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Crops, Weather, Winter Wheat

State of Prairie winter wheat still unknown

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CNS Canada — Snow cover is rapidly disappearing across Western Canada, but it will still be a few weeks until the extent of any damage to winter wheat across the Prairies is fully known. “It’s still wait-and-see,” said analyst Bruce Burnett of Winnipeg grain firm CWB. The crop won’t start re-growing until the overnight temperatures […] Read more
grain sample in a dish
Cereals, Wheat & Chaff

Making sense of seed tests

Agronomy tips... from the field

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When you’re looking to get your crop off to the best possible start this season, the last thing you need is to be saddled with poor quality seed. That’s why I always recommend you take the time now to get your seed tested at an accredited laboratory. Knowledge is power and having a clear idea […] Read more
testing gluten strength
Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

VIDEO: The gluten story

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If you’ve ever chewed a few kernels of wheat to make ‘gum,’ you’ve done a gluten test. Domestic and overseas wheat millers do a somewhat more sophisticated gluten test to determine how flour milled from different wheats will perform in a bakery. The gluten strength of different varieties has been in the news lately, and […] Read more
winter wheat
Features, Winter Wheat

Getting herbicides on your winter wheat

Everyone wants to get their winter wheat sprayed early in the spring. Find out how soon you can get started

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There are many reasons to grow winter wheat. But one mark against this crop is its vulnerability to weeds. Winter wheat growers want to get in a herbicide application as early as they can during the growing season. This can be a problem. Ontario farmers have observed that applying too early can injure the growing […] Read more
grain elevator bins
Cereals, Columns

Is the wheat basis a fair deal for farmers?

Changing basis levels at local elevators can leave farmers wondering if today’s markets are working fairly or not. Learn more about what you can learn from basis

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With current wheat basis levels, are we being ripped off? This is a question many farmers have asked over the past couple of years, since the demise of the Canadian Wheat Board as a central marketing agency, and even more so this last year when we saw basis levels go to historically wide levels due […] Read more
There’s almost 300 pounds of agricultural plastic film in one grain bag. The Brown brothers knew they needed a sturdy roller that could stand up to the work of rolling them, so they took the problem out to their shop. To make their roller work, they incorporated a tying mechanism using baler twine so the operation to roll and tie the used bags was completed in one operation.
Cereals, Features

Made-in-Sask. grain bag roller

Grain bags are a great affordable, temporary solution to your grain storage problems. Until it’s time to get rid of them. Here’s a new solution

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Grain bags have increased in popularity over the last few years. Grain bags are a relatively inexpensive temporary storage option that offer a number of benefits. One downside, however, is what to do with the bag once it is unloaded. There’s almost 300 pound of agricultural plastic film in one bag. Add to that some […] Read more
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Barley, Crops, Markets

Canada’s share of malt barley market shrinking

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Winnipeg | CNS Canada –– Canada has historically been one of the world’s top malt barley exporters, but its share of the global market is shrinking, Cargill Malt’s Lorelle Selinger told the Wild Oats Grainworld conference. A poor-quality crop produced in Canada in 2014-15 is one reason importers have started sourcing their malt supplies from […] Read more

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