Crops & Production Tips

No emergency debate on CWB sale

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News April 21, 2015

Members of Parliament won’t be having a debate on the sale of the former Canadian Wheat Board anytime soon. Andrew Scheer, speaker of the House of Commons, on Monday rejected the request from Pat Martin, the New Democrats’ MP for Winnipeg Centre, for an emergency debate on CWB’s planned sale of a 50.1 per cent […] Read more

Crops

Fender XTender keeps mud down

This bolt-on addition for fenders keeps mud off wide sprayer tires

By Michael Flood April 20, 2015

Mud can be a huge problem on farm equipment. In spraying season, mud can be especially problematic: it damages sprayer nozzles, contributes to corrosion and rust and requires a lot of downtime for washing equipment. Mud can also be dangerous to your crop — pathogens like clubroot can spread from field to field in a […] Read more

Crops

The 4Rs of wild oat control

Agronomy tips... from the field

By Chadrick Carley, Syngenta April 20, 2015

You might have heard about the 4Rs of nutrient management: applying the right product at the right rate at the right time and in the right place. Now, we can take those same concepts and apply them to a wild oat program. First — the right product. Look at whether you’re dealing with a light […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Prairie wheat bids slide with U.S. futures

By GFM Network News April 20, 2015

CNS Canada — Cash bids for Canadian wheat were down during the week ended Friday, as losses in the U.S. futures weighed on values. Average Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheat prices were down by $10-$19 per tonne, with bids ranging from $185 per tonne in north-central Saskatchewan to $209 per tonne in Manitoba, according […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans rise on Chinese stimulus, wheat rebounds

By GFM Network News April 20, 2015

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. soybean futures rose for a fifth consecutive session on Monday on worries about a possible trucker strike in Brazil and as an economic stimulus move by top importer China reinforced expectations of brisk demand for the oilseed. Wheat rebounded from steep losses last week, although gains were capped by improving […] Read more

The CWB Marquis, CWB’s new laker vessel, is shown here before leaving China in October last year. (CWB.ca)

Crops, Markets

Opposition seeks Commons debate on CWB sale

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News April 19, 2015

The federal opposition New Democrats are asking for an emergency debate in the House of Commons on the pending sale of majority control in CWB, the former Canadian Wheat Board. Winnipeg Centre MP Pat Martin, the party’s critic for public works and government services, announced Friday he has written to Commons Speaker Andrew Scheer requesting […] Read more

Canola, Corn, Crops, Markets, Reuters, Soybeans

U.S. regulators may recommend testing food for glyphosate residues

By GFM Network News April 18, 2015

Reuters — U.S. regulators may start testing food products for residues of the world’s most widely used herbicide, the Environmental Protection Agency told Reuters on Friday, as public concern rises over possible links to disease. Glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup herbicide, has come under intense scrutiny since a research unit of the World Health […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Weather

More acres this spring for nearly all crops: AAFC

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News April 17, 2015

Canadian farmers are expected to take area out of summerfallow this spring for more acres of almost all major grains, oilseeds, pulses and special crops, the federal agriculture department said Friday. Canada’s total 2015-16 crop production is forecast to rise, due mainly to higher seeded area, due in turn to lower area in summerfallow and […] Read more

Cereals, Winter Wheat

Stripe rust alert in Alberta

Disease found in Oregon three weeks earlier than ever recorded

By Grainews Staff April 17, 2015

Alberta Agriculture plant pathologist Mike Harding has issued a bulletin noting that stripe rust alerts have been issued for Oregon and Montana. A Jan. 19 Capital Press story says stripe rust has been discovered in Oregon’s Willamette Valley. Oregon State University plant pathologist Chris Mundt and three extension researchers issued an alert Jan. 19 informing […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat falls six per cent in week as rains arrive on Plains

By GFM Network News April 17, 2015

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures ended steady on Friday but fell six per cent for the week as drought-relieving rains arrived in the southern U.S. Plains crop belt. Corn futures firmed in a technical bounce after falling to a near one-month low this week, and soybeans posted a slight gain. […] Read more

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Crops

No emergency debate on CWB sale

Fender XTender keeps mud down

The 4Rs of wild oat control

Prairie wheat bids slide with U.S. futures

U.S. grains: Soybeans rise on Chinese stimulus, wheat rebounds

Opposition seeks Commons debate on CWB sale

U.S. regulators may recommend testing food for glyphosate residues

More acres this spring for nearly all crops: AAFC

Stripe rust alert in Alberta

U.S. grains: Wheat falls six per cent in week as rains arrive on Plains

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