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The top one-third of the canaryseed plant heads were turning white and not filling.
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Crop Advisor’s Casebook: Bleached canaryseed heads mystery

A Crop Advisor's Solution from the January 20, 2015 issue of Grainews

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It was early August when I got a call from Peter, a mixed grains farmer at Claire, Sask. Peter, who grows Hard Red Spring wheat, Soft White wheat, oats, canola, barley, canaryseed and occasionally green peas on his 3,500 acre spread, had a serious problem with his canaryseed crop. He was distressed to see that […] Read more
Crops, Features

Canaryseed for the people

Nine agronomic facts about growing canaryseed, Canada’s newest food product

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In 2006, the Canaryseed Development Commission of Saskatchewan (CDCS) formed around a single purpose: to gain approval for the use of canaryseed for human consumption. Checkoff dollars and government programs funded extensive research led by food microbiologist, Carol Ann Patterson. For a decade, canaryseed was put through thousands of hours of toxicological, nutritional, and compositional […] Read more
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Cereals, FarmLife

Canary seed approved for humans

And why not? It’s nutritious and gluten free

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I got the news, appropriately, via Twitter, i.e. a tweet: Canary seed has been granted the status of human food. Last month, regulatory authorities in Canada and the United States gave canary seed the human stamp of approval. Which raises the question, if canary seed is for the birds, why would we humans flock to […] Read more

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