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The first signs of soybean sudden death syndrome are mottled and mosaiced leaves, followed by the yellowing of the leaf veins and the death of the whole leaf.
Features, Soybeans

Soybean sudden death

Sudden death syndrome has not yet been found in 
the Canadian Prairies, but vigilance can’t hurt

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Soybeans are one of Canada’s major pulse crops. As new shorter-season varieties are developed, the soybean-growing area is increasing. All the more reason to be vigilant for new and emerging threats like Sudden Death Syndrome. Sudden Death Syndrome (or SDS) in soybeans is a relatively new fungal disease, first discovered in Arkansas in 1971. In […] Read more
quinoa plant
Crops, Features

Quinoa: the new ancient superfood

With growing demand, Northern Quinoa plans to triple its contracted acreage for the 2015 growing season

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Quinoa has been cultivated for thousands of years. During that time it has been variously revered as sacred, relied on to feed a people and it has also been misunderstood and under-appreciated. Quinoa can be grown in many geographies given the right conditions, but its origins are high up in the Andes Mountains of South […] Read more
Buckwheat requires cross-pollination. Even with self-pollinating varieties farmers will experience much higher yields if they place hives on their fields. Buckwheat is not as expensive to grow as wheat or canola.
Cereals, Features

Re-building buckwheat production

Buckwheat is difficult to grow and hard to market. But there is money to be made when things go well

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Buckwheat is a curious crop. It’s not new or exotic; it was planted in Western Canada as early as 1925. It’s familiar to most Canadians in its various forms — pancakes, soba noodles, or groats (also known as kasha) to name three. There is high demand for it on the Japanese market yet only a […] Read more
Female Palmer amaranth plants can grow to over 10 feet tall.
Crops, Features

Palmer amaranth is a looming concern

This aggressive, herbicide resistance weed has been travelling north, and may be in our fields soon

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Prairie farmers may soon have a new problem Palmer amaranth, an aggressive, invasive weed species native to the desert regions of the southern United States and Mexico, is spreading into the Northern Plains. A few patches of the weed were spotted last year in Aberdeen, South Dakota; North Dakotans are on high alert. According to […] Read more
kochia in a canola field
Crops, Features

Practical ways to fight herbicide resistance

Do you have herbicide resistant weeds growing in your field? 


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Brian Wintonyk wants farmers to be able to identify herbicide resistant weeds in their fields and know what to do about them. Wintonyk, western crops agronomist with Dow AgroSciences Canada Inc., was on the agenda at the third annual Grain Expo, a crop production conference held in Regina in conjunction with Agribition in November. He […] Read more
barley crop in a field
Barley, Features

Barley varieties for 2015

The Canadian Malting Barley Technical Centre has released its list of varieties for the next crop year


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The Canadian Malting Barley Technical Centre (CMBTC) is made up of members of the malting barley, malt and brewing industries, and partially funded by farmers. The CMBTC distributes an annual list of recommended malt barley varieties, based on input from grain companies, maltsters, brewers and other organizations. The CMBTC says in its press release, “The […] Read more
organic wheat
Features

Musing on going organic

An email from a long-time organic farmer pushes Toban Dyck to wonder if he should try it too

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The scene ends in horror. No matter how many times I replay. Telling the farming community and anyone else who would listen that “I, Toban Dyck, am going organic” is like saying, “thanks for letting me spend a couple years on the family farm; now I’m going to plunge it into bankruptcy,” while wearing a […] Read more
Ten-year goal aims for dramatic increase in canola yields
Canola, Features

Ten-year goal aims for dramatic increase in canola yields

The Canola Council wants the average Prairie canola crop to yield 52 
bushels per acre by 2025. Here’s how

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The slogan is “52 by 2025. Keep it coming.” With increasing demand for canola oil and meal, the Canola Council of Canada would like to see higher Canadian production, mainly through increased canola yields. The Council’s target is to increase average Prairie canola yields to 52 bushels per acre by 2025. This would be a […] Read more
grain in hand
Crops, Features

You’re funding crop research

If you’re selling grain in Western Canada, you’re an agricultural research funder

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Winter is the time to finally read those association newsletters that have been coming in the mail. Or to make time to go to one of their AGMs. There are a lot of AGMs for you to attend. I’ve made a list of the major checkoff-funded organizations in the Prairies. A Saskatchewan farmer could conceivably be […] Read more
wheat and barley stems
Cereals, Features

The wheat and barley checkoff

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Well, this is new,” you might be saying, if you weren’t really paying attention last year, and suddenly notice there are two deductions instead of just one on the sales ticket for your durum. Well, yes it is. Sort of. You always paid levies to the Western Grains Research Foundation (WGRF), to the Canadian International […] Read more

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