read more
Members of the Manitoba Wheat and Barley Growers Association voted 66-16 at CropConnect on Feb. 13, 2020 in favour of their group’s merger into the Manitoba Crop Alliance. (Manitoba Co-operator photo by Geralyn Wichers)
Crops

Manitoba growers approve five-way commodity group merger

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Manitoba grain growers represented by five separate commodity organizations have voted to greenlight a merger they now expect to make official by August. A total of 165 ballots were cast Wednesday and Thursday during the groups’ annual general and special meetings at the CropConnect conference in Winnipeg, with members at the various events voting between […] Read more

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