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Reduce your malt barley risk

Plant barley on field pea stubble, limit fungicide and reduce nitrogen application

By Julienne Isaacs October 14, 2016

What are the biggest risks on producers’ radars when it comes to growing malting barley? Some might say yield losses, some might say disease, and some might say reduced kernel quality or high protein levels — or a combination of all of these problems and more. New research customizes malting barley systems based on producers’ […] Read more

Rick Stamp of Stamp Seeds checks out the 2016 hybrid rye seed crop.

Cereals, Crops

New fall ryes have all the features

Bake it, drink it, or feed it to livestock – it's high quality and high value

By Lee Hart July 26, 2016

Get ready for a new generation of fall rye varieties that are high yielding, have high milling quality and perform well across a wide range of soil types and moistures conditions. Hybrid fall rye varieties that promise much more yield and market potential than the traditional open-pollenated varieties have become available to Western Canadian farmers […] Read more

Cereals, Crops

Three steps to make your best grain grade deal

Here's how you can help maximize your profits when making your next grain sale

By Brian Wittal June 6, 2016

Occasionally producers make sales agreements with grain companies, then find their grain downgraded when they deliver it to their buyer later in the year. This can happen for numerous reasons. Grain companies may have aggressively over-bought early in the year, causing them to lose money and readjust their grain grading later in the year. Producers […] Read more

Canada Bread has been complaining that since the CWB was dismantled, sourcing consistent quality of wheat has been difficult.

Columns, Hart Attacks

Canadian Wheat Board is missed

Changes to Canadian grading and specification systems causing concerns

By Lee Hart June 3, 2016

Oh, boy… the Canadian Wheat Board may be coming back! Not likely, I am just being an alarmist, but it was interesting to read in our sister pub — the Western Seducer — where some bread manufacturers are mourning the loss of some features the CWB offered. I haven’t heard too many complaints about the […] Read more

Barley, Crops, Features

Barley leaf diseases stealing yield

Spot blotch, net blotch will join fusarium head blight as problems in Sask. and Alta.

By Julienne Isaacs April 28, 2016

Fusarium head blight (FHB) is the most high-profile of the diseases that threaten wheat and barley annually across the Prairies. But researchers say foliar diseases will likely be the biggest barley “yield culprits” in Alberta and Saskatchewan in 2016. “From a regional perspective, leaf diseases tend to be Prairie-wide and are habitually something producers should […] Read more

Crops, Features

New class coming for 29 wheats

More than two dozen older Hard Red Spring wheat varieties are being reclassified

By Lee Hart April 20, 2016

Western Canadian farmers won’t have to make any major new decisions on wheat varieties this year, but come the spring of 2018 they will have to pay attention to whether some of their tried and true varieties have been moved to a different class. Creating a new classification for some long standing wheat varieties that […] Read more

German brewer Radeberger has ordered up 70 tonnes of a new Australian gluten-free barley for use in a new beer it plans to sell at retail. (Radeberger Gruppe KG, Frankfurt)

Barley, Crops, Reuters

Brewers toast Australian gluten-free barley

By GFM Network News April 16, 2016

Sydney | Reuters — Australian scientists say they have developed the world’s first WHO-approved “gluten-free” barley, a breakthrough for global beer manufacturers. They have had to use alternatives to barley such as rice and sorghum to brew gluten-free beer. Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) said April 8 it had sold 70 tonnes […] Read more

Barley, Crops, Markets, Weather

Feed barley due for spring rally

By GFM Network News March 24, 2016

CNS Canada –– Feed barley in Western Canada usually sees a spring rally at this time of year, although the uptrend this year will be limited by large supplies still overhanging the market. Feed grains had trended lower through late February and into early March, with feed wheat leading to the downside. Losses in feed […] Read more

Cereals, Features

Specialty oats take extra patience

Growing gluten-free oats can pay a premium, but it takes extra time and planning

By Angela Lovell February 29, 2016

There are more and more gluten-free products on store shelves these days, which is good news for Zenneth Faye’s two daughters. Their intolerance to gluten was a factor in their father’s decision to look at growing gluten-free oats three years ago on his farm near Foam Lake, Saskatchewan. Faye also had a piece of land […] Read more

Barley, Features

Recommended malt barley varieties

Tired of the same old thing? Try a new malt barley variety this spring

By Leeann Minogue February 16, 2016

Last year, 73 per cent of Prairie acres that grew two-row malt barley were seeded with AC Metcalfe or CDC Copeland. Because both of these varieties have been available for quite a few years, Michael Brophy, President and CEO of the Brewing and Malt Barley Research Institute (BMBRI), would like farmers to have more options. […] Read more

Daily Network News

Feed Grain Weekly: Seasonal gains expected this spring

Klassen: Stronger barley prices weigh on feeder cattle values

Russia stops ammonium nitrate exports for one month amid global supply crunch

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